CINCINNATI, OH, October 10, 2018 – Finalists have been announced for Hospitality Media Group’s 38th annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design, the industry’s oldest and most prestigious awards program, sponsored by Boutique Design magazine.
Winners in 21 categories and the Designer of the Year to be unveiled Nov. 12 at the Gold Key Awards Gala, held in conjunction with Boutique Design New York (BDNY) and HX: The Hotel Experience
Winners in 21 categories will be announced at the Gold Key Awards Gala, to be held Nov. 12 at Gotham Hall in Midtown Manhattan. Sundukovy Sisters, Moscow, the Designer of the Year will also be honored. The gala is presented in conjunction with the Boutique Design New York (BDNY) trade fair and conference, Nov. 11-12, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Both finalists and winners will be profiled in the December issue of Boutique Design.
The Gold Key Awards program recognizes the most influential and innovative design work in the hospitality industry. To be eligible, new construction, conversion or renovation work must have been completed between July 1, 2017 and July 1, 2018. Finalists and winners are determined by a jury of industry leaders from the design, operations, development and investment sectors of hospitality.
Judges for this year’s Gold Key Awards include:
Gary Dollens, global head design/product and brand development, Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Nigel Hatcher, vice president, design & project management, luxury brands, Marriott Intl.
Lori Horvath, managing director, project & development services, Jones Lang LaSalle
Daniel Hyde, president, Artist Guild Hotels
Matoula Karagiannis, vice president, design, Sydell Group
Michael Kitchen, vice president of acquisitions & development, Aparium Hotel Group
David McCaslin, executive vice president, Hersha Hospitality Management
Michael Medzigian, chairman and managing partner, Watermark Capital Partners, LLC
Jagruti Panwala, president and ceo, Wealth Protection Strategies; vice chairwoman, AAHOA, 2018-2019
Thomas Prins, principal, TQP Capital Partners, LLC
Shirli Sensenbrenner, senior vice president, design + development services, Two Roads Hospitality
Larry Traxler, senior vice president - global design, Hilton
Finalists for the 2018 Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design include:
BEST ECO-CONSCIOUS OR SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS HOTEL
Design Firm: Perkins + Will, Boston; Architect: ID8 Architects, Des Moines, Iowa; Project: Hotel Grinnell, Grinnell, Iowa
Clients: Grinnell Center LLC, Grinnell, Iowa (owner); Hotel Grinnell, Grinnell, Iowa (operator); Purchasing Company: Catalyst Development, Grinnell, Iowa
Design Firm: Meyer Davis, New York; Architect: Mancini Duffy, New York; Project: The Assemblage John Street, New York
Clients: Prodigy Network and Shorewood Real Estate Group (joint venture owners); Kokua Hospitality, San Francisco, California (operator); Purchasing Company: The Carroll Adams Group, Long Island City, New York
Design Firm: Studio 11 Design, Dallas, Texas; Architect: Michael Doty Associates, Ketchum. Idaho; Project: Hotel Ketchum, Ketchum, Idaho
Client: HayMax Capital, Aspen, Colorado (owner); HayMax Hotels, Aspen, Colorado (operator); Purchasing Company: Summa Intl., Kailua, Hawaii
BEST LOBBY FOCUSED SERVICE
Design Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Project: Mojo Nomad Central, Hong Kong
Client: Ovolo Hotels, Hong Kong (owner/operator); Architect: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Purchasing Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong
Design Firm: Gettys ONE, Chicago; Project: La Quinta Inn & Suites Chicago Downtown
Client: LQ Management LLC, Irving, Texas; Architect: Epstein Architecture, Chicago; Purchasing Company: The Gettys Group, Chicago
Design Firm: Group One Partners, Boston; Project: Residence Inn D.C. Capitol Hill/Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
Client: Stonebridge Cos., Englewood, Colorado (owner/operator); Architect: Hickok Cole, Washington, D.C.; Purchasing Company: The Stroud Group, Columbia, Maryland
Design Firm: TPG Architecture, LLP, New York; Project: Citadines Connect Fifth Avenue New York
Client: The Ascott Limited, Singapore; Architect: TPG Architecture, LLP, New York;
Purchasing Company: HPG Intl., LLC, Walnut Creek, California
BEST LOBBY MIDSCALE
Design Firm: Flick∙Mars, Dallas; Project: Chicago Moxy Downtown Hotel
Client: White Lodging, Merrillville, Indiana; Architect: DLR Group, Chicago;
Purchasing Company: White Lodging, Merrillville, Indiana
Design Firm: Graduate Hotels In-House Design Team, Chicago; Project: Graduate Minneapolis
Clients: AJ Capital Partners, Chicago (owner); Graduate Hotels, Chicago (operator); Architect: Graduate Hotels, Chicago; Purchasing Company: Slate Procurement, Chicago
Design Firm: HFS Concepts 4, Long Beach, California; Project: Embassy Suites Dallas DFW Airport North, Grapevine, Texas
Client: Atrium Hospitality, Alpharetta, Georgia (owner/operator); Purchasing Company: HFS Concepts 4, Long Beach, California
Design Firm: Sydell Group, New York, with ROMAN AND WILLIAMS BUILDINGS AND INTERIORS, New York; Project: Freehand New York
Clients: Alliance Bernstein, New York; Sydell Group, New York (owners); Sydell Group, New York (operator); Architect: IBI Group, New York; Purchasing Company: Sydell Group, New York
BEST LOBBY UPSCALE
Design Firm: McCartan, Inc., New York; Project: Hotel Nia, Autograph Collection, Menlo Park, California
Client: Ensemble Real Estate Investments, Long Beach, California; Architect: Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc., Culver City, California; Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Calabasas, California
Design Firm: Rottet Studio, Houston, Texas; Project: Renaissance Atlanta Airport Gateway Hotel Client: Grove Street Partners, Atlanta; Architect: Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio, LLC, Atlanta; Purchasing Company: Benjamin West, Louisville, Colorado
Design Firm: Semple Brown Design, P.C., Denver; Project: Kimpton Hotel Born, Denver
Clients: Continuum Partners, LLC, Denver (owner); Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, San Francisco, California (operator); Architect: BOKA Powell, Dallas; Purchasing Company: The Carroll Adams Group, Orlando, Florida
Design Firm: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario; Project: Bisha Hotel & Residences, Toronto, Ontario
Clients: INK Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario (owner); ICONINK, Toronto, Ontario (F&B operator); Loews Hotels, New York (hotel operator); Architect: Wallman Architects, Toronto, Ontario; Purchasing Company: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario
Design Firm: Sundukovy Sisters, Moscow; Project: Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof, Berlin Clients: Union Investment, Frankfurt, Germany (owner); AccorHotels, Paris (operator), Purchasing Company: BARAN Projektpartner, Düsseldorf, Germany
BEST LOBBY LUXURY
Design Firm: AB Concept, Hong Kong; Project: Rosewood Sanya, China
Clients: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China (owner); Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Hong Kong (operator); Architect: Goettsch Partners, Chicago; Purchasing Company: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China
Design Firm: LEO A DALY, Dallas; Project: The Diplomat Beach Resort Hollywood, Curio Collection by Hilton, Hollywood, Florida
Client: Thayer Lodging, Brookfield Hotel Properties (owner), Annapolis, Maryland; Purchasing Company: Martin Stringfellow Associates, Orlando, Florida
Design Firm: Sydell Group, New York; Studio Jacques Garcia, Paris; Project: NoMad Los Angeles
Clients: Yucaipa Companies, LLC, Los Angeles (owner); Alliance Bernstein, New York (owner); Sydell Group, New York (operator); Architect: KFA Architecture, Santa Monica, California; Purchasing Firm: Sydell Group, New York
BEST GUESTROOM FOCUSED SERVICE
Design Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Project: Mojo Nomad Central, Hong Kong
Client: Ovolo Hotels, Hong Kong; Architect: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Purchasing Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong
Design Firm: TPG Architecture, LLP, New York; Project: Citadines Connect Fifth Avenue New York
Client: The Ascott Limited, Singapore; Architect: TPG Architecture, LLP, New York;Purchasing Company: HPG Intl. LLC, Walnut Creek, California
Design Firm: Natalie Sheedy Interiors, Chicago; DeLaRosa Studio Inc., Chicago; Project: Element Moline, Illinois
Clients: The Amin Group, San Francisco (owner); C-Two Hotels, San Francisco (operator); Architect: Legat Architects, Chicago; Purchasing Company: Purchasing Management Intl., Dallas, Texas
BEST GUESTROOM MIDSCALE
Design Firm: Amanda Sullivan Studio Architecture, PC, New York; Project: Gardens Suites Hotel by Affinia, New York Client: Denihan Hospitality Group, LLC, New York; Architect: R. Wade Johnson Design, PLLC, St. James, New York; Purchasing Company: The Cardy Group, Toronto
Design Firm: HVS Design, Rockville, Maryland; Project: The Goodwin Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut
Client: RMS Companies, Stamford, Connecticut; Architect: JN+A, Rockville, Maryland; Purchasing Company: Purchasing Dimensions, Somers, Connecticut
Design Firm: Sydell Group, New York, with ROMAN AND WILLIAMS BUILDINGS AND INTERIORS, New York; Project: Freehand Los Angeles
Client: Sydell Group, New York; Architect: KFA Architecture, Santa Monica, California; Purchasing Firm: Sydell Group, New York
BEST GUESTROOM UPSCALE
Design Firm: Bill Rooney Studio, Inc., New York; Project: Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club, Autograph Collection, Miami Beach, Florida Clients: Hersha Hospitality Trust, Philadelphia (owner); Autograph Collection, Marriott and Hersha Hospitality Management, Philadelphia (operator); Architect: Kobi Karp, Miami, Florida; Purchasing Company: Hersha Purchasing and Design, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Design Firm: Design Poole Inc., Winter Park, Florida; Project: Delta Resort, Daytona Shores, Florida
Client: Summit Hospitality, Daytona Beach, Florida; Architect: Harter – Adams Architects, Winter Park, Florida; Purchasing Company: Summit Hospitality, Daytona Beach, Florida
Design Firm: Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA) Pte Ltd., Singapore; Project: Ahn Luh Qiandaohu, Zhejiang Province
Client: Shanghai Golden Union Investment Group Co. Ltd, Shanghai; Architect: Ezhen Design, Shanghai; Purchasing Company: Shanghai Golden Union Investment Group Co. Ltd, Shanghai
