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ALEXANDER JAMES INTERIORS
The Alexander Hotel
Yerevan
Hotel
Alexander James Interiors’ specialist interior panoramic views of the city, these views are also ancient landscape. The hotel offers a refuge
architectural and design team, Alexander James enjoyed by the restaurant. There is also a Cigar for the modern traveller, set in the heart of the
International, was appointed to create “The Lounge, a particular requirement of the hotel, vibrant capital. The city of Yerevan is dominated
Alexander” a Luxury Collection Hotel in Yerevan, designed to evoke the ambience of a library or by the presence of Mount Ararat, widely
Armenia. gentleman’s club. accepted in Christianity as the resting place of
The Alexander Hotel, part of the Luxury A great deal of research went into establishing Collection Brand, is heralded as the first luxury a starting point for the interior design scheme, international hotel in the historic centre of developed by Alexander James International, Yerevan, it opened to great fanfare in March the design team were guided by the richness 2018 of Armenian history, the influence of which can
Our team of interior architects and designers
began working on the hotel when it was a
bare concrete shell, we set about conducting
a complete space planning exercise for each of
the 10 guestroom levels along with 4 levels of
public areas, creating amazing interior spaces
within the building. The AJI team designed 40
different guestroom types including a luxurious
be seen in the patterns, materials and artwork
throughout the hotel, all helping to evoke a
strong sense of identity, a perfect union of
old and new. Yerevan is known as a “pink city”,
many of the buildings are made from the local,
naturally coloured volcanic stone, this sense of
beauty and warmth is reflected in the interior of
the hotel.
Noah’s Ark, the sense of being at the centre, all
roads lead from here, is the basis of the design
for the hotel, many references are made to
lines emanating from a central point, whether
it be the style of the feature pendant light in
the main stairwell, or the lines in the patterns
of the handmade rugs, specially designed and
commissioned for the hotel by AJI.
Decorative lighting is employed to add style
and glamour, while functional interior features
are rendered beautiful with metal detailing
reminiscent of the rays of the sun, spaces are
transformed by light, shadow and reflection,
Presidential Suite at the top of the building. The The creation of a new life, a new beginning particularly effective is the feature ceiling
public areas include a welcoming Reception area for the hotel and the city, at one with its past, sculpture in the Pre-Function area of the
with Lounge and Bar, the Spa has a pool with evolving out of the historical environment and Ballroom Suite.