HONOREES
Winners have been announced for the 44th Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design. Presented by Boutique Design magazine, Gold Key is the industry’s longest-running awards program for hospitality interiors.
The 2024 Gold Key judges selected the following standout projects from a competitive field of 425-plus entries submitted from design firms and hospitality brands from across the globe.
The 2024 Gold Key Finalists & winners
ECO-CONSCIOUS HOTEL
WINNER: Hometown and Field, Chengdu, China
Design Firm: Chinese BDD Global Interior Design Firm, Chengdu
Architecture Firm: Chengdu Easy Construction Design Consulting Co., LTD
Purchasing: Sichuan Kunfeng Construction Engineering Co., LTD
Client: Sichuan Lvcui Ecological Environment Co., Ltd.
1 Hotel Hanalei Bay
Design Firms: NICOLEHOLLIS, San Francisco, in collaboration with the SH Hotels & Resorts internal design team
Architecture Firms: G70, Honolulu, and Lake Flato, San Antonio
Purchasing: HPG International
Client: SH Hotels & Resorts
Six Senses Kyoto, Japan
Design Firm: BLINK Design Group, Singapore
Architecture Firms: BLINK Design Group and Shimizu Corporation, Tokyo
Client: World Brand Collection Hotels & Resorts
LOBBY FOCUSED SERVICE
WINNER: Wild Palms Hotel, Sunnyvale, California
Design and Purchasing Firm: BHDM Design, New York
Architecture Firm: Brereton, San Francisco
Client: JDV by Hyatt
Moxy Virginia Beach Oceanfront
Design and Architecture Firm: Baskervill, Richmond, Virginia
Purchasing: Contract Purchasing & Design, Inc.
Client: Suburban Capital
The Ozarker Lodge, Branson, Missouri
Design and Purchasing Firm: Parini, Detroit
Architecture Firm: Clockwork, Kansas City, Missouri
Clients: Eagle Point Hotel Partners and Longitude Branding
LOBBY MIDSCALE
WINNER: Romer Hell’s Kitchen, New York
Design Firm: GOODRICH, New York
Architecture Firm: Stonehill Taylor, New York
Purchasing: Parker International
Client: LUCID / Highgate Design & Construction Studio
Marina Grand Resort, New Buffalo, Michigan
Design Firm: Curioso, Chicago
Architecture Firm: DXU Architects, Chicago
Purchasing: Slate Procurement
Client: Toast Hotel Group
Radisson RED Tai’an Tai Mountain, Shandong, China
Design Firm: ADD Design, Guangzhou, China
Architecture Firm: Tai’an City Co., Ltd., Tai’an, China
Client: Tai’an Lipeng Hotel Management Co., Ltd., Shandong, China
LOBBY UPSCALE
WINNER: The Jay, San Francisco
Design Firm: AvroKO, New York
Architecture Firm: AXIS/GFA Architecture + Design, San Francisco
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: KHP Capital Partners
Hyatt Regency Irvine, California
Design Firm: Gensler, Oakland, California
Architecture Firm: GREC Architects, Chicago
Purchasing: Rosemont Project Management
Client: Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Kimpton Hotel Theta, New York
Design Firm: CRÈME/Jun Aizaki Architecture & Design, New York
Architecture Firm: Stonehill Taylor, New York
Purchasing: Parker International
Client: LUCID / Highgate Design & Construction Studio
LOBBY LUXURY
WINNER: Six Senses Kyoto, Japan
Design Firm: BLINK Design Group, Singapore
Architecture Firms: BLINK Design Group and Shimizu Corporation, Tokyo
Client: World Brand Collection Hotels & Resorts
1 Hotel Mayfair, London
Design Firms: G.A. Group, London, in collaboration with the SH Hotels & Resorts internal design team
Architecture Firms: Studio Moren and AHMM (façade), London
Purchasing: Chris Turner Procurement
Client: Crosstree Real Estate Partners
GUESTROOM FOCUSED SERVICE
WINNER: The Ozarker Lodge, Branson, Missouri
Design and Purchasing Firm: Parini, Detroit
Architecture Firm: Clockwork, Kansas City, Missouri
Clients: Eagle Point Hotel Partners and Longitude Branding
Freebird Motor Lodge, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Design Firm and Purchasing: Studio 59 East, North Grafton, Massachusetts
Client: Reverie Boutique Collection
Teewinot Lodge, Alta, Wyoming
Design Firm and Purchasing: EDGEiD, Salt Lake City
Client: Grand Targhee Resort
GUESTROOM MIDSCALE
WINNER: Romer Hell’s Kitchen, New York
Design Firm: Islyn Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Architecture Firm: Stonehill Taylor, New York
