winner upscale hotel Hôtel Monville Montreal Clad in prefabricated concrete panels, guests enter the slender building through a glass vestibule that leads into the hotel's arresting, triple-height lobby, where massive white and black two-toned columns help to establish different zones. Eye-catching wooden fins add textural interest and shield views from the street, while floating oak boxes house a mezzanine, DJ booth, and restroom corridors. In the 269 guestrooms, a monochromatic palette keeps things simple to highlight city views through floorto-ceiling windows. "We wanted a dialogue between materiality and to bring back the energy to the human scale," says CEO and lead creative partner Maxime-Alexis Frappier of locally based ACDF Architecture. "Everything is exposed to give the illusion of more space." "There's real soul here." -HD Awards judges 088 June 2019 hospitalitydesign.com Photos by ADRIEN WILLIAMS Owner and Operator Hôtel Monville Architecture and Interior Design Firm ACDF Architecture, Montrealhttp://www.hospitalitydesign.com