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2014 GOLD KEY AWARDS

BEST HOTEL - BUDGET/FOCUSED SERVICE

SOURCES
CLIENT: Generator / Patron Capital;
DESIGNERS: Ester Bruzkus Architekten
and WAF Architekten, with DesignAgency:
Anwar Mekhayech, partner; Jamie
Phelan, team leader; Ester Bruzkus
Architekten; ARCHITECTS: WAF
Architekten; GENERAL CONTRACTOR:
hagenauer group; LIGHTING DESIGN:
PSLAB (car headlights, lighting
installation in bar, etc.); ART: Luke
Embden (mural painting in canteen);
Thierry Noir (mural painting in corridors);
Sebastian Preschoux (ceilings); AUDIO/
VISUAL: Mark Johnson Consultants;
CEILINGS: STO Ltd. (open ceiling in
reception, café and canteen suspended
ceiling in bar); FLOORING: VIA
Zementmosaikplatten (mastic asphalt in
all areas, tiles in canteen); FURNITURE:
hagenauer group (stools, poufs, lounge
tables, dining tables designed by Ester
Bruzkus Architekten) ; LIGHTING:
Castor Design (recycled fire extinguisher
tubes); SIGNAGE/GRAPHICS: Generator;
WALL COVERINGS AND MATERIALS:

hagenauer group (timber wall paneling in
reception, café and canteen)

WINNER

GENERATOR BERLIN MITTE
Designers: Ester Bruzkus Architekten, Berlin, and WAF Architekten, Berlin
with DesignAgency, Toronto
THE CHALLENGE: Size. Use 60,000 sq. ft. and a no-frills budget to fashion the hottest
affordable address for young and youthful travelers in Berlin.
THE INSIDE STORY: Layers of eye-catching art, inventive materials and touch-

THE SHOWSTOPPERS: Basic materials used in unpredictable ways. Recycled fire
extinguisher tubes and car headlights shine new light on accents for bar design. Raw
copper panels lend an illusory quality set against the venue's otherwise dark palette,
streamlined barstools and kick-back leather sofas.
THE TAKEAWAY: Focus on murals. Big, bold wall paintings add interest to every area
of this property, including corridors differentiated by street artist Thierry Noir's 10-ft.
high, color-coded faces. Invest in a couple of signature pieces, then stretch the budget
with local artists who deserve attention.

"THERE'S NOTHING
ABOUT THE DESIGN
THAT SAYS '$15 A NIGHT.'
IT'S FUN, INTRIGUING
AND INCREDIBLY
CREATIVE." -TRISHA WILSON,
TRISHA WILSON GLOBAL

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able textures build the public spaces into a something-for-everyone social network.
Denim, neon pink and orange upholstered cubes provide flexible, easily movable
seating. Wood walls punctured by a horizontal line of pegs merge with seating platforms to create see-and-be-seen places in the lobby. Visuals are conversation starters
throughout-from the Bella Leonard wire embroidered stainless steel sculpture in the
courtyard to Sebastien Preschoux's string drawings suspended from exposed pipes
and electrical conduits in the café.


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Boutique Design - December 2014
Contents
From the Executive Editor
The Buzz
2014 Gold Key Awards: Personal Space
Concrete Results
Products: The Year's Best
Last Detail
Boutique Design - December 2014 - Intro
Boutique Design - December 2014 - Boutique Design - December 2014
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Boutique Design - December 2014 - Contents
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Boutique Design - December 2014 - From the Executive Editor
Boutique Design - December 2014 - 5
Boutique Design - December 2014 - The Buzz
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Boutique Design - December 2014 - 2014 Gold Key Awards: Personal Space
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