The “QT” design hotel in Sydney, Australia with its 200 guestrooms occupies the building above the State Theatre and the old Gowings department store. Playful, stylish but eminently comfortable interiors incorporate many of the buildings original features like a century old urinal in the men’s loo! spaQ continues the retro theme with 1930s tiled walls and original windows (treatment rooms 5 and 6 occupy the old Gowings barber shop).
Designers: Nic Graham and Shelley Indyk
The B2 Boutique Hotel + Spa in Zurich Switzerland is within the unique spaces of a former brewery. Opened in March 2012 the Hotel promises a hotel stay within ancient walls full of history, but a very contemporary outlook. The Spa boosts a spectacular rooftop pool with views over the city.
Wythe Hotel in NYC started with the discovery of an old factory on the Brooklyn waterfront. Built in 1901 as a cooperage, the current owners have preserved, renovated, and turned this historically industrial building into a place where people feel welcome.
The “Town Hall Hotel” occupies the walls of an Edwardian Grade II listed building (built 1910 - 1937), the old Bethnal Green Town Hall, at London’s East End. Added was a modern extension by rare architects Michel da Costa Gonçalves and Nathalie Rozencwajg.
(photos: ed reeve, edmund sumner, calvin chua)
