Commercial Design Trends Vol. 34/2C

Whether you’re travelling for work or pleasure, your hotel experience can either make or break your trip. Our market report in this issue looks at the changing world of hotel design – from five star established chains to new lifestyle brands. Plus we see how some of these changes have influenced new hotel properties in Sydney, Auckland and at the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Morpheus Hotel in Macau.

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Marlborough Primary School redevelopment in Chelsea creates an aerial photography, apartment, architecture, bird's eye view, building, city, condominium, downtown, metropolis, metropolitan area, mixed use, neighbourhood, real estate, residential area, roof, suburb, urban area, urban design, white

Primary school building transforms educational experiences for its pupils and the community

Cascading terraces provide pupils at Chelsea’s Marlborough Primary School with light filled classrooms and expansive outside play and learning areas

School furniture specialist Furnware designed and manufactured the ceiling, interior design, window, gray, white

Custom furniture solutions supplied for advanced school environment

Given the King’s School Centennial Building’s flexible learning spaces, innovative furniture solutions were required – specialist Furnware was involved from the start

The elegant facade of the new Centennial Building architecture, building, commercial building, corporate headquarters, elevation, facade, home, house, mixed use, property, real estate, residential area, blue

New classroom and music studio building merges individual classes and open-plan learning environments

The welcoming new King’s School Centennial Building looks to its future with fresh architectural thinking in terms of student learning, cross-campus connections and pride of place

Maxi Louvre Blades contribute to the sleek aesthetic apartment, architecture, building, commercial building, condominium, corporate headquarters, elevation, facade, home, house, metropolitan area, mixed use, neighbourhood, real estate, residential area, sky, urban design, teal

Fixed louvres bring shade and crisp detailing to the Centennial Building at King’s School

On a facade design where function and aesthetics go hand in hand, the powdercoated Sun Control Overhead Louvres on King’s School Centennial Building are a crowning touch

Hospitality

A fluid ‘net’ of structural beams forms the architecture, building, city, commercial building, condominium, corporate headquarters, daytime, headquarters, landmark, metropolis, metropolitan area, mixed use, sky, skyscraper, tower, tower block, teal, gray

Fluid exoskeleton and swirling voids create a unique architectural expression

A vanguard of architectural design, the Morpheus Hotel by Zaha Hadid Architects is the five-star centre piece of Macau’s City of Dreams resort

West Hotel offers travellers a unique stay in apartment, architecture, building, city, commercial building, condominium, facade, home, house, metropolis, metropolitan area, mixed use, neighbourhood, property, real estate, residential area, sky, tree, black

Hotel has cohesive design – from a faceted facade through to room interior detailing

Guests at West Hotel activate its facade as their movements, the opening or closing of drapes, or lighting choices animate the room-size windows

Aedas Interiors executive director Greg Farrell spends 150-200 interior design, M Social Hotel, Greg Farrell

How do you design a hotel to successfully meet all the requirements of investor, operator and guests?

Aedas Interiors executive director Greg Farrell – project designer on Auckland’s M Social – gives a designer and frequent guest perspective

The back-lit onyx bar is set against the interior design, living room, lobby, room, black

Complete refurbishment creates quirky, contemporary boutique hotel

New Zealand’s brilliant Tui bird provides inspiration for the art-focussed Naumi Auckland Airport hotel

Ready to take flight – the exterior walls apartment, backyard, cottage, courtyard, estate, home, house, mixed use, outdoor structure, property, real estate, residential area, gray

Boutique hotel captures sheen of Tui in vibrant Resene colours

The Naumi Auckland Airport Hotel offers guests a private, niche environment that celebrates art, quirkiness and reflects the colours of the New Zealand Tui bird in Resene paints

Office

A grouping of adjacent inner-city buildings with an architecture, building, city, cityscape, condominium, corporate headquarters, daytime, downtown, metropolis, metropolitan area, mixed use, real estate, roof, skyline, skyscraper, tower block, urban area, gray, black

Disparate collection of buildings and exterior facades combine into a cohesive whole

Waikoukou – the new home of Transpower – results from the merger of existing buildings, seismically upgraded and linked around a bright new six-level atrium

The mid-level of Suncorp’s consolidated new five-level premises architecture, ceiling, daylighting, furniture, interior design, lobby, gray

New offices proved opportunity for a fresh approach to staff culture

When Suncorp New Zealand consolidated its companies over five consecutive floors in Auckland’s Vero Centre, greater flexibility, productivity and connectivity were key drivers for the fit-out

Polyflor offers modern vinyl floors in a wide floor, flooring, interior design, lobby, brown

With planet-friendly materials now a fundamental design consideration, the choice of sustainable flooring is a must

Polyflor’s vinyl flooring options tick several green boxes including a long life, recylability and being on the Ecospecifier database

When Auckland Transport moved to the VXV20 building architecture, building, city, commercial building, condominium, corporate headquarters, daytime, facade, headquarters, landmark, metropolis, metropolitan area, mixed use, night, reflection, residential area, sky, structure, tower block, urban area, blue, purple

New lighting design sets off Auckland Transport offices in the former Vodafone building

When it came to upgrading the lighting for the Auckland Transport offices in the VXV20 building, Aesthetics Lighting Solutions provided a precision, local response

Commercial specialists Aspect Furniture manufactured and sourced a ceiling, conference hall, furniture, interior design, office, table, gray

Form embraces function

When Suncorp consolidated its brands at one forward-looking office environment, the fit-out had to include equally forward looking furniture solutions.