Weekly briefing: safe design, A+D post-pandemic and Hyatt at new heights

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Weekly briefing: safe design, A+D post-pandemic and Hyatt at new heights

Only got a minute? Our editorial team have compiled the top design stories that they have published this week, including an exclusive report into safe design, an interview about A+D post-pandemic and Hyatt making another debut…

We appreciate you may not have time to read all the content that Hotel Designs has published this week. Therefore, here is our ‘editor’s pick’ of the juiciest stories that have been covered this week.

FEATUE: safe design & emotional guest wellness

For article two in the Hotel Designs LAB series, Hotel Designs and Arigami move past sound in design. Founder of Arigami Ari Peralta and editor Hamish Kilburn compile the thoughts of neuroscientist at NASA Human Research Program and a neurofeedback technologist at MuArts to dive beneath the surface of safe design and emotional wellness.

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Hotel Designs LIVE adds new speakers to event

The next Hotel Designs LIVE, which is free to attend for designers, architects, hoteliers and developers, will take place on October 13.

In addition to the live interviews and panel discussions with handpicked industry experts – and to ensure that the event is bridging the gap between hospitality suppliers and designers, architects, hoteliers and developers – the conference also included structured ‘PRODUCT WATCH’ pitches around each session, allowing suppliers the opportunity to pitch their products and services in a ‘live’ environment to the hospitality buyers that are tuned in.

Click here to secure your place in the audience.

In Conversation With: architecture and design in a post-pandemic world 

Image caption: A render of a new wellness experience that will be sheltered inside Pan Pacific London

With the world the way it is at the moment, the conversation in the industry has steered sharply towards how architecture and design will be affected in the post-pandemic world. Looking ahead, we sat down with Mark Kelly, Partner at PLP Architecture, to understand how to build a meaningful hotel landscape.

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Parkside collaborates with brassware brand Rutland

The Parkside x Rutland London collaboration has brought together the two companies for a series of photographs showing off the latest ceramic tiles and brassware. With Parkside sourcing tiles from the world’s best manufacturers and Rutland London manufacturing its luxury brassware in Hampshire, the project demonstrates the ability of global and local design influences to work in unison.

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Hyatt Regency Lanzhou Opens as “new architectural landmark”

Image credit: Hyatt Hotels

Hyatt Hotels has announced the opening of Hyatt Regency Lanzhou, Hyatt’s debut hotel in the city of Lanzhou, China. Located in a city that is considered a gateway to China’s west region, the hotel is designed for productivity and peace of mind through its anticipatory service for which the Hyatt Regency brand is known.

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Hamish Kilburn / 18.09.2020

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