Design Firm: LEO Global Design Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China; Project: Hilton Huizhou Longmen Resort, Longmen, Huizhou, Guangdong, China Client: Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd., Guangdong, China; Hilton, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Architect: Guangzhou Residential Building Design Institute Co. Ltd, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Purchasing Company: Guangzhou Heguan Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Design Firm: Studio GAIA, New York; Project: W Panama, Panama City, Panama
Client: F&F Properties, Panama City, Panama; Architect: F&F Properties, Panama City, Panama; Purchasing Company: F&F Properties, Panama City, Panama
Design Firm: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario; Project: Bisha Hotel & Residences, Toronto, Ontario
Clients: INK Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario (owner); ICONINK, Toronto, Ontario (F&B operator); Loews Hotels, New York (hotel operator); Architect: Wallman Architects, Toronto, Ontario; Purchasing Company: Studio Munge, Toronto
BEST GUESTROOM LUXURY
Design Firm: AB Concept, Hong Kong; Project: Rosewood Sanya, China
Clients: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China (owner); Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Hong Kong (operator); Architect: Goettsch Partners, Chicago; Purchasing Company: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China
Design Firm: Martyn Lawrence Bullard Design, Los Angeles; Project: Hotel Californian, Santa Barbara, California
Client: 35 State Street Hotel Partners, LLC. (owner/operator); Architect: DesignArc, Santa Barbara, California; Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Las Vegas
Design Firm: Sydell Group, New York; Studio Jacques Garcia, Paris; Project: NoMad Los Angeles
Clients: Yucaipa Companies, LLC, Los Angeles; Alliance Bernstein, New York (owners); Sydell Group, New York (operator); Architect: KFA Architecture, Santa Monica, California; Purchasing Company: Sydell Group, New York
Design Firm: Wimberly Interiors, New York; Project:Rosewood Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas
Clients: CTF BM Operations, Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas (owner); Rosewood Hotels & Resorts (operator); Architect: SB Architects, Coral Gables, Florida; Purchasing Company: Parker International, Miami
Design Firm: Wimberly Interiors, London; Project: St. Regis Astana, Kazakhstan
Guangdong Light-textile Industry Architecture Design Institute Co. Ltd China
Clients: MG Holding, Astana, Kazakhstan (owner); Marriott Intl., St. Regis (operator); Architect: WATG, London; Purchasing Company: Piatek Hospitality Procurement, Breezand, The Netherlands
BEST SUITE
Design Firm: Duncan Miller Ullmann (DMU), Dallas, Texas; Project: Hotel ZaZa Memorial City, Houston, Texas
Clients: MetroNational, Houston, Texas (owner); Z Resorts, Houston, Texas (operator); Architect: Kirksey Architecture, Houston, Texas; Purchasing Company: Duncan Miller Ullmann (DMU), Dallas, Texas
Design Firm: Martyn Lawrence Bullard Design, Los Angeles; Project: Hotel Californian, Santa Barbara, California
Client: 35 State Street Hotel Partners, LLC. (owner/operator); Architect: DesignArc, Santa Barbara, California; Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Las Vegas
Design Firm: McCartan, Inc., New York; Project: Hotel Nia, Autograph Collection, Menlo Park, California
Client: Ensemble Real Estate Investments, Long Beach, California; Architect: Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc., Culver City, California; Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Calabasas, California
Design Firm: Meyer Davis, New York; Project: Four Seasons Papagayo, Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica
Clients: GenCom, Miami (owner); Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Toronto, Ontario (operator); Architect:Zurcher Arquitectos, San José, Costa Rica; Purchasing Company: The Parker Company, Miami
Design Firm: V Starr Interiors, West Palm Beach, Florida; Project: The V Suite at The Hotel at Midtown, Chicago
Client: Midtown Athletic Club, Chicago; Architect: DMAC Architecture, Evanston, Illinois; Purchasing Company: Construction Concepts Management, Evanston, Illinois
BEST NIGHTCLUB/LOUNGE
Design Firm: AB Concept, Hong Kong; Project: Bar Trigona at Four Seasons Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Clients: Venus Assets SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (owner); Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Toronto (operator); Architect: NRY Architects SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Purchasing Company: Venus Assets SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Design Firm: Built, Inc., Los Angeles; Project: Poppy, West Hollywood, California
Client: The H.Wood Group, West Hollywood, California; Architect: Built, Inc., Los Angeles; Purchasing Company: Built, Inc., Los Angeles
Design Firm: Simeone Deary Design Group, Chicago, under a consulting agreement with Gensler, Las Vegas; Project: Rosina Cocktail Bar and Lounge at the Palazzo Las Vegas
Clients: Las Vegas Sands Corp., Las Vegas (owner/operator); Architect: Gensler, Las Vegas; Purchasing Firm: Las Vegas Sands Corp., Las Vegas
Design Firm: Studio 11 Design, Dallas, Texas; Project: Analog at Hutton Hotel, Nashville
Client: Watermark Capital, Chicago; Architect: Tuck Hinton Architects, Nashville; Purchasing Firm: Martin Stringfellow Associates, Orlando, Florida
BEST EMERGING HOTEL CONCEPT
Hotelier: Huazhu Hotel Group, Beijing; Hotel Concept: VUE Hotel
Design for inaugural property (VUE Hou Hai, Beijing); MINISTRY OF DESIGN PTE LTD, Singapore; Architecture for inaugural property MINISTRY OF DESIGN PTE LTD, Singapore; Purchasing Company: VUE Hotel Houhai, Beijing
Hotelier: INK Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario; Hotel Concept: Bisha Hotel & Residences
Design for inaugural property (Bisha Hotel & Residences, Toronto, Ontario): Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario; Architecture for inaugural property: Wallman Architects, Toronto, Ontario; Operators for inaugural property: ICONINK, Toronto, Ontario (F&B operator); Loews Hotels, New York (hotel operator); Purchasing company for inaugural property: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario
Hotelier: Ovolo Hotels, Hong Kong; Hotel Concept: Mojo Nomad
Design, architecture and purchasing for inaugural property (Mojo Nomad Aberdeen Harbour): KplusK associates, Hong Kong;
Hotelier: The Kor Group, San Francisco, California/Proper Hospitality, Santa Monica, California; Hotel Concept: Proper Hotels
Designer for inaugural property (San Francisco Proper Hotel, California): Kelly Wearstler, Los Angeles; Architect for inaugural property:Hornberger + Worstell, San Francisco, California; Purchasing company for inaugural property: Canoe Hospitality, El Segundo, California
BEST RESTAURANT CASUAL DINING
Design Firm: AB Concept, Hong Kong; Project: The Fishmonger at Rosewood Sanya, China
Clients: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China (owner); Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, Hong Kong (operator); Architect: Goettsch Partners, Chicago; Purchasing Company: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China
Design Firm: Blueplate, a Wilson Associates Studio, New York; Project: Chica at The Venetian Las Vegas
Clients: Las Vegas Sands Corp. (owner); 50 Eggs, Inc., Miami, Florida (operator); Architect: Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design, Princeton, New Jersey; Purchasing Company: Wilson Associates, New York
Design Firm: Goddard Littlefair, London; Project: BABA at Principal Edinburgh Charlotte Square, United Kingdom
Clients: Starwood Capital, Greenwich, Connecticut (owner at the time of project completion); Principal Hotel Co., Harrogate, N. Yorkshire, United Kingdom (operator at time of project completion); Architect: 3DReid, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Purchasing Company: Benjamin West, London
Design Firm: Mister Important Design, Oakland, California; Project: The Province at Bay 101 Casino, San Jose, California
Client: Chris Yeo Group, San Mateo, California; Architect: Kenneth Rodriguez and Partners Inc., Mountain View, California; Purchasing Company: IKey Inc., San Jose, California
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York; Project: Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beers at The Venetian Las Vegas
Client: Las Vegas Sands Corp., Las Vegas (owner/operator); Architect: Moser Architecture Studio, Las Vegas; Purchasing Company: Las Vegas Sands Corp. (Purchasing Dept.), Las Vegas
Design Firm: Sundukovy Sisters; Moscow; Project: Community, Moscow
Client: Sinisha Lazarevich, Moscow; Architect: Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya,
BEST RESTAURANT FINE DINING
Design Firm: AvroKO, New York; Project: Somerset at Viceroy Chicago
Clients: Convexity Properties (owner); Boka Restaurant Group, Chicago (operator); Architect: Goettsch Partners, Chicago; Purchasing Company: The Gettys Group, Chicago
Design Firm: BASILE Studio, San Diego, California; Project: Born & Raised, San Diego, California
Client: CH Projects, San Diego, California; Purchasing Company: BASILE Studio, San Diego, California
Design Firm: Steve Leung Design Group Ltd., Hong Kong; Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo; Project: Ta-ke Japanese Restaurant, Hong Kong
Client: 1957 & Co. (Hospitality) Ltd. (owner/operator), Hong Kong; Architect: Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo
Design Firm: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario; Project: Akira Back at Bisha Hotel & Residences, Toronto, Ontario
Clients: INK Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario (owner); ICONINK, Toronto, Ontario (F&B operator); Loews Hotels, New York (hotel operator); Architect: Wallman Architects, Toronto, Ontario; Purchasing Company: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario
BEST SPECIALTY DESIGN
Design Firm: Anda Andrei Design, New York; bonetti/kozerski architecture, New York; Project: Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park, New Jersey
Clients: iStar, New York (owner/operator); Architect: bonetti/kozerski architecture, New York; Purchasing Company: iStar, New York
Design Firm: CoberKoeda, Inc., Dallas, Texas; WILSON-RED, Dallas, Texas; Project: Mad Hatter's Tea Party at Boutique Design New York 2017, New York
Client: HMG, LLC, Blue Ash, Ohio (owner/operator)
Design Firm: CORE architecture + design, Washington, D.C.; Project: The Social at Hilton Headquarters, McLean, Virginia
Clients: Hilton, McLean, Virginia (owner); Sodexo (operator); Purchasing Company: Washington Group Solutions; Washington, D.C.