Purchasing: Parker International
Client: LUCID / Highgate Design & Construction Studio
Dawn Ranch, Guerneville, California
Design Firm: Bridgeton Studio in collaboration with Brian Smith and Whitney Clark
Client and Purchasing: Bridgeton
Trailborn Highlands, North Carolina
Design Firm: LOVEISENOUGH, Hudson, New York
Architecture Firm: Houston Tyner, Torrance, California
Purchasing: Barson Procurement
Client: Castle Peak Holdings
GUESTROOM UPSCALE
WINNER: The Hotel Chalet at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, Tennessee
Design Firm: Jenny Bukovec Studio, New York
Architecture Firm: River Street Architecture, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Purchasing: The Parker Company
Client: Trestle Studio
The Crawford Hotel, Denver
Design Firm: DLR Group, Denver
Purchasing: Benjamin West
Client: Sage Hospitality Group
The Jay, San Francisco
Design Firm: AvroKO, New York
Architecture Firm: AXIS/GFA Architecture + Design, San Francisco
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: KHP Capital Partners
GUESTROOM LUXURY
WINNER: Six Senses Southern Dunes, Ulmuj, Saudi Arabia
Design Firm: Muza Lab, London
Architecture Firm: Foster + Partners, London
Purchasing: Parker
Client: Red Sea Global
La Playa Hotel, Carmel-By-The-Sea, California
Design Firm: Post Company, Brooklyn, New York
Architecture Firm: Synectic Design, Tempe, Arizona
Purchasing: Barson Procurement
Client: Marc & Rose Hospitality
One&Only Aesthesis, Athens, Greece
Design Firm: Muza Lab, London
Architecture Firms: K-Studio, AUDO, and A6 Architects, Athens
Purchasing: DPI
Client: Grevalia Hospitality
HOTEL FOCUSED SERVICE
WINNER: The Ozarker Lodge, Branson, Missouri
Design and Purchasing Firm: Parini, Detroit
Architecture Firm: Clockwork, Kansas City, Missouri
Clients: Eagle Point Hotel Partners and Longitude Branding
Field Station Moab, Utah
Design Firm: CID Design Group, Naples, Florida
Architecture Firm: Architectural Squared, Moab
Purchasing: Benjamin West
Client: AutoCamp
SpringHill Suites Sandpoint, Ponderay, Idaho
Design Firm: STUDIO a28, Tomball, Texas
Architecture Firm: The Richardson Design Partnership, Salt Lake City
Purchasing: Innvision Hospitality, Inc.
Client: Providence Development
HOTEL MIDSCALE
WINNER: Romer Hell’s Kitchen, New York
Design Firm: GOODRICH, New York, and Islyn Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Architecture Firm: Stonehill Taylor, New York
Purchasing: Parker International
Client: LUCID / Highgate Design & Construction Studio
Hotel Vesper, Houston
Design Firm: Pixel Design Collaborative, Atlanta, Georgia
Architecture Firm: Perry M. Petrillo Architects, Park Ridge, New Jersey
Purchasing: Driftwood Hospitality
Client: Driftwood Capital
Lodge at Marconi, Marshall, California
Design Firm: Home Studios, New York
Architecture Firm: BAR Architects, San Francisco
Purchasing: Marconi Hospitality
Client: Oliver Hospitality
Radisson RED Tai’an Tai Mountain, Shandong, China
Design Firm: ADD Design, Guangzhou, China
Architecture Firm: Tai’an City Co., Ltd., Tai’an, China
Client: Tai’an Lipeng Hotel Management Co., Ltd., Shandong, China
HOTEL UPSCALE
WINNER: The Jay, San Francisco
Design Firm: AvroKO, New York
Architecture Firm: AXIS/GFA Architecture + Design, San Francisco
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: KHP Capital Partners
Moxy Banff, Alberta, Canada
Design Firm: Workshop/APD, New York
Architecture Firm: Metafor Studio, Calgary, Canada
Purchasing: Marriott International
Client: Canalta
Rivet House, Athens, Georgia
Design Firm: Jessica Whitley Studio, Athens, Georgia
Architecture Firm: Studio BNA Architects, Athens, Georgia
Purchasing: ADM Associates
Client: James and Jessica Whitley
HOTEL LUXURY
WINNER: The Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York
Design Firm: Martin Brudnizki Design Studio, New York
Architecture Firms: Perkins Eastman and PBDW Architects, New York
Client and Purchasing: Flâneur Hospitality
Shangri-La Nanshan, Shenzhen, China
Design Firm: CCD/Cheng Chung Design (HK) Ltd., Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: AUBE Conception, Shenzhen
Client: China Vanke Co., Ltd.
