November 26th, 2019
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.