Design Firm: Jeffrey Beers Intl., New York; Project: The Market at Waterside District, Norfolk, Virginia
Clients: The Cordish Companies, Baltimore, Maryland (owner/operator); Architect: BCT Architects, Baltimore, Maryland; Purchasing Company: Leap Hospitality, Liberty, Missouri
Design Firm: Studio 11 Design, Dallas, Texas; Project: Writer’s Studios at Hutton Hotel, Nashville
Client: Watermark Capital, Chicago; Architect: Tuck Hinton Architects, Nashville; Purchasing Firm: Martin Stringfellow Associates, Orlando, Florida
Design Firm: Wimberly Interiors, a design studio of WATG, London; Project: Belmond Venice-Simplon Orient Express Grand Suites, London
Client: Belmond Ltd., London (owner/operator); Purchasing Company: Belmond Ltd., London
JUDGES’ SO COOL
Design Firm: Blue Sky Hospitality, London; Project: MiniMix at The Megaro, London
Client: St. Pancras Hotel Group, London; Purchasing Firm: St. Pancras Hotels Group, London
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York; AHA Universo, Zapopan, Jalisco; Project: Casa Calavera, Herringbone,Il Forno di Gio, OMNIA Dayclub, pool bars and SHOREbar atVidanta Los Cabos; San José del Cabo
Client: Grupo Vidanta, Nayarit
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York; Project: Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge, New York
Clients: Lightstone Group, New York (owner/operator); TAO Group, New York (operator); Architect: Stonehill Taylor, New York; Purchasing Company: HPG Intl., Walnut Creek, California
Design Firm: Stylt Trampoli, Gothenburg, Sweden; Project: Downtown Camper by Scandic, Stockholm, Sweden;
Client: Scandic Hotels Group, Stockholm, Sweden; Architecture: Stylt Trampoli, Gothenburg, Sweden; Purchasing Company: Scandic Hotels Group, Stockholm, Sweden
Design Firm: Stylt Trampoli, Gothenburg, Sweden; Project: Mini Chef at LEGO®House, Billund, Denmark
Client: LEGO Group (owner); LEGO®House, Billund, Denmark (operator); Architect: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen, London, New York Purchasing Company;: LEGO Group, Billund, Denmark
Design Firm: Sundukovy Sisters, Moscow; Project: Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof, Germany Clients: Union Investment, Frankfurt, Germany (owner); AccorHotels, Paris (operator), Purchasing Company: BARAN Projektpartner, Düsseldorf, Germany
BEST RESORT
Design Firm: EDG Interior Architecture + Design, Novato, California; Architect: Houston/Tyner, Torrance, California; Project: westdrift Manhattan Beach, Autograph Collection, Manhattan Beach, California
Client: Westmont Hospitality Group, Houston, Texas; Purchasing Firm: HPG Intl., LLC, Walnut Creek, California
Design Firm: Meyer Davis New York; Architect: Zurcher Arquitectos, San José, Costa Rica; Project: Four Seasons Papagayo, Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica
Clients: GenCom, Miami (owner); Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Toronto, Ontario (operator); Purchasing Company: The Parker Company, Miami
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Design Firm: Parker-Torres Design Inc., Sudbury, Massachusetts; Wimberly Interiors, New York; Architect: Houston/Tyner, Torrance, California; Project: The Phoenician, A Luxury Collection Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona
Clients: Host Hotels & Resorts (owner) Bethesda, Maryland; The Luxury Collection, Marriott Intl., Bethesda, Maryland (operator); Purchasing Company: Benjamin West, Louisville, Colorado
Design Firm: Stylt Trampoli, Gothenburg, Sweden; Architect: Krook & Tjäder, Gothenburg, Sweden; Project: Niehku Mountain Villa, Riksgränsen, Sweden
Clients: Polarexpressen AB, Gothenburg, Sweden (owner/operator); Purchasing Company: Stylt Trampoli, Gothenburg, Sweden
Design Firm: Wimberly Interiors, New York City; Alexander Waterworth Interiors, London; Architect: SB Architects, Coral Gables, Florida; Project: Rosewood Baha Mar, Nassau, The Bahamas
Clients: CTF BM Operations, Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas (owner); Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Nassau, The Bahamas (operator); Purchasing Company: The Parker Company, Miami
BEST HOTEL FOCUSED SERVICE
Design Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Project: Mojo Nomad Central, Hong Kong
Client: Ovolo Hotels, Hong Kong; Architect: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Purchasing Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong
Design Firm: Natalie Sheedy Interiors, Chicago; DeLaRosa Studio Inc., Chicago; Architect: Legat Architects, Chicago; Project: Element Moline, Illinois
Client: The Amin Group, San Francisco, California (owner); Ctwo Hotels, San Francisco, California (operator); Purchasing Company: Purchasing Management Intl., Dallas, Texas
Design Firm: TPG Architecture, LLP, New York (interior design and architecture); Project: Citadines Connect Fifth Avenue New York
Client: The Ascott Limited, Singapore; Purchasing Company: HPG Intl., Walnut Creek, California
BEST HOTEL UPSCALE
Design Firm: Goddard Littlefair, London; Architect: 3DReid Architects, Glasgow, U.K.; Project: The Principal Edinburgh Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, U.K.
Clients: Starwood Capital, Greenwich, Connecticut (owner at time of completion), Principal Hotel Co., London; (operator at time of completion); Purchasing Company: Benjamin West, London
Design Firm: HKS, Inc., Dallas, Texas (interior design and architecture); Project: W Hotel Washington, Bellevue, Washington
Clients: Kemper Development Co., Bellevue, Washington (owner); Marriott Intl., Bethesda, Maryland (operator); Purchasing Company: Beyer Brown Associates, Baltimore, Maryland
Design Firm: Ian Schrager Company, New York; Herzog & de Meuron, Basel (interior design and architecture); Project: PUBLIC New York, New York
Client: Ian Schrager Company, New York
Design Firm: McCartan, Inc., New York; Architect: Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc., Culver City, California; Project: Hotel Nia, Autograph Collection, Menlo Park, California
Clients: Ensemble Real Estate Investments, Long Beach, California (owner/operator); Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Calabasas, California
Design Firm: MINISTRY OF DESIGN PTE LTD, Singapore; Project: MINISTRY OF DESIGN PTE LTD, Singapore; VUE Hotel Hou Hai, Beijing, China
Clients: VUE Hotel, Beijing, China (owner/operator); Architect: VUE Hou Hai, Beijing; (MINISTRY OF DESIGN PTE LTD); Purchasing Company: VUE Hotel Houhai, Beijing
Design Firm: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario; Project: Bisha Hotel & Residences, Toronto, Ontario
Clients: INK Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario (owner); ICONINK, Toronto, Ontario (F&B operator); Loews Hotels, New York (hotel operator); Architect: Wallman Architects, Toronto, Ontario; Purchasing Company: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario
BEST HOTEL LUXURY
Design Firm: Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), London; Architect: Feigin Architects, Ramat-Gan, Israel; Orient Jerusalem by Isrotel Exclusive Collection, Jerusalem
Client: Isrotel, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Jerusalem; Purchasing Company: Isrotel, Tel Aviv, Israel
Design Firm: MKV Design, London; Architects: Patrik Dierks Norbert Sachs Architekten BDA, Berlin, Germany (Alpine Spa); Russli Architekten, Lucerne, Switzerland (Bürgenstock Hotel); Project: Bürgenstock Hotel & Alpine Spa, Lucerne, Switzerland
Clients: Katara Hospitality, Zug, Switzerland (owner); Bürgenstock Resort (operator); Purchasing Company: Katara Hospitality, Zug, Switzerland
Design Firm: Pierre-Yves Rochon Inc. (PYR), Chicago and Paris, France; Architects: Gensler; Perkins + Will, Los Angeles; Pierre-Yves Rochon Inc. (PYR) Chicago and Paris; Project: Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, California
Clients: Oasis West Realty, Los Angeles (owner); Hilton (operator); Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Las Vegas
Design Firm: Sydell Group, New York; Studio Jacques Garcia, Paris, France; Architect: KFA Architecture, Santa Monica, California; Project: NoMad Los Angeles
Client: Yucaipa Companies, LLC, Los Angeles; Alliance Bernstein, New York (owners); Sydell Group, New York (operator); Purchasing Company: Sydell Group, New York
The complete list of finalists can be found at www.bdny.com/goldkey-finalists.
“Each of the more than 400 submissions for this year's Gold Key Awards challenged the judges to explore what true excellence in design means,” says Mary Scoviak, executive editor of Boutique Design magazine and conference director for BDNY. “With the proliferation of brands and supply growth, no client thinks good is good enough in design terms. This year’s Gold Key entries demonstrate how much designers are delivering above and beyond even the highest expectations and giving both clients and guests exactly what they want.”
Prior to the Gold Key Awards ceremony, NEWH, the professional network of the hospitality industry, will present its annual ICON of Industry award to Esther Cohen, founder of Toronto-based artwork provider PI Fine Art, which has served the hospitality industry for more than 40 years. NEWH will also present its $7,500 Icon of Industry Scholarship to Jieru Lin, an interior architecture student at California College of Arts, and its $10,000 NEWH Interior Design scholarship, sponsored by P/Kaufmann Contract, to Kim Kedem, an interior design student at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology.
