1. Mama Shelter, Paris
Two names familiar in the world of hospitality the French heavyweight, the former Club Med chief executive Serge Trigano and ultra-designer Philippe Starck, in pairs, to conjure up a parking lot on the road Arrondissement number 20 which is far from word pulled into a trendy hotel 172 room. Philippe Starck touch of magic present in every corner of the lobby room, from floors, walls, ceiling until he ramaikan hotel with a stump-shaped seat of the gold and silver, the curtains are decorated four-leaf clove, until the eye is floating on the ceiling coated with blackboard filled with sentences and diagrams.
2. Gramercy Park Hotel, New York City
When Ian Schrager oust Julian Schnabel as a command of public space revitalization project at the Hotel Gramercy Park, what he got was a surprise really surprising. Away from the previous style of a neat, smooth, and almost perfect as a rich nobleman's residence, Schnabel brings a more personal touch, more patterned and textured series involving most trendy collection of art from the 20th century as works of Twombly, Basquiat, Hirst, and of course his own work that adorned the walls of the lobby, and he mix with a Moroccan-style tile floors, a fireplace decorated with carved tangann, and a glass chandelier that was ordered directly from Venice.
3. The Waterhouse, Shanghai
With the appearance of a very crude and super industrialists, hotel 19 rooms located in the district area was shipyard Shiliupu seem to want to emulate the atmosphere of Shanghai in the past. To lobby has a ceiling as high as three floors, the architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu maintain the integrity of the original buildings that form an artificial concrete-walled warehouse in the 1930s, but still menyususpkan few additional accessories such as columns and beams to maintain its strength. As for a touch of elegance and not outdated, they present a huge chandelier, designed by Studio Job for Moooi in the middle of the room.
4. Mondrian, Miami
As the first hotel located in America, a Dutch designer Marcel wanders visionary wanted to give something surprising and fantastic in every way. So he made ??the castle of Sleeping Beauty's fantasy as inspiration, and make it as a hotel with 335 rooms. Lobby area of ??the field he's incredible presence of the grand staircase decorated with ornate black steel, brass bell-shaped lamps, and a column in a clean white Baroque-inspired style.
5. La Purificadora, Puebla
The history of the city of Puebla as a location for water bottle packaging the 19th century recorded perfectly from 26 rooms in the hotel La Purificadora. But to really feel it, there's no place more perfect than in the hotel lobby with stunning open air design. Famous Mexican architect, Ricardo Legorreta, maintaining the authenticity of some fa�ade, including stone walls and stone arched gate, and built a volcanic stone staircase with a dramatic water flow. Legorreta also celebrate the lobby area with a long Catholic heritage, which is a sofa in purple-flushed bishops.
