Moxy DC Wins Gold Key – BD|NY
Winners of the 39th annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design were unveiled at the gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York on Nov. 11.
The winning design teams and their projects are:
BEST ECO OR SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS HOTEL
Design Firm: AvroKO, New York
Project: Eaton Hong Kong
Client: The Great Eagle Group, Hong Kong
Purchasing Firm: The Great Eagle Group, Hong Kong
BEST LOBBY FOCUSED SERVICE
Design Firms: dash design, New York; FILLAT + Architecture, Washington, DC
Project: Moxy Washington, D.C. Downtown
Client: Douglas Development Group, Washington, D.C.
Architect: FILLAT + Architecture, Washington, D.C.
Purchasing Firm: The Stroud Group, Columbia, Maryland
BEST LOBBY MIDSCALE
Design Firm: Stonehill Taylor, New York
Project: The Eliza Jane, the Unbound Collection by Hyatt, New Orleans, Louisiana
Client: HRI Properties, New Orleans, Louisiana
Architect: HCI Construction, New Orleans, Louisiana
Purchasing Firm: Benjamin West, Louisville, Colorado
BEST LOBBY UPPER MIDSCALE
Design Firm: The Hickson Design Partnership, London
Project: Hotel Indigo Venice Sant’Elena, Venice, Italy
Client: HNH Hospitality; Venice, Italy (owner); InterContinental Hotels Group, London (operator, brand direction and narrative)
Architect: Studio Giallombardo, Venice, Italy
Purchasing Firm: HNH Hospitality, Venice, Italy
BEST LOBBY UPSCALE
Design Firm: DLR Group, Minneapolis
Project: Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis Mill District
Client: Sherman Associates, Minneapolis
Architect: DLR Group, Minneapolis
Purchasing Firm: Atmosphere Commercial Interiors, Minneapolis
BEST LOBBY LUXURY
Design Firms: AFSO, Hong Kong; AvroKO, New York
Project: Waldorf Astoria Bangkok
Client: Magnolia Finest Corporation Ltd., Bangkok
Architects: Gensler, Bangkok; Beaumont Partnership, Bangkok
Purchasing Firm: Parker International, Dubai
BEST GUESTROOM FOCUSED SERVICE
Design Firm: Yabu Pushelberg, Toronto/New York
Project: Moxy Chelsea, New York
Client: Lightstone Group, New York
Architect: Stonehill Taylor, New York
Purchasing Firm: Lightstone Group, New York
BEST GUESTROOM MIDSCALE
Design Firm: Curioso, Chicago
Project: The Wheelhouse Hotel, Chicago
Client: Bedderman Lodging, Chicago
Architect: Norr, Chicago
Purchasing Firm: The Gettys Group, Chicago
BEST GUESTROOM UPPER MIDSCALE
Design Firm: Stonehill Taylor, New York
Project: TWA Hotel, Jamaica, New York
Client: MCR and MORSE Development, New York
Architect: Lubrano Ciavarra Architects, Brooklyn, New York
Purchasing Firm: The Parker Company, Miami
BEST GUESTROOM UPSCALE
Design Firm: Studio Robert McKinley, New York
Project: Hotel Joaquin, Laguna Beach, California
Client: Auric Road, Laguna Beach, California
Architect: Enter-Arc Inc., Santa Ana, California
Purchasing Firm: Auric Road, Laguna Beach, California
BEST GUESTROOM LUXURY
Design Firm: Kelly Wearstler, Los Angeles
Project: Santa Monica Proper Hotel, Santa Monica, California
Clients: Proper Hospitality, Santa Monica, California (operator); Kor Real Estate Partners, Santa Monica, California (owner)
Architect: Howard Laks Architects, Santa Monica, California
Purchasing Firm: Canoe Hospitality, El Segundo, California
BEST SUITE
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York
Project: Kingpin Suite, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas
Client: Station Casinos, Las Vegas
Architect: Rockwell Group
