Silver A' Design Award Winner 2021
This description guides you through a grand hotel lobby photographed from an entry perspective looking toward a central reception area. The overall impression conveys warm elegance through cream, amber, and copper tones against a dramatically reflective black floor. Beginning with orientation, this double-height interior space spans approximately forty feet in height and presents perfect bilateral symmetry around a central axis. The floor beneath appears as polished black marble with mirror-like reflectivity that captures and inverts the entire composition above, creating a sense of infinite depth extending downward. Progressing from background to foreground along the central axis, the rear wall rises the full height in warm cream stone panels arranged in varied rectangular formats, creating subtle geometric rhythm. Superimposed upon this wall, a decorative treatment features what appears as hundreds of small golden fragments scattered across a lighter mosaic background, with these golden elements concentrated more densely toward the bottom where they suggest an abstracted mountain range silhouette in warm amber tones reminiscent of honey catching afternoon light. Suspended before this feature wall and descending from the white ceiling, five sculptural light fixtures hang at varying heights like leaves caught mid-descent, their forms organic and elongated with delicate veining visible within translucent material that glows with warm illumination suggesting sunlight through botanical specimens. At floor level beneath these pendants sits a reception desk finished in copper or bronze tone, its form suggesting a gentle boat hull curve, warm as autumn leaves and positioned centrally with twin desk lamps providing intimate task lighting. Flanking this central composition at left and right, two tall vertical columns constructed of stacked illuminated glass panels create golden luminous frames, their warmth like candlelight filtering through amber glass. To the right, a curved staircase with cream stone balustrade sweeps upward, its handrail catching warm highlights. The ceiling above appears as smooth white surface punctuated by numerous recessed downlights creating constellation patterns of focused illumination. The overall atmosphere suggests hushed grandeur, warmth despite monumental scale, like entering a jewel box designed for human comfort.
With the originality of the designer, the hotel combines classical elements with fashionable and sophisticated style, cleverly showing the local multi-cultural and elegant charm, and enjoy an immersive luxury accommodation experience. In this charming space, iconic design elements and craft details can be seen everywhere, expressing sincere respect for the rich local culture.