Boutique Design - December 2013 - 50

SourceS
(The jameS
royal palm)

2013 gold key AwArds

Best loBBy luxury
finAlist

finAlist

The James Royal Palm

hoTel JeRome

miami Beach, Fla.

aspen

Designer

Rottet Studio, Houston

Designer

This is period design
done right. Although the sensibilities are Art Deco
Miami to the core, there is a light, contemporary
touch that keeps this from being a time warp. Take
the grand staircase. It has the right lines and the
requisite glamour, but its profile and the decision
to use rich wood create a modern ease. Signature
elements from the historic Royal Palm were kept
intact: the decorative compass rose on the lobby's
terrazzo floor; the porthole windows in the lounge;
and the green glass reception desk that was
restored and converted to a fresh juice bar.
Why it's a stanDout

Judge Larry Traxler
described this five-star resort's lobby in one
word, "Memorable." On viewing the images, the
judges talked about how the design flows from
the way guests want to feel when they're in
Aspen. The FF&E samples styles from throughout the hotel's lifetime. White Le Corbusier
leather chairs mingle with 1920s-era light fixtures.
Guests come face-to-face with what it means to
live in the West. They are surrounded by the rich
tones and beautiful workmanship of Navajo-print
rugs. A display of wall-mounted antlers is a
reminder of the wilder side of the area's nature.
Lush earthy tones are the ties that bind these
diverse influences.
Why it's a stanDout

WinDoW treatMents:

Designtex Fabric (reception
window treatment, lobby
lounge window treatment,
lamp/treatment detail
window treatment)

SourceS
(hoTel jerome)

art/aCCessories: TAL
Studio and Daniel Fine Art
Services; CarPet: Nouriso;
CasegooDs: Existing
Antiques; Allan Knight; Four
Hands; Bolier; Global Views;
Century Furniture; Andrew
Martin Antiques; DraPery
anD WaLLCoVering:

Ralph Lauren; Phillip Jeffries; Designer's Workshop;
Decorative Hardware Studio;
Lighting: Charles Edwards;
Hallmark; Arteriors; seating: Edward Ferrell; Ralph
Lauren; William Switzer;
teXtiLes: Robert Allen;
Ralph Lauren; Valley Forge
Fabrics; Cortina Leather

honor able menTion

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boutiquedesign.com december 2013

the takeaWay Opulence is just as sexy as
minimalism. The sumptuous fabrics and period
moldings in this lobby are counterbalanced by
the strong, handsome lines of the seating and
casegoods. There's a lot going on, both in terms of
the art work and curiosities mounted on the
walls, but the effect is easy on the eye because so
many forms are clean squares or rectangles.
Metal accents on casegoods and in fixtures reflect
the firelit quality of the lighting, underscoring the
residential elegance of this social space

four seAsons Pudong
Shanghai
Wilson Associates, Dallas

john Van aKen

eric laignel

barbara KrafT

chriS cyperT

the takeaWay In period-perfect hotels,
modern incursions need to be strategic. The James
Club, located off the lobby, keeps the social and
techno-loving preferences of 1920s-1940s Miami,
but brings them up to speed for millennial
travelers. Conversation starters include an
interactive art piece and specially commissioned
game table.

TAL Studio, Las Vegas

aCCessories: American
Upholstery (Breezeway cabana
cushion and pillow); ICE
International (lobby lounge rug);
TGA Design (signage);
FLooring: Doyle Dickerson
Terrazzo (grand staircase floor,
second level grand staircase
floor); ICE International (entry
foyer carpet); Furniture: ArchiArts (lobby lounge end tables,
nesting table); Caylex
Architectural (elevator lobby
cabinet); Coalesse (lobby lounge
chair and shell chair, entry foyer
armchair); Design Within Reach
(concierge desk chair, entry foyer
desk chair); Erick Brand
(reception desk/bookshelf, lobby
lounge sofas, concierge desk,
entry foyer concierge desk); Lily
Jack (grand staircase chairs,
second level grand staircase);
Made Goods (concierge chairs at
desk, entry foyer armchair, entry
foyer chairs at desk); Magis
(entry foyer white chair); Troy
Wesnidge (lobby lounge coffee
table television/storage cabinet);
Lighting: Aqua Creations
(lamp/treatment detail floor
lamp); Bartco Lighting (elevator
lobby lighting); Cerno (concierge
desk lamp); Erick Brand (floor
lamps); Hot Glass Studio (entry
foyer pendant fixtures on left,

entry foyer pendant lighting);
other: Eastern Engineering Group (grand staircase
handrail on first and second
levels); surFaCing: Caylex
Architectural (grand staircase
wood paneling, second level
grand staircase wood paneling, elevator lobby wood
paneling); Pratt & Lambert
(lobby lounge paint on right);

HyAtt union squAre
New York
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