HONOREES

Finalists have been announced for the 45th 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 2025 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 2025 Gold Key Finalists

 

ECO CONSCIOUS/SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS HOTEL

1 Hotel Seattle
Design Firm: Studio Collective, Venice, California
Architecture Firm: AXIS Architecture + Design, San Francisco
Purchasing: Neil Locke & Associates
Client: KHP Capital Partners

Chichele Presidential Lodge, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Design Firm: Fox Browne Creative, Johannesburg, South Africa
Architecture Firms: Fox Browne Creative in partnership with Jack Alexander Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa
Client: Chichele Safaris

Populus Denver
Design Firm: Wildman Chalmers Design, Pittsburgh and Fowler Architecture and Design, New York
Architecture Firm: Studio Gang, Chicago
Purchasing and Client: Urban Villages, Denver

 

LOBBY BUDGET/SELECT SERVICE

Moxy Allentown, Pennsylvania
Design Firm: The Society, Seattle
Architecture Firm: Core States Group, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Purchasing: Global Design Procurement
Client: City Center Group Allentown

Now Now Hotel, New York
Design Firm: Islyn Studio, New York
Architecture Firm: Gene Kaufman Architect, New York
Purchasing and Client: Dovetail & Co

The Uncommoner Hotel, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Design Firm: Studio 59 East, North Grafton, Massachusetts
Architecture Firm: Making Architecture, Nashua, New Hampshire
Purchasing: Studio 59 East
Client: Reverie Boutique Collection

 

LOBBY MIDSCALE

Delamar Mystic, Connecticut
Design Firm: HVS Design, Rockville, Maryland
Architecture Firm: Richard Turlington Architects, New Haven, Connecticut
Purchasing and Client: Clearview Investment Management

Hotel Renegade, Boise, Idaho
Design Firm: ESG Architecture & Design, Minneapolis
Architecture Firm: CSHQA, Boise, Idaho
Purchasing: Carroll Adams
Clients: Hendricks Commercial Properties, Geronimo Hospitality Group

M Social Hotel New York Downtown
Design Firm: Mazzarini & Co., New York
Architecture Firm: Nehmer, Rockville, Maryland
Purchasing: Alternate Resources
Clients: Millennium Hotels and Highgate Hotels

The Bellevue, Philadelphia
Design Firm: Ward + Gray, New York
Architecture Firm: Tantillo Architecture, Philadelphia
Purchasing: The Ness Group
Client: Lubert Adler

 

LOBBY UPSCALE

Asher Adams, Salt Lake City, Utah
Design Firm: JNS Architecture + Interior Design, Denver
Architecture Firm: HKS, Salt Lake City, Utah
Purchasing: Beyer Brown
Client: The Athens Group

Fidelity Hotel, Cleveland
Design Firms: Curioso, Chicago, and Looney & Associates, Chicago
Architecture Firm: Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, Chicago
Purchasing: Benjamin West
Client: NuovoRE

The Nickel Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Design Firms: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York and Method Studios
Architecture Firm: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York
Purchasing: The Cardy Group
Client: Method Co.

The Standard Singapore
Design Firm: Ministry of Design, Singapore
Architecture Firm: DP Architects, Singapore
Client: Invictus Developments

 

LOBBY LUXURY

Kimpton Aqeos Hainan, Lingshui, China
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate

Kimpton Los Monteros Hotel, Marbella, Spain
Design Firm: El Equipo Creativo, Barcelona
Architecture Firm: GCA Architects, Madrid
Purchasing: OM3
Client: Stoneweg Asset Manager

W Austin
Design and Architecture Firm: BLUR Workshop, Atlanta
Purchasing: Marriott International
Client: Ryman Hospitality Properties

W Hollywood, California
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, Los Angeles
Architecture Firm: WATG, Los Angeles
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: Trinity Investments

 

LOBBY UPPER LUXURY

Banyan Tree Dubai
Design Firm: BLINK Design Group, Singapore
Client: Banyan Group

Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Vancouver
Design Firm: Ste Marie, Vancouver
Purchasing: Ensemble
Client: Pacific Reach, Rosewood Hotels

 

GUESTROOM MIDSCALE

Hotel Wren, Twentynine Palms, California
Design and Architecture Firm and Client: Manola Studio, Los Angeles

Islander Resort
Design and Architecture Firm: Gensler
Purchasing: PMI
Client: Islander Resort

The Bow Hotel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Design Firm: Elder & Ash, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Client: Lark Hotels

 

GUESTROOM UPSCALE

Fidelity Hotel, Cleveland
Design Firms: Curioso, Chicago, and Looney & Associates, Chicago
Architecture Firm: Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, Chicago
Purchasing: Benjamin West
Client: NuovoRE

The Nickel Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Design Firms: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York and Method Studios
Architecture Firm: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York
Purchasing: The Cardy Group
Client: Method Co.

