With a location in Montparnasse it was natural for the Apostrophe to pay homage to the area’s links with literature and writers, but with subtle design and artistry

Architect: Vincent Bastie
Designer: Sandrine Alouf
Painter/artist: Catherine Feff

The Montparnasse area of Paris’s Left Bank carries a reputation laden with literary and art heavyweights: Hemingway and Fitzgerald, Picasso and Rousseau and, of course, the requisite intellects, political exiles and socialites such areas attract. It is no surprise then that the neighbourhood has inspired a ‘poem hotel’. (continue reading…)

The best of classic high style meets contemporary flair interior

Designer: Christopher Ash, Project Orange
Architect: Halliday Ramsay

Adjacent to the Opera House in the heart of bustling Belfast stands the new Fitzwilliam Hotel - one of the first design-led hotels in Northern Ireland.

London-based design practice Project Orange worked on the scheme, along with local architect Halliday Ramsay. Project Orange director Christopher Ash had substantial input into the internal configuration of the spaces creating a double-height lobby, among other key features. (continue reading…)

Claire Craig joined interior design practice WA International, London, in 1994 and launched the design studio for the Dubai office in 1996. She honed her skills in Canada, Saudi Arabia, the USA and Egypt before working for the architecture practice Scott Brownrigg & Turner (now Scott  Brownrigg) for five years then hospitality specialist Wilson Gregory Aeberhard, Spence Harris Hogan and Wrenn Associates in London. Craig has worked on numerous high-profile hotel developments. (continue reading…)

Natural surfaces, opulent furnishings and bespoke art by international artists makes this one of the best addressed hotels

Designer: WA International
Architect: Atkins Dubai

Next to the world’s tallest tower, the Burj Dubai, The Address has stiff competition in the design stakes. But once inside, the hotel’s own distinctive character shines through.

Design firm WA International worked with the scale of the architecture and the unusual form of the building (from certain angles it resembles a dazzling, high-tech lipstick case) to conceive truly unique and opulent designs. It’s no surprise the designers have scooped up two design awards for the hotel so far. (continue reading…)