Advance registration is required for the Nov. 12 cocktail reception, dinner and awards ceremony at Gotham Hall. Tickets are $475 per person at bdny.com; availability is limited.
Complete details about the Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design are available at www.bdny.com/goldkey-gala.
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The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Hebrew: הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראלHa-Tekhniyon — Makhon Tekhnologi le-Yisrael) is a publicresearch university in Haifa, Israel. Established in 1912 during the Ottoman Empire and more than 35 years before the State of Israel, the Technion is the oldest university in the country.[4]
The Technion is ranked best university in Israel and the Middle East.[5] The university offers degrees in science and engineering, and related fields such as architecture, medicine, industrial management and education. It has 19 academic departments, 60 research centers and 12 affiliated teaching hospitals.[6] Since its founding, it has awarded more than 100,000 degrees[7] and its graduates are cited for providing the skills and education behind the creation and protection of the State of Israel.[8][9]
Technion's 565 faculty members currently include three Nobel Laureates in chemistry. Four Nobel Laureates have been associated with the university. The current president of the Technion is Peretz Lavie, who was ranked in 2012 by the Israeli national newspaper TheMarker as one of the country's 100 most influential people.[10]
The Technion has played a major role in the history of modern Israel. The selection of Hebrew as the language of instruction, defeating German in the War of the Languages, was an important milestone in Hebrew's consolidation as Israel's official language.[11] The Technion is also a major factor behind the growth of Israel's high-tech industry and innovation, including the country's technical cluster in Silicon Wadi.[12][13]
History[edit]
Albert Einstein at Technion; 11 February 1923
The Technikum was conceived in the early 1900s by the German-Jewish fund Ezrah as a school of engineering and sciences. It was to be the only institution of higher learning in the then Ottoman Palestine, other than the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem (founded in 1907). In October 1913, the board of trustees selected German as the language of instruction, provoking a major controversy known as the War of the Languages. After opposition from American and Russian Jews to the use of German, the board of trustees reversed itself in February 1914 and selected Hebrew as the language of instruction. The German name Technikum was also replaced by the Hebrew name Technion.[4][14]
Technion's cornerstone was laid in 1912, and studies began 12 years later in 1924.[14] In 1923 Albert Einstein visited and planted the now-famous first palm tree, as an initiative of Nobel tradition. The first palm tree still stands today in front of the old Technion building, which is now the MadaTech museum, in the Hadar neighborhood. Einstein founded the first Technion Society, and served as its president upon his return to Germany.
In 1924, Arthur Blok became the Technion's first president.[15]
Campuses[edit]
The campus on Mount Carmel, Haifa
Churchill Auditorium
Aerospace Faculty (Technion)
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Technion
View towards the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Building from Obelisk
Computer Science Faculty Building
Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management
Faculty of Mathematics
Technion Faculty of Medicine
The Obelisk, the stainless-steel structure 28 meters tall, is a kinetic sculpture
Haifa[edit]
Technion City generally refers to the 1.2-square-kilometer site located on the pine-covered north-eastern slopes of Mount Carmel. The campus comprises 100 buildings, occupied by thousands of people every day.
The Technion has two additional campuses. Its original building in midtown Haifa, in use by the Technion until the mid-1980s, now houses the Israel National Museum of Science, Technology and Space. The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine is located in the neighborhood of Bat Galim, adjacent to Rambam Hospital, the largest medical center in Northern Israel.
Recreational activities on the main campus include an Olympic-size swimming pool as well as gymnastics, squash and tennis facilities.[16] The Technion Symphony Orchestra and Choir are composed mainly of Technion students and staff. Each term, the Orchestra offers a series of daytime and evening concerts. Films and live performances by leading Israeli artists take place on campus on a regular basis.
Tel Aviv[edit]
Technion's Division of Continuing Education and External Studies has been operating in the Tel Aviv area since 1958. In July 2013, the Technion moved to a new campus in Sarona. The Technion satellite campus in Sarona includes three buildings in a 1,800 sq. meter area, with a total of 16 modern classrooms.[17] Among the programs that study at Sarona are the Technion's International MBA program, which includes students from around the world and guest lecturers from universities such as London Business School, Columbia University, and INSEAD.[18]
Cornell Tech[edit]
On 19 December 2011, a bid by a consortium of Cornell University and Technion won a competition to establish a new high-tier applied science and engineering institution in New York City. The competition was established by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in order to increase entrepreneurship and job growth in the city's technology sector. The winning bid consisted of a 2,100,000 square feet (200,000 m2) state-of-the-art tech campus being built on Roosevelt Island, which will have its first phase completed by 2017, with a temporary off-site campus opening in 2013 at the Google New York City headquarters building at 111 Eighth Avenue.[19][20] The new 'School of Genius' in New York City has been named the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute.[21] Its Founding Director was Craig Gotsman, Technion's Hewlett-Packard Professor of Computer Engineering.
Most recently, AOL has announced an investment of $5 million in a video research project at the Institute.[22] Positive media coverage abounds,[23] as well as some small scale protests from the margins of political and environmental activism.[24]
Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology[edit]
In September 2013 the Li Ka Shing Foundation and the Technion announced they would be joining forces to create a new institute for technology at Shantou University, Guangdong province, south-eastern China.The Li Ka Shing Foundation pledged a grant of US$130 million for the creation of the institute. The degrees taught, including Bachelors, Masters and Doctorates, will be accredited by the Technion. The total construction costs are $147 million.English will be GTIIT's the language of instruction. GTIIT will comprise three units: the College of Engineering; the College of Science; and the College of Life Science. The goal is to have about 5,000 students eventually. The institute will eventually grant Technion engineering degrees at all levels - Bachelor, Masters and PhD. Initially the courses offered are Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Materials Engineering.[25] By 2020 the institute will start teaching other disciplines from Mechanics to Aerospace Engineering.[26][27][28]
Faculty[edit]Aerospace Engineering[edit]
Founded in 1954, the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering conducts research and education in a wide range of aerospace disciplines. The Aerospace Research Center also consists of the Aerodynamics (wind tunnels) Laboratory, the Aerospace Structures Laboratory, the Combustion and Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, the Turbo and Jet Engine Laboratory, the Flight Control Laboratory and the Design for Manufacturing Laboratory.
Architecture and Town Planning[edit]
The Technion Faculty of Architecture[29] awards BArch degrees awarded after five years of study.[30] Its graduate program in architecture accepts about 15 students each year, and it accepts about 4–5 doctoral students, focusing on subjects such as architectural theory and philosophy, bio-climate and energy conscious design, morphology, computer application, person-environment relations, housing, architectural history, and urban design.[30]
Biology[edit]
The Faculty of Biology[31] was established in 1971. Advanced research is carried out in 23 research groups, focusing on a variety of aspects of cellular, molecular and developmental biology. The faculty has extensive collaborations with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The Faculty has around 350 undergraduate students and over 100 graduate students.[32]
Biomedical Engineering[edit]
Established in 1968, the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering[33] has a multidiciplinary scope nurturing research activities that blend medical and biological engineering. Research projects have resulted in the development of patented medical aids. Recent research breakthroughs includethe identification of a structured neurological code for syllables and could let paraplegics 'speak' virtually through the connection of the brain to a computer.[34]
Biotechnology and Food Engineering[edit]
Unique in Israel, the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering[35] offers a blend of courses in engineering, life and natural sciences as well as joint degree programs with the Faculties of Biology and Chemistry. The Faculty houses biotechnology laboratories, as well as a large food processing pilot plant and a packaging laboratory. It currently has 260 undergraduates and 66 graduate students.
Civil and Environmental Engineering[edit]
In 2002, two of the original Technion Faculties – Civil and Agricultural engineering, were merged to create the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering.[36] Its state vision is to 'maintain and enhance the leading position of the Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering amongst the top departments in the world.. and to position the Faculty as the national center for research & development and human resources for the sustainable development.'[37] The Faculty is the home of Technion's expanding International School of Engineering.
Chemical Engineering[edit]
The Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering[38] is Israel's oldest and largest faculty in the field, educating the vast majority of chemical engineers in Israel's chemical industries.[32] Research activities include materials, complex fluids, processing, transport and surface phenomena and process control.
Chemistry[edit]
The Schulich Faculty of Chemistry[39] offers a variety of joint programs, including with materials engineering, chemical engineering, physics, and food engineering. It also offers a joint degree with the Faculty of Biology leading to a degree in molecular biochemistry. Around 100 research projects at the faculty are sponsored by industry and national and international foundations. It also offers a variety of outreach and youth programs.[40]
Computer Science[edit]
Founded in 1969, this is one of the largest Technion faculties, with over 1,000 undergraduate students and 200 graduate students. The Faculty of Computer Science[41] was ranked 15th among 500 universities in computer sciences for 2011 and 18th of 500 since 2012.[42] The Faculty is located in the Taub Family Science and Technology Center, following the support of the philanthropist Henry Taub.
Education in Technology and Science[edit]
Founded in 1965, the Department of Education in Technology & Science[43] trains undergraduates in the most advanced methods of teaching science and technology in schools. The faculty is home to a research and development center in the field. It has over 350 undergraduate students and 100 graduate students.
Electrical Engineering[edit]
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering claims to be the major source of engineers who lead the development of advanced Israeli technology in the fields of electronics, computers and communications. Some 2000 undergraduate students study in the department for a BSc degree in electrical engineering / computer engineering / computer and software engineering, and 400 graduate students study for the degrees of MSc and PhD. The department has extensive relations with industry as well as academic and industrial special liaison support programs.[44]
Humanities and Arts[edit]
The Department of Humanities and Arts[45] serves all the Technion community, offering courses taught by renowned visiting and adjunct scholars including philosophy of science, social and political sciences, linguistics, psychology, law and anthropology and an array of theoretical and performing arts courses.
