Bedrooms are plush and appear grand with curved walls and big picture windows .
LiLLa RobeRts ,
Helsinki
Owner- OperatOr :
The Kämp Group
Opening :
August 12 , 2015
HistOry :
The 133-room hotel was designed and built inside a building originally designed in 1909 by Selim Lindqvist , a renowned Finnish Architect , to serve as the head offices and a power station of Helsinki Energy .
Designer :
Architect Jaakko Puro
In keeping with the Nordic service philosophy “ hygge ,” the team at the Kämp Group ’ s newly opened Lilla Roberts hotel in downtown Helsinki does everything it can to make customers simply feel good – warm , cozy and happy . So perhaps it is not surprising to find animal motifs , daring use of materials and open windows looking out to the street taking center stage at this newly opened Art Deco-style landmark hotel . “ Hygge ” is the defined spirit for Lilla Roberts .
The group ’ s ninth hotel , owned by its private equity parents and originally designed by famed architect Selim Lindqvist in 1909 as a power plant and since 1973 as a police station , was meticulously adapted over the last two years into a 133-room hotel that opened in August with an € 189 ( US $ 206 ) rate .
Brief :
Design a stylish , fun and interesting hotel full of pleasing details , good modern art and spectacular lighting – anything that would make the customer feel good , but not in a formal way as the owners wanted to make it fun .
service pHilOsOpHy :
Nordic " hygge " thinking , referring to all that is good and pleasant in life .
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