Articles by Calum Lindsay

Hotels across the Americas are drawing on local history to create memorable guest experiences, say AHEAD Americas awards judges in this video Dezeen produced for the awards programme. Many of the winners of this year’s AHEAD Americas awards, which had its ceremony last week at the Faena Forum in Miami, are urban hotels with interiors

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ASH NYC co-founder Ari Heckman explains how The Siren Hotel recalls Detroit’s glamorous past in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Design development firm ASH NYC overhauled a derelict historical building in downtown Detroit with the help of Quinn Evans Architects to create The Siren Hotel. The property was awarded the title

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New York architect David Rockwell explains how constructing a narrative can guide the design of hospitality spaces in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Rockwell Group, the firm founded by the architect in 1984, has won the Outstanding Contribution Award at tonight’s AHEAD Americas hospitality awards held at the Faena Forum in

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The best new hotels in Asia mix contemporary design with attention to heritage, say the judges of this year’s AHEAD Asia awards in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. The third AHEAD Asia awards, which took place at Andaz Singapore on March 7, celebrated the best in hotel and resort design across the continent. Jinou Park,

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The best hotels around the world offer guests an authentic local experience, say AHEAD Global awards jury members in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. The winners of the AHEAD Global awards were announced in January at simultaneous ceremonies at Ham Yard Hotel in London and Crosby Street Hotel in New York, linked by

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The winners of the AHEAD Global awards discuss their projects in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the hotel awards programme at the London prize-giving ceremony. The winners of the AHEAD Global awards were announced at simultaneous ceremonies at New York’s Crosby Street Hotel and the Ham Yard Hotel in London, with a live video feed

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