The Technion Theater[edit]
The Technion Theater was established in 1986, by Ouriel Zohar. The theater teaches 8 courses, and it has about 150 students per semester. The theater presented 52 performances in different styles, some by Hanoch Levin, Yehoshua Sobol, Moliere, Shakespeare, Pierre de Marivaux, Henrik Ibsen and Bernard Shaw, Sławomir Mrożek among others. The theater also presented plays written by the director and the actors. The theater is invited to many festivals in Europe universities. Director Scandar Copti received Ophir Award in 2010, played in 'End End' directed by Zohar, which was presented in Jerusalem festival in 2001. Shlomo Plessner participated in collective plays 'soft mattress' and 'Mix Marriage' 1986–1987. The play 'Transparent Chains' by Sheli Baliti from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering performed at Bratislava in 2006, Granada, Haifa Cinematheque, Neve Yosef Festival and the Theatre Department at the University of Haifa in 2007. The play An Enemy of the People by Ibsen, the main actor Rooney Navon, professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, received honorable nomination at Benevento in Italy in 2009, and also in Isfia near Haifa. The Show 'invisible clothes' written and directed by Ouriel Zohar presented at The International Theater Festival in Saint Petersburg State University in 2012.
Industrial Engineering and Management[edit]
The William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management (IE&M) is the oldest such department in Israel. IE&M was launched as a Technion academic Department in 1958. The Department grew under the leadership of Pinchas Naor, who served as its founding Dean. Naor's vision was to combine Industrial engineering with Management by creating a large, inherently multidisciplinary unit covering a wide spectrum of activities such as applied engineering, mathematical modeling, economics, behavioral sciences, operations research, and statistics.[46]
Materials Science and Engineering[edit]
Home to Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Distinguished Prof. Dan Shechtman, the Faculty of Materials Engineering[47] is Israel's major study center in materials science. The Faculty houses the Electron Microscopy Center,[48] the X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory,[49] the Atomic force microscopy Laboratory[50] and the Physical and Mechanical Measurements lab.[51]
Mathematics[edit]
The Faculty of Mathematics[52] houses both pure and applied mathematics, and was home to the mathematician Paul Erdős. Founded in 1950, it has around 46 faculty members, 200 undergraduate students and 100 graduate students. It provides instruction for students in all other Technion faculties and organizes mathematics competition for gifted high school students and a summer camp in number theory.
Mechanical Engineering[edit]
Founded in 1948, the Technion Faculty of Mechanical Engineering[53] has over 830 students and 215 graduate students. Research is conducted in the faculty's 36 laboratories across the whole spectrum of mechanical engineering, from nano-scale fields through to applied engineering of national projects.[54]
Medicine[edit]
The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine[55] is home to two Nobel Laureates: Avram Hershko and Aaron Ciechanover. It is one of four state-sponsored medical schools in Israel. It was founded in 1979 through the philanthropy of Bruce Rappaport and is active in basic science research and pre-clinical medical training in anatomy, biochemistry, biophysics, immunology, microbiology, physiology, and pharmacology.[56] Other facilities on the Faculty of Medicine campus include teaching laboratories, a medical library, lecture halls, and seminar rooms. Academic programs lead to Master of Science (M.S.), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degrees. It also offers medical training leading to a M.D. degree to qualified American and Canadian graduates of pre-med programs under the Technion American Medical School Program (TeAMS).[57] The school has developed collaborative research and medical education programs with various institutions in medicine and bio-medical engineering including Harvard University, New York University,[58]Johns Hopkins University, University of Toronto, University of California, Santa Cruz and Mayo Medical School.
Physics[edit]
The Faculty of Physics[59] engages in experimental and theoretical research in the fields of astrophysics, high energy physics, solid state physics and biophysics. Founded in 1960, it includes the Einstein Institute of Physics, the Lidow Physics Complex, The Rosen Solid State Building and the Werksman Physics Building.
Multidisciplinary centers[edit]Nanotechnology and science[edit]
The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI) was established in January 2005 as a joint endeavour of the Russell Berrie Foundation, the government of Israel, and the Technion. It is one of the largest academic programs in Israel, and is among the largest nanotechnology centers in Europe and the US. RBNI has over 110 faculty members, and approximately 300 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows under its auspices at Technion. Its multidisciplinary activities span 14 different faculties.
Energy research[edit]
The GTEP Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program is a multidisciplinary center of excellence bringing together Technion's top researchers in energy science and technology from over nine different faculties.[60] Founded in 2007, GTEP's 4-point strategy targets research and development of alternative fuels; renewable energy sources; energy storage and conversion; and energy conservation. The GTEP is presently the only center in Israel offering graduate studies in energy science and technology.
Space research[edit]
The Norman and Helen Asher Space Research Institute (ASRI) is a specialized institute dedicated to multidisciplinary scientificresearch. Established in 1984, its members come from five Technion faculties, and it has a technical staff of Technion scientists in a variety of space-related fields: (Physics,[59] Aerospace Engineering,[61] Mechanical Engineering,[53] Electrical Engineering,[62] Autonomous Systems,[63] and Computer Sciences).[64]
Technology transfer[edit]
Technion has an impressive record in technology transfer. Its dedicated office to bridge the transition of scientific and technological discovery to successfully commercialized innovation has been active since 2007 as T3 – Technion Technology Transfer. As of 2011, 424 patents were granted to Technion innovations, with 845 patents pending. T3's partners include incubators, entrepreneurs, private investors, VCs and angel groups. It has strategic partnerships with Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Philips, Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, among others.
Technion international[edit]
The Technion International[65] (TI) is a department in the Technion, offering courses taught entirely in English. The TI began its first year in 2009, and now offers a full BSc in Civil Engineering, BSc in Mechanical Engineering as well as various study abroad options, all taught in English. Student come from all over the globe – Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe and Israel. They live on campus and enjoy trips around Israel and activities throughout the year.
Outreach programs[edit]
Technion offers after-school and summer enrichment courses for young people on subjects ranging from introductory electronics and computer programming to aerospace, architecture, biology, chemistry and physics. Two examples are Scitech[66] and the Math Summer Camp, devoted to number theory.[67]
Technion recently set up and orchestrated the Israeli chapter of Engineers Without Borders,[68] which among other projects, installed a network of biogas systems in rural Nepal providing sustainable energy and improved sanitation.[69]
Rankings[edit]
The technion ecological garden
In 2015, the Shanghai Academic Ranking rated the Technion as 77th in its list of the top 100 universities in the world.[71]
In 2012, the magazine Business Insider ranked Technion among the top 25 engineering schools in the world.[72][73]
In 2012, the Center for World University Rankings ranked Technion 51st in the world and third in Israel in its CWUR World University Rankings.[74]
For national rankings in 2011, Technion was ranked the No. 2 of universities in Israel by ARWU. In global rankings for that year, Technion was ranked #102–150 by ARWU, No. 220 by QS.[75]
It was ranked #201–225 by Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[76]
In 2013, the Technion was the only school outside of the United States to make it into the top 10 on a new Bloomberg Rankings list of schools whose graduates are CEOs of top U.S. tech companies.[77]
Research highlights[edit]
Chemical structure of Rasagline
The Technion Library System[edit]
A frontal view of Elyachar Central Library
The Technion library system is made of the Elyachar Central Library and research libraries that are located in the faculty buildings. The Central Library determines professional policies and guidelines and provides services for all the Technion libraries, including the library operating systems, the libraries' web portal, acquisitions, cataloging, classification, and interlibrary loans.
The faculty research libraries' aim is to focus on the information needs of their students and academic staff. The libraries are transforming from traditional academic libraries to learning commons. The transition includes an ongoing process of evaluation of the libraries' collections with the aim of identifying items in high demand and use to keep, valuable items to preserve, items in nominal use to archive in the Central Library, rare and precious items to preserve in the historical archive of the Technion, at the Central Library, and items to withdraw, according to professional criteria.
Demographics[edit]
The percentage of Arab students at the Technion equals the percentage of the general Arab population in Israel: 20%.[80][81]
Nobel Laureates and notable people[edit]Nobel Laureates[edit]
Selected Faculty[edit]
Notable alumni[edit]
Technion graduates have been estimated to constitute over 70 percent of the founders and managers of high-tech businesses in Israel. 80 percent of Israeli NASDAQ companies were founded and/or are led by Technion graduates, and 74 percent of managers in Israel's electronic industries hold Technion degrees.[82] In the book, Technion Nation,[83] Shlomo Maital, Amnon Frenkel and Ilana Debare document the contribution of Technion alumni in building the modern State of Israel.
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The 38th annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design, the industry’s oldest and most prestigious awards program, took place Nov. 12 in conjunction with Boutique Design New York (BDNY) and HX: The Hotel Experience.
Winners in 21 categories were announced during the Gold Key Awards Gala at Gotham Hall in Midtown Manhattan. Moscow-based Sundukovy Sisters, the Designer of the Year, was also honored.
Sponsored by Boutique Design magazine, the Gold Key Awards program recognizes the most influential and innovative design work in the hospitality industry. To be eligible, new construction, conversion or renovation work must have been completed between July 1, 2017 and July 1, 2018. Winners were determined by a jury of industry leaders from the design, operations, development and investment sectors of hospitality.