Six Senses Kyoto, Japan
Design Firm: BLINK Design Group, Singapore
Architecture Firms: BLINK Design Group and Shimizu Corporation, Tokyo
Client: World Brand Collection Hotels & Resorts
SUITE
WINNER: Six Senses Southern Dunes, Ulmuj, Saudi Arabia
Design Firm: Muza Lab, London
Architecture Firm: Foster + Partners, London
Purchasing: Parker
Client: Red Sea Global
The Hyde Park Balcony Suite at the Emory, London
Design Firm: Champalimaud, New York
Architecture Firm: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, London
Purchasing: Rainey & Best
Client: Maybourne Hotel Group
One&Only Aesthesis, Athens, Greece
Design Firm: Muza Lab, London
Architecture Firms: K-Studio, AUDO, and A6 Architects, Athens
Purchasing: DPI
Client: Grevalia Hospitality
RESORT
WINNER: Four Seasons Resort and Residences Cabo San Lucas at Cabo Del Sol, Mexico
Design Firms: Meyer Davis, New York, and EDG, Novato, California
Architecture Firm: Robert Glazier Architects, Santa Barbara, California
Purchasing: The Parker Company
Client: Four Seasons Resorts
Dawn Ranch, Guerneville, California
Design Firm: Bridgeton Studio in collaboration with Brian Smith and Whitney Clark
Client and Purchasing: Bridgeton
One&Only Aesthesis, Athens, Greece
Design Firm: Muza Lab, London
Architecture Firms: K-Studio and A6 Architects, Athens
Purchasing: DPI
Client: The Kerzner International Limited Group
RESTAURANT FAST-CASUAL
WINNER: Jrk! Downtown, Miami, Florida
Design Firms: FictionWorks and Third Round, Miami
Architecture Firm: ALMACODI
Client: Jrk!
Mr. Tuna, Portland, Maine
Design Firm: Mey & Co, Portland, Maine
Client: Mr. Tuna
Temakase Nomad, New York
Architecture and Design Firm: Studio Valerius, New York
Client: Temakase Nomad
RESTAURANT CASUAL
WINNER: Din Tai Fung, New York
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York
Architecture Firm: Howell Belanger Castelli Architects, New York
Purchasing: Carroll Adams
Client: Din Tai Fung
Abrielle, Toronto
Design Firm: DesignAgency, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Pacific Coast Architecture Inc., Burnaby, BC, Canada
Client: The Ascari Group
Bar Primi Penn District, New York
Design and Architecture Firm: Meyer Davis, New York
Client: NoHo Hospitality
Straight Wharf Fish, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Design and Architecture Firm: Workshop/APD, New York
Client: Straight Wharf
RESTAURANT UPSCALE
WINNER: Chicago Rare, Doha
Design Firm: AvroKO, New York
Architecture Firm: Dara Engineering Consultants, Lusail City, Qatar
Client: Q Bayraq Real Estate Investments
COQODAQ, New York
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York
Architecture Firm: Michael Zenreich Architect PC, New York
Purchasing: Dorothy Vogt Consulting
Client: Gracious Hospitality Management
Maison Boulud, Singapore
Design Firm: Joyce Wang Studio, London
Architecture Firm: EcoID Architects, Singapore
Client and Purchasing: Marina Bay Sands
Title, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Design and Architecture Firm: Lines Design Creation & Consultancy, Sharq, Kuwait
Client: Chayah Group
BAR, CLUB, LOUNGE
WINNER: Long Bar & Terrace – Raffles Boston
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: The Architectural Team, Chelsea, Massachusetts
Client: Trinity Stuart Development LLC
Obsidian Bar at La Casa Dragones, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Design Firm: Meyer Davis, New York
Architecture Firm: Marco Martínez Valle, San Miguel de Allende
Purchasing: Tequila Casa Dragones
Client: Casa Dragones
Wax Rabbit, Durango Casino & Resort, Las Vegas
Design Firm: Studio Munge, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Friedmutter Group, Las Vegas
Purchasing Firm: Pro.Cure LLC
Client: Station Casinos
NEXT-GEN HOUSING
WINNER: The Commodore, Arlington, Virginia
Design Firm: Edit at Streetsense, Washington, DC
Architecture Firm: Cooper Carry, Alexandria, Virginia
Purchasing: Price Modern
Client: Greystar
Heming, McLean, Virginia
