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HOSPES PALAU DE LA MAR VALENCIA, SPAIN |
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| ARCHITECTURE / INTERIOR DESIGN |
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| Hospes Design team |
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Flying on the high honours bestowed upon them for some of the hottest restaurant and hotel interiors in Spain, the Hospes Design Team took on the remodelling of two adjacent 19th century palaces in the centre of Valencia.
Hospes is known for restoring historic buildings while successfully updating them into workable and luxurious properties. Under natural light pouring through a stained glass skylight, the grand loggia stairway with an intricately carved wood banister has been made all the more striking by simply painting the surrounding areas a stark ivory white. Once a carriage passageway, the vaulted foyer is accented by using interesting textures such as black leather padding atop the banister rail and a long cowhide runner in the foyer’s hallway. The casual and contemporary interior patio pairs well with the classical nobility of the façade and interior architecture. Covered by a glass-and-steel balcony, which leads to the guestrooms, the patio’s raised boxes are lushly filled with fragrant Mediterranean plants and herbs.
Though the design concept remains consistent throughout, the original architecture of the two mansions has brought about innovative uses of space. As for interior design, principles of modernity reign rather than historicism. Carefully co-ordinated design elements, mainly using wengé wood, have been chosen for the rooms: The joinery work on the wardrobes complements the floor pattern, which is again mirrored in the wengé headboards, tables and stools placed throughout. Some guestrooms feature oversized bathrooms where large bathtubs are either sectioned off from or opened up to the main living and sleeping space via a folding wooden screen. |
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