Judges for this year’s Gold Key Awards included:
Gary Dollens, global head design/product and brand development, Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Nigel Hatcher, vice president, design & project management, luxury brands, Marriott Intl. Lori Horvath, managing director, project & development services, Jones Lang LaSalle Daniel Hyde, president, Artist Guild Hotels Matoula Karagiannis, vice president, design, Sydell Group Michael Kitchen, vice president of acquisitions & development, Aparium Hotel Group David McCaslin, executive vice president, Hersha Hospitality Management Michael Medzigian, chairman and managing partner, Watermark Capital Partners, LLC Jagruti Panwala, president and ceo, Wealth Protection Strategies; vice chairwoman, AAHOA, 2018-2019 Thomas Prins, principal, TQP Capital Partners, LLC Shirli Sensenbrenner, senior vice president, design + development services, Two Roads Hospitality Larry Traxler, senior vice president - global design, Hilton
The honorees for this year’s Gold Key Awards are:
BEST ECO-CONSCIOUS OR SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS HOTEL
WINNER
Design Firm: Studio 11 Design, Dallas, Texas; Architect: Michael Doty Associates, Ketchum. Idaho; Project: Hotel Ketchum, Ketchum, Idaho
Client: HayMax Capital, Aspen, Colorado (owner); HayMax Hotels, Aspen, Colorado (operator); Purchasing Company: Summa Intl., Kailua, Hawaii
FINALISTS
Design Firm: Perkins+Will, Boston; Architect: ID8 Architects, Des Moines, Iowa; Project: Hotel Grinnell, Grinnell, Iowa Clients: Grinnell Center LLC, Grinnell, Iowa (owner); Hotel Grinnell, Grinnell, Iowa (operator); Purchasing Company: Catalyst Development, Grinnell, Iowa
Design Firm: Meyer Davis, New York; Architect: Mancini Duffy, New York; Project: The Assemblage John Street, New York
Clients: Prodigy Network and Shorewood Real Estate Group (joint venture owners); Kokua Hospitality, San Francisco, California (operator); Purchasing Company: The Carroll Adams Group, Long Island City, New York
BEST LOBBY FOCUSED SERVICE
WINNER Design Firm: TPG Architecture, LLP, New York; Project: Citadines Connect Fifth Avenue New York Client: The Ascott Ltd., Singapore (owner/operator);Architect: TPG Architecture, LLP, New York; Purchasing Company: HPG Intl., LLC, Walnut Creek, California FINALISTS
Design Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Project: Mojo Nomad Central, Hong Kong
Client: Ovolo Hotels, Hong Kong (owner/operator); Architect: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Purchasing Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong
Design Firm: Gettys ONE, Chicago; Project: La Quinta Inn & Suites Chicago Downtown
Client: LQ Management LLC, Irving, Texas; Architect: Epstein Architecture, Chicago; Purchasing Company: The Gettys Group, Chicago
Design Firm: Group One Partners, Boston; Project: Residence Inn D.C. Capitol Hill/Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
Client: Stonebridge Cos., Englewood, Colorado (owner/operator); Architect: Hickok Cole, Washington, D.C.; Purchasing Company: The Stroud Group, Columbia, Maryland
BEST LOBBY MIDSCALE
WINNER
Design Firm: Graduate Hotels In-House Design Team, Chicago; Project: Graduate Minneapolis Clients: AJ Capital Partners, Chicago (owner); Graduate Hotels, Chicago (operator); Architect: Graduate Hotels, Chicago; Purchasing Company: Slate Procurement, Chicago
FINALISTS
Design Firm: Flick∙Mars, Dallas; Project: Chicago Moxy Downtown Hotel Client: White Lodging, Merrillville, Indiana; Architect: DLR Group, Dallas; Purchasing Company: White Lodging, Merrillville, Indiana
Design Firm: HFS Concepts 4, Long Beach, California; Project: Embassy Suites Dallas DFW Airport North, Grapevine, Texas
Client: Atrium Hospitality, Alpharetta, Georgia (owner/operator); Purchasing Company: HFS Concepts 4, Long Beach, California
Design Firms: Sydell Group, New York, with ROMAN AND WILLIAMS BUILDINGS AND INTERIORS, New York; Project: Freehand New York
Clients: Alliance Bernstein, New York; Sydell Group, New York (owners); Sydell Group, New York (operator); Architect: IBI Group, New York; Purchasing Company: Sydell Group, New York
BEST LOBBY UPSCALE
WINNER Design Firm: Sundukovy Sisters, Moscow; Project: Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof, Berlin Clients: Union Investment, Frankfurt, Germany (owner); AccorHotels, Paris (operator), Purchasing Company: BARAN Projektpartner, Düsseldorf, Germany FINALISTS
Design Firm: McCartan, Inc., New York; Project: Hotel Nia, Autograph Collection, Menlo Park, California
Client: Ensemble Real Estate Investments, Long Beach, California; Architect: Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc., Culver City, California; Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Calabasas, California
Design Firm: Rottet Studio, Houston, Texas; Project: Renaissance Atlanta Airport Gateway Hotel
Client: Grove Street Partners, Atlanta; Architect: Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio, LLC, Atlanta; Purchasing Company: Benjamin West, Louisville, Colorado
Design Firm: Semple Brown Design, P.C., Denver; Project: Kimpton Hotel Born, Denver
Clients: Continuum Partners, LLC, Denver (owner); Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, San Francisco, California (operator); Architect: BOKA Powell, Dallas; Purchasing Company: The Carroll Adams Group, Orlando, Florida
Design Firm: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario; Project: Bisha Hotel & Residences, Toronto, Ontario
Clients: INK Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario (owner); ICONINK, Toronto, Ontario (F&B operator); Loews Hotels & Co., New York (hotel operator) Architect: Wallman Architects, Toronto, Ontario; Purchasing Company: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario
BEST LOBBY LUXURY
WINNER
Design Firms: Sydell Group, New York; Studio Jacques Garcia, Paris; Project: NoMad Los Angeles Clients: Yucaipa Companies, LLC, Los Angeles (owner); Alliance Bernstein, New York (owner); Sydell Group, New York (operator); Architect: KFA Architecture, Santa Monica, California; Purchasing Firm: Sydell Group, New York FINALISTS Design Firm: AB Concept, Hong Kong; Project: Rosewood Sanya, China Clients: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China (owner); Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Hong Kong (operator); Architect: Goettsch Partners, Chicago; Purchasing Company: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China
Design Firm: LEO A DALY, Dallas; Project: The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, Florida
Clients: Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, New York (owner);Marriott Intl., Bethesda, Maryland (operator); Architect: LEO A DALY, Dallas; Purchasing Company: Beyer-Brown & Associates, Orlando, Florida
BEST GUESTROOM FOCUSED SERVICE
WINNER
Design Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Project: Mojo Nomad Central, Hong Kong Client: Ovolo Hotels, Hong Kong; Architect: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Purchasing Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong FINALISTS
Design Firm: TPG Architecture, LLP, New York; Project: Citadines Connect Fifth Avenue New York
Client: The Ascott Ltd., Singapore: Architect: TPG Architecture,LLP, New York Purchasing Company: HPG Intl. LLC, Walnut Creek, California
Design Firms: Natalie Sheedy Interiors, Chicago; DeLaRosa Studio Inc., Chicago; Project: Element Moline, Illinois
Clients: The Amin Group, San Francisco (owner); C-Two Hotels, San Francisco (operator); Architect: Legat Architects, Chicago; Purchasing Company: Purchasing Management Intl., Dallas, Texas
BEST GUESTROOM MIDSCALE
WINNER
Design Firms: Sydell Group, New York, with ROMAN AND WILLIAMS BUILDINGS AND INTERIORS, New York; Project: Freehand Los Angeles Client: Sydell Group, New York; Architect: KFA Architecture, Santa Monica, California; Purchasing Firm: Sydell Group, New York FINALISTS Design Firm: Amanda Sullivan Studio Architecture, PC, New York; Project: Gardens Suites Hotel by Affinia, New York Client: Denihan Hospitality Group, LLC, New York; Architect: R. Wade Johnson Design, PLLC, St. James, New York; Purchasing Company: The Cardy Group, Toronto
Design Firm: HVS Design, Rockville, Maryland; Project: The Goodwin Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut
Client: RMS Companies, Stamford, Connecticut; Architect: JN+A, Rockville, Maryland; Purchasing Company: Purchasing Dimensions, Somers, Connecticut
BEST GUESTROOM UPSCALE
WINNER Design Firm: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario; Project: Bisha Hotel & Residences, Toronto, Ontario Clients: INK Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario (owner); ICONINK, Toronto, Ontario (F&B operator); Loews Hotels & Co., New York (hotel operator); Architect: Wallman Architects, Toronto, Ontario; Purchasing Company: Studio Munge, Toronto FINALISTS
Design Firm: Bill Rooney Studio, Inc., New York; Project: Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club, Autograph Collection, Miami Beach, Florida
Clients: Hersha Hospitality Trust, Philadelphia (owner); Autograph Collection, Marriott and Hersha Hospitality Management, Philadelphia (operator); Architect: Kobi Karp, Miami, Florida; Purchasing Company: Hersha Purchasing and Design, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Design Firm: Design Poole Inc., Winter Park, Florida; Project: Delta Resort, Daytona Shores, Florida Client: Summit Hospitality, Daytona Beach, Florida; Architect: Harter – Adams Architects, Winter Park, Florida; Purchasing Company: Summit Hospitality, Daytona Beach, Florida
Design Firm: Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA) Pte Ltd., Singapore; Project: Ahn Luh Qiandaohu, Zhejiang Province
Client: Shanghai Golden Union Investment Group Co. Ltd, Shanghai; Architect: Ezhen Design, Shanghai; Purchasing Company: Shanghai Golden Union Investment Group Co. Ltd, Shanghai
Design Firm: LEO Global Design Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China; Project: Hilton Huizhou Longmen Resort, Longmen, Huizhou, Guangdong, China
Client: Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd., Guangdong, China; Hilton, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Architect: Guangzhou Residential Building Design Institute Co. Ltd, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Purchasing Company: Guangzhou Heguan Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Design Firm: Studio GAIA, New York; Project: W Panama, Panama City, Panama
