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perspectives

interview marcel wanders

Rooftop bar and pool Rise, where a Tiffany Peony
lamp-inspired stained-glass skylight contrasts
black and white flooring and walls

And that starts at the atrium of the hotel.

It's the grand entrance with a black and white floor, big columns,
and this beautiful gold desert flower sculpture. On the left side is the
atrium, with its grand staircase. It is a very special place because it has
this faceted glass façade and soaring ceilings. In this nest-like area, we
created a colorful, Tiffany-inspired leaded glass ceiling. We wanted
to keep the space white and serene and to make the color the light of
the morning and the light of the evening in a subtle way, but then to
have a beautiful highlight of color on the top. The space has these big
lanterns that give it a human scale, because in spaces like this, it's easy
to get lost. You feel like you're in a space that's not made for you but for
dinosaurs. With these light fixtures, we create a human-sized element,
and all together I think it became a magical place.

A dramatic black spiral staircase
with ornate railing cutouts is the
focal point of the atrium

Why the black and white palette?

To be honest, it's a very bold way to do something refined. But now
it has matured. The mosaics on the walls in the elevator lobby are
connected to the [black and white] floor. That makes it work. If
everything was black and white like the floors, it would be awful. If
everything had color like the elevator lobby, it would be a mad house.
White makes colors live together. You can be bolder if you allow
yourself the contrast in white.
For the mosaics, we made the design in such a way that if you are
walking in that space, it's very hard to recognize the pattern-only
if you take a photograph of it, does it become evident. It's made of
different drawings placed on top of each other. There are so many
different stories to tell. There are Arabic textures, European textures,
Aztec textures. It's a mélange of worlds. We wanted to do something
that has some depth. We use simple materials and put a lot of creativity
in them.

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Guestrooms seem serene, almost residential in scale.

It's what we wanted. [Doha] is a place people go for the sun, and the light
is so beautiful there. The rooms have big windows, great views-we
really wanted to celebrate that. Obviously, we added a lot of color. A
cut floor resembles the desert, and then there is the headboard wall.
We loved Arabic miniatures and worked for four or five months on
a miniature that we then blew up to the size of the wall. It's such an
endless amount of detail that you can sit in front of it for a half hour and
not have a moment that you look at the same thing. It's how we bring
culture to life in a contemporary way. These drawings create a deeper
fiber, a deeper design, and it's something we do and have done a lot in
the past because it really is a political statement more than anything
else: We don't have to be the same, we can be different and live together.
If you do it well, these things can make each other stronger. hd


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From the Editor
CitySCENE: Miami
Perspectives
Sketchbook
Places: Park City
Trends: Confectioneries
Brand Identity: Two Roads
Interview: Marcel Wanders
Interview: Jaime Beriestain
5 Questions for Bashar Wali
Special Feature: Designing Duos
Special Feature: Luxury Today
Products
Profile: Adam Kamens
Art
Outdoor Furniture
Window Coverings
Bath
Flooring
HD Expo Preview
From the Show Director
Interview: Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Interview: Rebecca Ruggles
HD Expo Products
Projects
Ace Hotel Chicago
Las Alcobas Napa Valley
Yurbban Passage Hotel & Spa
Le Méridien/AC Hotel Denver Downtown
Ad Index
Back Space: Mark Zeff
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2018 - Profile: Adam Kamens
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2018 - Flooring
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2018 - HD Expo Preview
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2018 - Interview: Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2018 - Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2018 - Interview: Rebecca Ruggles
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2018 - Projects
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2018 - Las Alcobas Napa Valley
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2018 - Yurbban Passage Hotel & Spa
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