Five Best Design Hotels in London
Utilizing its good reputation for cutting-edge style, architecture as well as artwork, it’s no surprise London is home to some of the freshest looking design-led hotels anywhere. The following is our own pick of the top 5 London hotels when the surroundings are as notable as the service
Sanderson
A hidden diamond in the West End, the Sanderson London hotel’s a significant blend of unique, trendy and modern. Where else could you come across Salvador Dali’s legendary red lips couch coupled with vintage sixties mosaics and hand crafted African furniture? The 1950s building that houses the 5-star hotel was modified into a beautiful, dreamlike world by well known French designer Philippe Starck. An additional design high light is Philip Hicks’ open-air Courtyard Garden, an exclusive area bursting with lush plant life, fountains, mosaics and a reflecting pool.
Charlotte Street Hotel
A night at the wonderful Charlotte Street Hotel London, located just north of Soho, is usually a must for literary and artistic sorts touring London. Motivated by the famous ‘Bloomsbury set’, a twentieth century group of artists and writers that involved Virginia Woolf, interior designer Kit Kemp has introduced original art work from the group’s own illustrious artists: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry. Their fascination with Matisse and other vivid French painters meanwhile forms the basis for the drawing rooms, while the artistic style carries on inside brasserie with a mural of modern-day London life.
The Zetter
In a former life, this kind of trendy boutique hotel in east London would have been a Victorian warehouse. Renovated by restaurateurs Michael Benyan and Mark Sainsbury, The Zetter opened up in 2004 to instant acclaim and was selected as one of the world’s 50 coolest hotels by Cond© Nast Traveller. Each one of the London hotel’s fifty nine rooms ” including the plush roof-top pad ” is individually designed using a mixture of vintage and modern. The attention to detail and design continues throughout the hotel and within the adjoining Bistrot Bruno Loubet and Atrium Bar.
St Martin’s Lane
Having encouragement from the theatrical setting, St Martins Lane hotel is really a impressive add-on to London’s West End. Situated 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’s lots of eye candy to feast on. While for those who want to communicate their own creativity, many of the London hotel’s rooms include a unique light installation with a colour to reflect your every mood.
The Mandeville
Located within London’s trendy Marylebone Village, The Mandeville Hotel recently underwent a £15million refurbishment. Interior designer Stephen Ryan has given the London hotel’s public areas a fresh, modern twist with French upholstered walling, Venetian masks, witty paintings and neon lights. At the same time in the bedrooms, the marriage of classic and modern proceeds with luxurious fabrics from top design houses such as Canovas, Zubor Catherine Huntley and Brunswick.
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