Client: F&F Properties, Panama City, Panama; Architect: F&F Properties, Panama City, Panama; Purchasing Company: F&F Properties, Panama City, Panama
BEST GUESTROOM LUXURY
WINNER
Design Firm: Martyn Lawrence Bullard Design, Los Angeles; Project: Hotel Californian, Santa Barbara, California Client: 35 State Street Hotel Partners, LLC. (owner/operator); Architect: DesignArc, Santa Barbara, California; Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Las Vegas FINALISTS Design Firm: AB Concept, Hong Kong; Project: Rosewood Sanya, China Clients: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China (owner); Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Hong Kong (operator); Architect: Goettsch Partners, Chicago; Purchasing Company: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China
Design Firms: Sydell Group, New York; Studio Jacques Garcia, Paris; Project: NoMad Los Angeles
Clients: Yucaipa Companies, LLC, Los Angeles; Alliance Bernstein, New York (owners); Sydell Group, New York (operator); Architect: KFA Architecture, Santa Monica, California; Purchasing Company: Sydell Group, New York
Design Firm: Wimberly Interiors, New York; Project: Rosewood Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas
Clients: CTF BM Operations, Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas (owner); Rosewood Hotels & Resorts (operator); Architect: SB Architects, Coral Gables, Florida; Purchasing Company: Parker International, Miami
Design Firm: Wimberly Interiors, London; Project: St. Regis Astana, Kazakhstan
Clients: MG Holding, Astana, Kazakhstan (owner); Marriott Intl., St. Regis (operator); Architect: WATG, London; Purchasing Company: Piatek Hospitality Procurement, Breezand, The Netherlands
BEST SUITE
WINNER
Design Firm: Meyer Davis, New York; Project: Four Seasons Papagayo, Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica Clients: GenCom, Miami (owner); Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Toronto, Ontario (operator); Architect: Zurcher Arquitectos, San José, Costa Rica; Purchasing Company: The Parker Company, Miami FINALISTS Design Firm: Duncan Miller Ullmann (DMU), Dallas, Texas; Project: Hotel ZaZa Memorial City, Houston, Texas Clients: MetroNational, Houston, Texas (owner); Z Resorts, Houston, Texas (operator); Architect: Kirksey Architecture, Houston, Texas; Purchasing Company: Duncan Miller Ullmann (DMU), Dallas, Texas
Design Firm: Martyn Lawrence Bullard Design, Los Angeles; Project: Hotel Californian, Santa Barbara, California
Client: 35 State Street Hotel Partners, LLC. (owner/operator); Architect: DesignArc, Santa Barbara, California; Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Las Vegas
Design Firm: McCartan, Inc., New York; Project: Hotel Nia, Autograph Collection, Menlo Park, California
Client: Ensemble Real Estate Investments, Long Beach, California; Architect: Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc., Culver City, California; Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Calabasas, California
Design Firm: V Starr Interiors, West Palm Beach, Florida; Project: The V Suite at The Hotel at Midtown, Chicago
Client: Midtown Athletic Club, Chicago; Architect: DMAC Architecture, Evanston, Illinois; Purchasing Company: Construction Concepts Management, Evanston, Illinois
BEST NIGHTCLUB/LOUNGE
WINNERS
Design Firms: Simeone Deary Design Group, Chicago, under a consulting agreement with Gensler, Las Vegas; Project: Rosina Cocktail Bar and Lounge at the Palazzo Las Vegas
Clients: Las Vegas Sands Corp., Las Vegas (owner/operator); Architect: Gensler, Las Vegas; Purchasing Firm: Las Vegas Sands Corp., Las Vegas
Design Firm: Studio 11 Design, Dallas, Texas; Project: Analog at Hutton Hotel, Nashville
Client: Watermark Capital Partners, LLC, Chicago; Architect: Tuck Hinton Architects, Nashville; Purchasing Firm: Martin Stringfellow Associates, Orlando, Florida
FINALISTS
Design Firm: AB Concept, Hong Kong; Project: Bar Trigona at Four Seasons Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Clients: Venus Assets SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (owner); Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Toronto (operator); Architect: NRY Architects SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Purchasing Company: Venus Assets SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Design Firm: Built, Inc., Los Angeles; Project: Poppy, West Hollywood, California
Client: The H.Wood Group, West Hollywood, California; Architect: Built, Inc., Los Angeles; Purchasing Company: Built, Inc., Los Angeles
BEST EMERGING HOTEL CONCEPT
WINNERS
Hotelier: Huazhu Hotel Group, Beijing; Hotel Concept: VUE Hotel Design for inaugural property (VUE Hou Hai, Beijing); MINISTRY OF DESIGN PTE LTD, Singapore; Architect for inaugural property: MINISTRY OF DESIGN PTE LTD, Singapore; Purchasing Company: VUE Hotel Houhai, Beijing Hotelier: The Kor Group, San Francisco, California/Proper Hospitality, Santa Monica, California; Hotel Concept: Proper Hotels Designer for inaugural property (San Francisco Proper Hotel, California): Kelly Wearstler, Los Angeles; Architect for inaugural property:Hornberger + Worstell, San Francisco, California; Purchasing company for inaugural property: Canoe Hospitality, El Segundo, California FINALISTS Hotelier: INK Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario; Hotel Concept: Bisha Hotel & Residences Design for inaugural property (Bisha Hotel & Residences, Toronto, Ontario): Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario; Architecture for inaugural property: Wallman Architects, Toronto, Ontario; Operators for inaugural property: ICONINK, Toronto, Ontario (F&B operator); Loews Hotels & Co., New York (hotel operator); Purchasing company for inaugural property: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario
Hotelier: Ovolo Hotels, Hong Kong; Hotel Concept: Mojo Nomad
Design, architecture and purchasing for inaugural property (Mojo Nomad Aberdeen Harbour): ALT-254, Hong Kong
BEST RESTAURANT CASUAL DINING
WINNER Design Firm: Sundukovy Sisters; Moscow; Project: Community, Moscow Client: Sinisha Lazarevich, Moscow; Architect: Sundukovy Sisters, Moscow FINALISTS
Design Firm: AB Concept, Hong Kong; Project: The Fishmonger at Rosewood Sanya, China
Clients: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China (owner); Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, Hong Kong (operator); Architect: Goettsch Partners, Chicago; Purchasing Company: Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China Deus vult sound effect.
Design Firm: Blueplate, a Wilson Associates Studio, New York; Project: Chica at The Venetian Las Vegas
Clients: Las Vegas Sands Corp. (owner); 50 Eggs, Inc., Miami, Florida (operator); Architect: Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design, Princeton, New Jersey; Purchasing Company: Wilson Associates, New York
Design Firm: Goddard Littlefair, London; Project: BABA at Principal Edinburgh Charlotte Square, United Kingdom
Clients: Starwood Capital, Greenwich, Connecticut (owner at the time of project completion); Principal Hotel Co., Harrogate, N. Yorkshire, United Kingdom (operator at time of project completion); Architect: 3DReid, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Purchasing Company: Benjamin West, London
Design Firm: Mister Important Design, Oakland, California; Project: The Province at Bay 101 Casino, San Jose, California
Client: Chris Yeo Group, San Mateo, California; Architect: Kenneth Rodriguez and Partners Inc., Mountain View, California; Purchasing Company: IKey Inc., San Jose, California
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York; Project: Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beers at The Venetian Las Vegas
Client: Las Vegas Sands Corp., Las Vegas (owner/operator); Architect: Moser Architecture Studio, Las Vegas; Purchasing Company: Las Vegas Sands Corp. (Purchasing Dept.), Las Vegas
BEST RESTAURANT FINE DINING
WINNER
Design Firm: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario; Project: Akira Back at Bisha Hotel & Residences, Toronto, Ontario Clients: INK Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario (owner); ICONINK, Toronto, Ontario (F&B operator); Loews Hotels & Co., New York (hotel operator); Architect: Wallman Architects, Toronto, Ontario; Purchasing Company: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario FINALISTS Design Firm: AvroKO, New York; Project: Somerset at Viceroy Chicago Clients: Convexity Properties (owner); Boka Restaurant Group, Chicago (operator); Architect: Goettsch Partners, Chicago; Purchasing Company: The Gettys Group, Chicago
Design Firm: BASILE Studio, San Diego, California; Project: Born & Raised, San Diego, California
Client: CH Projects, San Diego, California; Purchasing Company: BASILE Studio, San Diego, California
Design Firm: Steve Leung Design Group Ltd., Hong Kong; Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo; Project: Ta-ke Japanese Restaurant, Hong Kong
Client: 1957 & Co. (Hospitality) Ltd. (owner/operator), Hong Kong; Architect: Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo
BEST SPECIALTY DESIGN
WINNER
Design Firm: Wimberly Interiors, a design studio of WATG, London; Project: Belmond Venice-Simplon Orient Express Grand Suites, London Client: Belmond Ltd., London (owner/operator); Purchasing Company: Belmond Ltd., London FINALISTS Design Firm: Anda Andrei Design, New York; bonetti/kozerski architecture, New York; Project: Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park, New Jersey Clients: iStar, New York (owner/operator); Architect: bonetti/kozerski architecture, New York; Purchasing Company: iStar, New York
Design Firm: CoberKoeda, Inc., Dallas, Texas; WILSON-RED, Dallas, Texas; Project: Mad Hatter's Tea Party at Boutique Design New York 2017, New York
Client: HMG, LLC, Blue Ash, Ohio (owner/operator)
Design Firm: CORE architecture + design, Washington, D.C.; Project: The Social at Hilton Headquarters, McLean, Virginia
Clients: Hilton, McLean, Virginia (owner); Sodexo (operator); Purchasing Company: Washington Group Solutions; Washington, D.C.
