44 | AWARDS 2009 Best-Designed Hospitality McDonald’s Banq, a new bar and restaurant in Boston, uses an economical birch plywood product called ApplePly to carve sensuous curves overhead throughout the main seating area. The newly unveiled W Hotel in Downtown Atlanta is a spectacle of materials and design, including shimmering overhead mobiles that provide kinetic movement to the lobby—or “Living Room” area. Photo: John Horner Banq Photo: Bill Miller Encore Photo: Ben Rahn/Aframestudio.com McDonald’s debuted a new “Urban Living” concept in New York aimed at appeasing the city dweller with black-and-white streetscape images paired with wooden tones and bright splashes of color. Ace Hotel Photo: Courtesy Wynn Las Vegas W Hotel Housed in an historic building at 28th and Broadway in New York’s newly minted NoMad (north of Madison Square Park) neighborhood, the Ace Hotel features an eclectic mix of bohemian and sophisticated appeal. The new counterpart to Wynn Las Vegas, Encore features an abundance of design and furnishings to wonder at on the 72,000-sq.-ft. casino floor. | September 2009 www.ddimagazine.com Photo: Douglas Lyle Thompson
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of DDi - September 2009