Purchasing Firm: Station Casinos, Las Vegas
BEST EMERGING CONCEPT
Hotelier: Homage Hospitality, Oakland, California
Concept: Homage Hospitality
Design for inaugural property: (The Moor, New Orleans, Louisiana): Homage Hospitality, Oakland, California
Purchasing firm for inaugural property (The Moor, New Orleans, Louisiana): Cowry Moon, Los Angeles
BEST SPECIALTY DESIGN
Design Firm: SilverFox Studios pte ltd, Singapore
Project: Spa at Mandarin Oriental Jumeira Dubai
Client: Wasl LLC, Dubai
Architect: Design & Architecture bureau (DAR), Dubai
Purchasing Firm: Wasl LLC, Dubai
BEST NIGHTCLUB
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Project: Secret Room at the FIVE Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
Client: Five Holdings, Dubai
Architect: Five Holdings, Dubai
Purchasing Firm: Five Holdings, Dubai
BEST RESTAURANT CASUAL DINING
Design Firm: Preen, Inc., Los Angeles
Project: The Heroic Deli and Wine Bar, Santa Monica, California
Client: The Heroic Deli and Wine Bar, Santa Monica, California
Purchasing Firm: Preen, Inc., Los Angeles
BEST RESTAURANT FINE DINING
Design Firm: AvroKO, New York
Project: The Zodiac Room at Neiman Marcus – Hudson Yards, New York
Client: Neiman Marcus, Dallas
Architect: Janson Goldstein, New York
BEST RESORT
Design Firm: Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), Singapore
Project: Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Fushi, Shaviyani Atoll, Republic of Maldives
Client: SC Capital, Singapore
Architect: SCSY Studio, Singapore
Purchasing Firm: Cairncross Martin Co. Ltd., Bangkok
BEST HOTEL FOCUSED SERVICE
Design Firms: Yabu Pushelberg, New York; Rockwell Group, New York
Project: Moxy Chelsea, New York
Client: Lightstone Group, New York
Architect: Stonehill Taylor, New York
Purchasing Firm: Lightstone Group, New York
BEST HOTEL MIDSCALE
Design Firm: Stonehill Taylor, New York
Project: The Eliza Jane, the Unbound Collection by Hyatt, New Orleans, Louisiana
Client: HRI Properties, New Orleans, Louisiana
Architect: HCI Construction, New Orleans, Louisiana
Purchasing Firm: Benjamin West, Louisville Colorado
BEST HOTEL UPPER MIDSCALE
Design Firm: Simeone Deary Design Group, Chicago
Project: St. Jane Hotel, Chicago
Client: Becker Ventures, Chicago, Illinois
Architect: Booth Hansen, Chicago
Purchasing Firm: Neil Locke & Associates, Itasca, Illinois
BEST HOTEL UPSCALE
Design Firms: Studio Shamshiri, Los Angeles
Project: Maison de la Luz, New Orleans, Louisiana
Client: The Domain Companies, New Orleans, Louisiana
Architect: EskewDumezRipple, New Orleans, Louisiana
Purchasing Firm: Benjamin West, Louisville, Colorado
BEST HOTEL LUXURY
Design Firm: Studio Jean-Philippe Nuel, Paris & New York
Project: InterContinental Lyon – Hotel Dieu, France
Client: InterContinental Lyon – Hotel Dieu, France
Architect: AIA Architectes, Lyon, France; RL&A architects, Lyon, France
Purchasing Firm: MALAM FF&E Solutions, Paris
JUDGES‘ SO COOL
Design Firms: Stonehill Taylor, New York; Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP, New York
Project: Lobby at TWA Hotel, Jamaica, New York
Client: MCR and MORSE Development, New York
Architects: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP, New York
Purchasing Firm: The Parker Company, Miami
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
AvroKO, New York
A full list of finalists is available at bdny.com/2019-gold-key-awards-finalists-revealed.
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