4 THE WORLD OF HOSPITALITY
ROSEWOOD
Rosewood Bangkok
Hotel
One of the challenges of hotel design is Bangkok’s 159 rooms and suites will not have tower, which was designed by New York
to create a sense of travel and place while to worry about waking up and not knowing architecture firm KDF (Kohn Pederson Fox)
maintaining international standards of comfort where they are, since everything in the new with Tandem Architects as executive architect.
and facilities. At the newly opened Rosewood hotel has been designed to capture the spirit of in Bangkok, where everything from the The striking contemporary form, which is
Thailand. comprised of two connected structures,
external design of the building to the window
blinds captures something of the richness of The 27th hotel to be part of the international
Thai culture. Rosewood brand; the new five-star Bangkok
It’s a disappointing experience to travel halfway
across the world and find yourself in a bland,
landmark is owned by Thai development
company Rende.
recreates in steel and glass the classical
Thai greeting, the wai, where the palms are
placed together in a prayer position. The new
asymmetrical landmark is set in an area of
Bangkok that is filled with embassies, offices
international hotel that could be anywhere; but The idea of rooting the hotel in Thai culture and upscale shopping malls, and is intended to
travellers who book into in one of Rosewood began with the very shape of the 30-storey attract both business and leisure visitors.