Design Firm: Edit at Streetsense, Washington, DC
Architecture Firm: CallisonRTKL, Washington, DC
Purchasing: Price Modern
Client: Skanska
Whistler, Atlanta
Design Firm and Purchasing: Variant Collaborative, Chicago
Architecture Firm: Niles Bolton Associates, Atlanta
Client: LV Collective
WELLNESS
WINNER: Six Senses Kyoto, Japan
Design Firm: BLINK Design Group, Singapore
Architecture Firms: BLINK Design Group and Shimizu Corporation, Tokyo
Client: World Brand Collection Hotels & Resorts
Bathhouse, New York
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York
Architect of Record: Colberg Architecture, Brooklyn, New York
Clients: Jason Goodman and Travis Talmadge
DESIGN AT SEA
WINNER: Atrium, Norwegian Cruise Line, Norwegian Viva
Design and Architecture Firm: Studio DADO, Coral Gables, Florida
Client and Purchasing: Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Entourage
Design Firm: BURDIFILEK Inc., Toronto
Architecture Firm: Espen Øino International, Monaco
Client: Private
Onda by Scarpetta, Norwegian Cruise Line, Norwegian Viva
Design and Architecture Firm: Studio DADO, Coral Gables, Florida
Client and Purchasing: Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
SPECIALTY DESIGN
WINNER: Bar Area – Haikou Gaoxingli Insun Cinema, Hainan, China
Design Firm: One Plus Partnership Limited, Hong Kong
Client: Hainan Xin Tian Di Insun Film Limited Company
Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club at LaGuardia Airport, New York
Design and Architecture Firms: ICRAVE (conceptual designer and brand architect); and Corgan (lead design architect and Architect of Record), New York
Client: JPMorgan Chase
La Casa Dragones, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Design Firms: Meyer Davis, New York; and Ana Elena Mallet (curator) with craftsman curator Raul Cabra (of Oax-i-fornia Studio)
Architecture Firm: Marco Martínez Valle, San Miguel de Allende
Purchasing: Tequila Casa Dragones
Client: Casa Dragones
EMERGING HOTEL CONCEPT
WINNER: Trailborn Highlands, North Carolina
Design Firm: LOVEISENOUGH, Hudson, New York
Architecture Firm: Houston Tyner, Torrance, California
Purchasing: Barson Procurement
Client: Castle Peak Holdings
Field Station Moab, Utah
Design Firm: CID Design Group, Naples, Florida
Architecture Firm: Architectural Squared, Moab
Purchasing: Benjamin West
Client: AutoCamp
The Radical, Asheville, North Carolina
Design Firm: Suomi Design Works, New York
Architecture Firm: Rowhouse Architects, Asheville
Purchasing: Beyer Brown
Client: Hatteras Sky
JUDGES’ SO COOL
WINNER: The Hotel Chalet at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, Tennessee
Design Firm: Jenny Bukovec Studio, New York
Architecture Firm: River Street Architecture, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Purchasing: The Parker Company
Client: Trestle Studio
Title, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Design and Architecture Firm: Lines Design Creation & Consultancy, Sharq, Kuwait
Client: Chayah Group
Domino Wall at Jrk! Downtown, Miami, Florida
Design Firms: FictionWorks and Third Round, Miami
Architecture Firm: ALMACODI
Client: Jrk!
The 2024 Gold Key Awards Judges:
Jack Coble, Vice President Design & Environmental Stewardship, Urban Villages
Andrew Connorton, Vice President of Programming & Design, Aparium
Michael Doneff, Vice President, F&B Concept & Brand Development, Global, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Paige Harris, Vice President of Architecture & Design, Valor Hospitality Partners
Chelsea Hershelman, Vice President of Design & Development, CoralTree Hospitality
Eric Jassin, Senior Vice President of Project & Development Services, JLL
Kat Kim, Head of Creative, Dream Hotels, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Kelly McFadden, Director, Development & Design, Left Lane
Stefan Merriweather, Head of Creative, The LINE, The Ned (US) & Saguaro Hotels
Paris Swann, Senior Director, Concept Architecture, Architecture & Resort Development, Universal Creative