HOSPITALITY
The building by Lemay and Sid Lee Architecture - The
elegance of a gold chain on a classic black dress
Designed by Lemay and Sid Lee Architecture, the Four
Seasons Hotel Montreal building combines classic
elegance and contemporary style. The eighteen-storey
multifunctional building includes a 169-room hotel
and 18 private residences. It makes an iconic statement
with its streamlined, uniquely offset volumes and richly
textured accents that embody luxury and refinement.
Boldly swathed in black, the tower captures light
differently on each floor and interacts with Montreal’s
ever-changing skyline and seasons. The façade’s
main volumes are divided according to its functions
by a golden bas-relief that folds inwards and spreads
vertically, creating a thin blade in the centre of the
building that alters its visual aspect. The dark colour of
the glass lays a delicate veil over the interior spaces and
creates a subdued appearance at nightfall, framed by
granite side façades that reflect the rhythm of the glass
panels as their textures come to life with the changing
ambient light.
The design – Sensual interior design by Paris-based Gilles & Boissier in
collaboration with Philip Hazan
The hotel’s chic interiors by designers Gilles & Boissier in collaboration with
Philip Hazan are a stark contrast to the building’s black glass façade.
Guests enter through a lobby of white marble, with gold elevators and can
discover pink and grey velvet walls that demand to be touched when they
access the feminine third floor reception. Graceful and sensual, the 169
guest rooms are imbued with modern classicism, bathed in comforting
colours of cloud white, with ethereal backlighting, smooth velvet textures,
mirrored surfaces, swathes of marble and bronze, and gold and dark wood
accents.
The feeling of sophisticated, modern luxury is completed by glamourous
rose velvet furniture, a circular bar étagère for make-your-own cocktails,
minimalist four-poster beds, and corpulent backlit mirrors that reflect the
spectacular city views that sip in through floor-to-ceiling windows. The
west-facing side of the building offers best views in the city to admire the
iconic Leonard Cohen mural.
Issue 43 2020
The Art of Luxury
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