Design Firm: Jeffrey Beers Intl., New York; Project: The Market at Waterside District, Norfolk, Virginia
Clients: The Cordish Companies, Baltimore, Maryland (owner/operator); Architect: BCT Architects, Baltimore, Maryland; Purchasing Company: Leap Hospitality, Liberty, Missouri
Design Firm: Studio 11 Design, Dallas, Texas; Project: Writer’s Studios at Hutton Hotel, Nashville
Client: Watermark Capital Partners, LLC, Chicago; Architect: Tuck Hinton Architects, Nashville; Purchasing Firm: Martin Stringfellow Associates, Orlando, Florida
JUDGES’ SO COOL
WINNER
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York; Project: Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge at Moxy Times Square, New York Clients: Lightstone Group, New York (owner/operator); TAO Group, New York (operator); Architect: Stonehill Taylor, New York; Purchasing Company: HPG Intl., Walnut Creek, California FINALISTS Design Firm: Blue Sky Hospitality, London; Project: MiniMix at The Megaro, London Client: St. Pancras Hotel Group, London; Purchasing Firm: St. Pancras Hotels Group, London
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York; AHA Universo, Zapopan, Jalisco; Project: Casa Calavera, Herringbone, Il Forno di Gio, OMNIA Dayclub, pool bars and SHOREbar at Vidanta Los Cabos; San José del Cabo
Client: Grupo Vidanta, Nayarit
Design Firm: Stylt Trampoli, Gothenburg, Sweden; Project: Downtown Camper by Scandic, Stockholm, Sweden
Client: Scandic Hotels Group, Stockholm, Sweden; Architecture: Stylt Trampoli, Gothenburg, Sweden; Purchasing Company: Scandic Hotels Group, Stockholm, Sweden
Design Firm: Stylt Trampoli, Gothenburg, Sweden; Project: Mini Chef at LEGO®House, Billund, Denmark
Client: LEGO Group (owner); LEGO®House, Billund, Denmark (operator); Architect: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen, London, New York Purchasing Company;: LEGO Group, Billund, Denmark
Design Firm: Sundukovy Sisters, Moscow; Project: Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof, Germany
Clients: Union Investment, Frankfurt, Germany (owner); AccorHotels, Paris (operator), Purchasing Company: BARAN Projektpartner, Düsseldorf, Germany
BEST RESORT
WINNER
Design Firm: Meyer Davis New York; Architect: Zurcher Arquitectos, San José, Costa Rica; Project: Four Seasons Papagayo, Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica Clients: GenCom, Miami (owner); Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Toronto, Ontario (operator); Purchasing Company: The Parker Company, Miami FINALISTS Design Firm: EDG Interior Architecture + Design, Novato, California; Architect: Houston/Tyner, Torrance, California; Project: westdrift Manhattan Beach, Autograph Collection, Manhattan Beach, California Client: Westmont Hospitality Group, Houston, Texas; Purchasing Firm: HPG Intl., LLC, Walnut Creek, California
Design Firm: Parker-Torres Design Inc., Sudbury, Massachusetts; Wimberly Interiors, New York; Garrett Singer Architecture + Design, Englewood, New Jersey; Architect: Houston/Tyner, Torrance, California; Project: The Phoenician, A Luxury Collection Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona
Clients: Host Hotels & Resorts (owner) Bethesda, Maryland; The Luxury Collection, Marriott Intl., Bethesda, Maryland (operator); Purchasing Company: Benjamin West, Louisville, Colorado
Design Firm: Stylt Trampoli, Gothenburg, Sweden; Architect: Krook & Tjäder, Gothenburg, Sweden; Project: Niehku Mountain Villa, Riksgränsen, Sweden
Clients: Polarexpressen AB, Gothenburg, Sweden (owner/operator); Purchasing Company: Stylt Trampoli, Gothenburg, Sweden
Design Firm: Wimberly Interiors, New York City; Alexander Waterworth Interiors, London; Architect: SB Architects, Coral Gables, Florida; Project: Rosewood Baha Mar, Nassau, The Bahamas
Clients: CTF BM Operations, Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas (owner); Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Nassau, The Bahamas (operator); Purchasing Company: The Parker Company, Miami
BEST HOTEL FOCUSED SERVICE
WINNER
Design Firm: Natalie Sheedy Interiors, Chicago; DeLaRosa Studio Inc., Chicago; Architect: Legat Architects, Chicago; Project: Element Moline, Illinois Client: The Amin Group, San Francisco, California (owner); Ctwo Hotels, San Francisco, California (operator); Purchasing Company: Purchasing Management Intl., Dallas, Texas FINALISTS Design Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Project: Mojo Nomad Central, Hong Kong Client: Ovolo Hotels, Hong Kong; Architect: ALT-254, Hong Kong; Purchasing Firm: ALT-254, Hong Kong
Design Firm: TPG Architecture, LLP, New York (interior design and architecture); Project: Citadines Connect New York
Client: The Ascott Ltd., Singapore; Purchasing Company: HPG Intl., Walnut Creek, California
BEST HOTEL MIDSCALE
WINNER
Design Firm: Brand Bureau (a division of AvroKO), New York; Architect: Signum Architecture, St. Helena, California Project: Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa, Calistoga, California Clients: Calistoga Hotel Group LP, Deerfield, Illinois (owner); Filament Hospitality, New York (operator); Purchasing Company: Beyer-Brown & Associates, Orlando, Florida FINALISTS
Design Firm: Deborah Berke Partners, New York (interior design/architecture); Architect: Flynn Battaglia Architects (architects of record/executive architect); Goody Clancy (historic preservation consultant)
Project: The Hotel Henry at the Richardson Olmsted Campus, Buffalo, New York Clients: Richardson Center Corp., Buffalo, New York (owner); Hotel Henry Urban Resort Conference Center, Buffalo, New York (operator); Purchasing Company: Bray Whaler, Centennial, Colorado
Design Firm: MARKZEFF, Brooklyn, New York; Architect: Gonzalez Architecture, Miami, Florida
Project: Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco, California Clients: Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, New York (owner); Joie de Vivre, San Francisco, California (operator); Purchasing Company: Ramsey Associates, San Francisco, California
Design Firm: Stonehill Taylor, New York; Architect: ESa Architects, Nashville; Project: Holston House, Nashville
Client: HRI Properties LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana; Purchasing Company: Benjamin West, Louisville, Colorado
Design Firms: Sydell Group, New York, with ROMAN AND WILLIAMS BUILDINGS AND INTERIORS, New York; Architect: IBI Group, New York
Project: Freehand New York Clients: Alliance Bernstein, New York; Sydell Group, New York (owners); Sydell Group, New York (operator); Purchasing Company: Sydell Group, New York
BEST HOTEL UPSCALE
WINNER
Design Firm: Goddard Littlefair, London; Architect: 3DReid Architects, Glasgow, U.K.; Project: The Principal Edinburgh Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, U.K. Clients: Starwood Capital, Greenwich, Connecticut (owner at time of completion), Principal Hotel Co., London; (operator at time of completion); Purchasing Company: Benjamin West, London FINALISTS
Design Firm: HKS, Inc., Dallas, Texas (interior design and architecture); Project: W Hotel Washington, Bellevue, Washington
Clients: Kemper Development Co., Bellevue, Washington (owner); Marriott Intl., Bethesda, Maryland (operator); Purchasing Company: Beyer-Brown & Associates, Baltimore, Maryland
Design Firm: Ian Schrager Company, New York; Herzog & de Meuron, Basel (interior design and architecture); Project: PUBLIC New York, New York
Client: Ian Schrager Company, New York
Design Firm: McCartan, Inc., New York; Architect: Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc., Culver City, California; Project: Hotel Nia, Autograph Collection, Menlo Park, California
Clients: Ensemble Real Estate Investments, Long Beach, California (owner/operator); Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Calabasas, California
Design Firm: MINISTRY OF DESIGN PTE LTD, Singapore; Project: MINISTRY OF DESIGN PTE LTD, Singapore; VUE Hotel Hou Hai, Beijing, China
Clients: VUE Hotel, Beijing, China (owner/operator); Architect: VUE Hou Hai, Beijing; (MINISTRY OF DESIGN PTE LTD); Purchasing Company: VUE Hotel Houhai, Beijing
Design Firm: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario; Project: Bisha Hotel & Residences, Toronto, Ontario
Clients: INK Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario (owner); ICONINK, Toronto, Ontario (F&B operator); Loews Hotels & Co., New York (hotel operator); Architect: Wallman Architects, Toronto, Ontario; Purchasing Company: Studio Munge, Toronto, Ontario
BEST HOTEL LUXURY
WINNER
Design Firm: MKV Design, London; Architects: Patrik Dierks Norbert Sachs Architekten BDA, Berlin, Germany (Alpine Spa); Russli Architekten, Lucerne, Switzerland (Bürgenstock Hotel); Project: Bürgenstock Hotel & Alpine Spa, Lucerne, Switzerland Clients: Katara Hospitality, Zug, Switzerland (owner); Bürgenstock Resort (operator); Purchasing Company: Katara Hospitality, Zug, Switzerland FINALISTS Design Firm: Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), London; Architect: Feigin Architects, Ramat-Gan, Israel; Orient Jerusalem by Isrotel Exclusive Collection, Jerusalem Client: Isrotel, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Jerusalem; Purchasing Company: Isrotel, Tel Aviv, Israel
Design Firm: Pierre-Yves Rochon Inc. (PYR), Chicago and Paris, France; Architects: Gensler; Perkins + Will, Los Angeles; Pierre-Yves Rochon Inc. (PYR) Chicago and Paris; Project: Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, California
Clients: Oasis West Realty, Los Angeles (owner); Hilton (operator); Purchasing Company: Project Dynamics, Las Vegas
Design Firms: Sydell Group, New York; Studio Jacques Garcia, Paris, France; Architect: KFA Architecture, Santa Monica, California; Project: NoMad Los Angeles
Client: Yucaipa Companies, LLC, Los Angeles; Alliance Bernstein, New York (owners); Sydell Group, New York (operator); Purchasing Company: Sydell Group, New York Both finalists and winners will be profiled in the December issue of Boutique Design.
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