June
2010
Top Five Design Hotels in London
With its reputation for cutting-edge fashion, architecture and art, it’s really no wonder London is home to many of the greatest design-led hotels across the world. The following is our own choice of the 5 best London hotels where the surroundings will most certainly be as spectacular as the service
Sanderson
A hidden treasure in the West End, the Sanderson London hotel’s an amazing mixture of surreal, trendy and refined. Where else might you see Salvador Dali’s iconic red lips sofa together with timeless 1960s mosaics and hand made African furniture? The 50s building that contains the 5-star hotel was altered into a incredible, dreamlike world by well-known French designer Philippe Starck. An extra design high light is Philip Hicks’ open-air Courtyard Garden, an exclusive spot bursting with lush plant life, water fountains, mosaics and a reflecting pool.
Charlotte Street Hotel
A night at the delightful Charlotte Street Hotel London, found just north of Soho, is really a must for literary and artistic kinds traveling to London. Influenced by the infamous ‘Bloomsbury set’, a twentieth century group of artists and authors of which included Virginia Woolf, interior designer Kit Kemp has introduced original artwork from the group’s very own illustrious artists: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry. Their fascination with Matisse along with other colourful French painters meanwhile creates the basis for the drawing rooms, while the inspired theme continues in the brasserie with a mural of modern day London life.
The Zetter
In a former life, this elegant boutique hotel in east London was a Victorian warehouse. Refurbished by restaurateurs Michael Benyan and Mark Sainsbury, The Zetter opened in 2004 to instant acclaim and was identified as among the world’s 50 coolest hotels by Cond© Nast Traveller. Every one of the London hotel’s fifty nine rooms ” including the lush roof-top pad ” is individually designed using a wide selection of vintage and modern. The attention to detail and design continues throughout the hotel and in the adjoining Bistrot Bruno Loubet and Atrium Bar.
St Martin’s Lane
Taking encouragement from the theatrical surroundings, St Martins Lane hotel is a extraordinary supplement to London’s West End. Positioned in Covent Garden, the snappy design combines the modern and baroque with a playful sense of humour. From the extra-large luminescent yellow-glass revolving doors to the jam-packed art columns of the Asia de Cuba restaurant, there is certainly plenty of eye candy to feast upon. While for those who wish to communicate their creativity, most of the London hotel’s rooms incorporate a unique light installation with a colour to reflect your every mood.
The Mandeville
Located in London’s fashionable Marylebone Village, The Mandeville Hotel lately underwent a £15million refurbishment. Interior designer Stephen Ryan has given the London hotel’s public areas an innovative, modern twist with French upholstered walling, Venetian masks, witty paintings and neon lights. At the same time in the bedrooms, the marriage of traditional and modern proceeds with luxurious fabrics from top design houses such as Canovas, Zubor Catherine Huntley and Brunswick.
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