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When a city boasts an opera house by Zaha Hadid, it is safe to say it has arrived. Now Guangzhou, one of the world’s fastest growing metropolises, continues its highdesign streak with a daring Four Seasons hotel crafted by HBA, set atop the towering Guangzhou IFC Tower in Pearl River New City. Weaving throughout HBA’s design narrative is an illumination of height. “The entire property, from its soaring atrium to the lines of the furniture to the details of the bathtubs, references the spectacular height and the hotel’s position in the clouds,” says Ian Carr, HBA’s CEO based in Singapore. The lobby alone, which begins on the 70th floor, “is taller than the top of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and New York’s Statue of Liberty, with dramatic views of the river.” Groupings of nearly 30-foot-high bamboo groves “tie the lobby to the natural world below, while the view above rises towards a vibrant point of light,” adds HBA Singapore principal Connie Puar. Further, a vivid red lacquer sculpture sitting on a raised dais

mimics the tower’s curved, triangular shape. “This flowing, gracefully rounded sculpture has an ethereal dynamism and seems as if it might float up at any moment,” Puar points out. The scarlet hue reappears prominently in Cantonese restaurant Yu Yue Heen. Guests lounging in the atrium can gaze upwards to see 30 floors of gradually tapering, diagonal glass. “The faceted, fractal design and the structural diagrids create interesting refractions and reflective surfaces, which informed the faced crystal themes used,” says Puar. An intricate, textured screen of woven metal—aptly themed around the four seasons—wraps around the interior, and a duo of staircases, shaped like double helixes, “rise and braid around each other as if on a column of air.” Light and height are equally embraced in the 302 guestrooms and 42 suites, awash in hushed tones with Italian timber furniture, rice field-inspired artwork, and marble bathrooms. A wall of angled glass, for example, projects slightly outwards, cleverly positioning furnishings towards the

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - October 2012

Hospitality Design - October 2012
Contents
Online TOC
From the Editor
From the Show Director
From the Guest Editor
Perspectives
Sketchbook
Self Portrait of a Nomad
Places: New York
Interview: Barry Sternlicht
Interview: Richard Branson
Interview: Alain De Botton
5 Questions for Gary Chang
Products
Profile: Stephen Burks
Best of Boutique
Lighting
Clodagh’s Choice
Project Deconstructed: Miraval
Projects
Downtown Mexico
Fasano Boa Vista
Four Seasons Guangzhou
B2 Boutique Hotel + Spa
J Hotel
Ad Index
Back Space
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Intro
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Hospitality Design - October 2012
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Cover2
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 1
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 2
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 3
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 4
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 5
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 6
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Contents
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 10
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Online TOC
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 12
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 13
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - From the Editor
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 15
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - From the Show Director
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 17
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - From the Guest Editor
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 19
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 20
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 21
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 22
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Perspectives
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 24
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Sketchbook
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 26
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 27
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 28
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 30
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 31
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 32
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 33
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 34
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Self Portrait of a Nomad
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 36
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 37
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 38
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Places: New York
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 40
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 41
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 42
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 43
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Interview: Barry Sternlicht
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 45
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 46
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 47
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Interview: Richard Branson
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 49
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 50
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 51
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Interview: Alain De Botton
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 53
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 54
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 55
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 5 Questions for Gary Chang
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 57
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 58
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Products
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 60
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Profile: Stephen Burks
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 62
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Best of Boutique
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 64
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 65
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 66
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Lighting
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 68
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 69
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 70
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 71
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 72
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 73
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 74
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Clodagh’s Choice
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 76
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 77
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 78
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 79
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 80
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 81
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 83
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 84
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 85
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 86
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Project Deconstructed: Miraval
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 88
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 89
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 90
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Projects
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Downtown Mexico
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 93
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 94
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 95
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Fasano Boa Vista
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 97
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 98
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 99
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Four Seasons Guangzhou
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 101
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 102
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 103
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - B2 Boutique Hotel + Spa
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 105
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 106
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 107
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - J Hotel
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 109
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 110
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 111
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 112
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 113
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 114
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 116
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 117
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Ad Index
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 119
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Back Space
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Cover3
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