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in the rooms predominate, the architect kept the
colour and material palettes simple and elegant.
The hotel’s interior design was by Woods Bagot,
with senior associate Jacqui Senior at the helm.
“The hotel’s siting and architecture are unusual
for Sydney, qualities that were eagerly taken up
by the interiors team,” says Senior. “We really
embraced its difference, and drew from the crystal-
line geometric pattern of the façade in creating a
consistent story across the interiors scheme.”
The patterning appears in different guises and
scales – from the floor patterns in the restaurant
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and entry, to the faceted faces of the marble bar, to
its use on lift lobby screens, balustrades and even
on bedheads in the guest rooms.
“Sydney is such a bright, light-filled city and its
hotels traditionally focus on the views out,” says
Senior. “Here, we took a different approach and
instead focussed on that rich internal experience
that’s done so well in Europe.”
At eight storeys high and open to the elements,
the hotel’s mini-rainforested courtyard atrium is a
key element within this design strategy. The atrium
is visually connected with both the hotel lobby and