K5

Interior design Claesson Koivisto Rune

Interior design Claesson Koivisto Rune

Custom furniture by ADX, Time & Style, and Alloy are augmented by traditional materials like cedar and Japanese stucco.

Wooden built-ins, dining tables, and stools were produced for K5 by local craftsmen, while walls and ceilings were painted using traditional Japanese techniques. And yet despite its homegrown allure, the hotel still manages to exhibit a Scandinavian flare thanks to Swedish designer Ola Rune and the fact that many items were custom designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune.

Architecture Claesson Koivisto Rune

From a 1920s bank, the architects have carved 20 generously sized rooms, each artfully conceived to obscure boundaries.

Claesson Koivisto Rune renovated and designed the structure that houses K5, fully respecting its original look and features. A big challenge—brilliantly overcome—was transforming the parking structure behind the building into a positive. Colored, patterned glass on the hotel’s windows capture external lights in a way that produces a mesmerizing and amorphous interior glow.