The Sanderling Resort, Duck, North Carolina
Design and Architecture Firm: Ward + Gray, New York
Purchasing: HPG International
Client: Brookfield Properties

 

GUESTROOM LUXURY

Kimpton Main Frankfurt, Germany
Design Firm: Waldo Works, London
Client: IHG

The Moore, Miami
Design Firm: Studio Collective, Venice, California
Architecture Firm: Cube-3 Architects, Miami
Purchasing: JWC Purchasing
Client: Woodhouse Development

W Austin
Design and Architecture Firm: BLUR Workshop, Atlanta
Purchasing: Marriott International
Client: Ryman Hospitality Properties

 

GUESTROOM UPPER LUXURY

Desert Rock Resort, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Oppenheim Architecture, Miami
Client: Red Sea Global

Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou Centre
Design and Purchasing Firm: Avalon Collective, Singapore
Architecture Firm: Goettsch Partners, Shanghai, and GAD Architecture, China
Client: Hangzhou Metro Wulin Properties Co. Ltd.

Shebara Resort, Sheybarah Island, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Killa Design, Dubai
Client: Red Sea Global

 

HOTEL BUDGET/SELECT SERVICE

Camp DeForest, Lincolnville, Maine
Design Firm: Joanne Palmisano Design, Shelburne, Vermont
Client: Camp DeForest

Now Now Hotel, New York
Design Firm: Islyn Studio, New York
Architecture Firm: Gene Kaufman Architect, New York
Purchasing and Client: Dovetail & Co

 

HOTEL MIDSCALE

Ada Hotel, Michigan
Design Firm: OTJ Architects, Washington, DC
Architecture Firm: Dixon Architecture, Ada, Michigan
Purchasing and Client: Baton Collective

Hotel Wren, Twentynine Palms, California
Design and Architecture Firm and Client: Manola Studio, Los Angeles

The Bellevue, Philadelphia
Design Firm: Ward + Gray, New York
Architecture Firm: Gensler, New York, and Tantillo Architecture, Philadelphia
Purchasing: The Ness Group
Client: Lubert Adler

Trailborn Surf & Sound, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Design Firm: Post Company, New York
Architecture Firm: DLR Group, New York
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: Trailborn Hotels & Resorts

 

HOTEL UPSCALE

Andaz Miami Beach by Hyatt
Design and Architecture Firm: EoA Group, Coral Gables, Florida
Purchasing: GS Associates
Client: Sunstone Hotel Investors

Fidelity Hotel, Cleveland
Design Firms: Curioso, Chicago, and Looney & Associates, Chicago
Architecture Firm: Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, Chicago
Purchasing: Benjamin West
Client: NuovoRE

Hotel Indigo Hainan Clear Water Bay, Lingshui, China
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate Co. Ltd.

The Nickel Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Design Firms: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York, and Method Studios
Purchasing: The Cardy Group
Client: Method Co.

 

HOTEL LUXURY

Kimpton Aqeos Hainan, China
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate Co. Ltd.

SLS Barcelona
Design Firms: Rockwell Group, Madrid; Ennismore’s AIME Studios; and AvroKO (F&B)
Architecture Firm: b720, Barcelona
Purchasing: Crazy Contract
Client: Gelati

W Austin
Design and Architecture Firm: BLUR Workshop, Atlanta
Purchasing: Marriott International
Client: Ryman Hospitality Properties

 

UPPER LUXURY HOTEL

Fairmont Breakers Long Beach, California
Design Firms: RVD, Los Angeles; HBA San Francisco; and Eden For Your World, Long Beach, California
Architecture Firm: GMA Architects, St. Louis
Purchasing: PMI
Client: Pacific6 Enterprises

Four Seasons Hangzhou Centre, China
Design Firms: Avalon Collective, Singapore (public areas and guestrooms); and AB Concept, Hong Kong and Kokaistudios, Shanghai (F&B)
Architecture Firms: Goettsch Partners, Shanghai, and GAD Architecture, China
Purchasing: Hangzhou Metro Wulin Properties Co. Ltd.
Client: Hangzhou Metro Wulin Properties Co. Ltd.

Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Design Firms: Gensler, San Francisco (interior design); BAMO, San Francisco (interior design); Luxury Frontiers (tented villas)
Architecture Firms: Gensler, San Francisco (Eeecutive design architect); 10 Design, London (design architect)
Purchasing: The Parker Company, Miami
Client: Gencom, Miami; the Athens Development Group, Phoenix; Mohari Hospitality, Cyprus

 

SUITES

Desert Rock Resort, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Oppenheim Architecture, Miami
Client: Red Sea Global

Hotel Indigo Hainan Clear Water Bay, Lingshui, China
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate Co. Ltd.

Shebara Resort, Sheybarah Island, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Killa Design, Dubai
Client: Red Sea Global

The Bellevue, Philadelphia
Design Firm: Ward + Gray, New York
Architecture Firm: Gensler, New York
Purchasing: The Ness Group
Client: Lubert Adler

 

RESORT

Desert Rock Resort, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Oppenheim Architecture, Miami
Client: Red Sea Global

Kimpton Aqeos Hainan, Lingshui, China
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate Co. Ltd.

Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Design Firms: Gensler, San Francisco (interior design); BAMO, San Francisco (interior design); Luxury Frontiers (tented villas)
Architecture Firms: Gensler, San Francisco (Eeecutive design architect); 10 Design, London (design architect)
Purchasing: The Parker Company, Miami
Client: Gencom, Miami; the Athens Development Group, Phoenix; Mohari Hospitality, Cyprus

 

RESTAURANT FAST CASUAL

Faherty Sun & Waves All Day Kitchen & Coastal Market, Spring Lake, New Jersey
Design Firm and Purchasing: Mazzarini & Co., New York
Architecture Firm: JL Walker Architects, Sea Girt, New Jersey
Client: Faherty

 

RESTAURANT CASUAL DINING

Cafe Goldie, Hollywood, California
Design Firm: Adean Studios, San Francisco
Architecture Firm: Wimberly – WATG (architect of record), New York
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: Trinity Investments

Papa San, New York
Design and Architecture Firm: INC Architecture & Design, New York
Purchasing: Tishman Speyer
Client: Tishman Speyer & Llama San

Uchiko, Miami Beach
Design Firm: Islyn Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Architecture Firm: Form Group, Miami
Purchasing: Pineapple Procurement
Client: Hai Hospitality

Westmoreland at the Frick Collection, New York
Design Firm: Bryan O’Sullivan Studio, New York
Architecture Firm: Selldorf Architects, New York
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: The Frick Collection

 

RESTAURANT UPSCALE DINING

Kaya at the Standard, Singapore
Design Firm: Ministry of Design, Singapore
Architecture Firm: DP Architects, Singapore
Client: Invictus Developments

La Tête d’Or, New York
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York
Architecture Firm: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, New York
Purchasing: WB Wood
Client: SL Green

Lucia, Los Angeles
Design and Architecture Firm: Preen, Inc., Los Angeles
Purchasing: Preen, Inc.
Client: Sam Jordan

Nuri Steakhouse, Dallas
Design Firm: AvroKO, San Francisco
Architecture Firm: Coeval Studio, Dallas
Purchasing: RDC
Client: Wan Kim

Brass & Tusk Bar, New York
Design Firm: Islyn Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Purchasing: Wagner Hamill Inc.
Client: Ninepin Hospitality

 

BAR/CLUB/LOUNGE

Carry On Airlines, Phoenix
Design Firm and Purchasing: PETERMAX Co, Phoenix
Client: Pretty Decent Concepts

Drop Dead Gorgeous, Tempe, Arizona
Design Firm and Purchasing: PETERMAX Co, Phoenix
Client: Pretty Decent Concepts

Games Chamber & Bar Ronero at Kimpton Aqeos Hainan, Lingshui, CHina
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate Co. Ltd.

Prophecy at Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Vancouver
Design Firm: Ste Marie, Vancouver
Client: Pacific Reach, At Home Hospitality

 

NEXT-GEN HOUSING

Rambler Columbus, Ohio
Design Firm and Purchasing: Variant Collaborative, Chicago
Architecture Firm: OZ Architecture, Denver
Client: LV Collective

The Huron, Brooklyn, New York
Design and Architecture Firm: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York
Purchasing: GS Associates
Client: Quadrum Global

The Wendy, Arlington, Virginia
Design Firm: Edit at Streetsense, Washington, DC
Architecture Firm: Cooper Carry, Alexandria, Virginia
Purchasing: Dancker
Client: Greystar

 

WELLNESS

One & Only Le Saint Geran Guerlain Spa, Mauritius
Design Firm: BLINK Design Group, Singapore
Client: One & Only Le St Geran

Rosewood Sand Hill Asaya Spa, Menlo Park, California
Design Firm: NICOLEHOLLIS, San Francisco
Architecture Firm: Devcon Construction, Milpitas, California
Purchasing: Pineapple Procurement
Client: Rosewood Hotel Group

 

DESIGN AT SEA

Luminara, the Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection
Design Firm: Chapi Design, Toronto
Client: The Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection

 

SPECIALTY DESIGN

Grand Imperial Court, Macau
Design Firm: Silverfox Studios, Singapore
Client: MGM Grand Paradise Limited

Hotel Indigo Design Collection Showcase, Atlanta
Design Firms: IHG Design Strategies, Atlanta, and Interior Image Group (IIG), Crowne Point, Indiana
Architecture Firm: Hendrick, Atlanta
Purchasing: Throughline by IIG
Client: Hotel Indigo Brand, IHG Hotels & Resorts

The Camel Club, Lexington, Kentucky
Design Firm: Jenny Bukovec Studio, New York
Architecture Firm: Gibson Taylor Thompson, Lexington, Kentucky
Purchasing and Client: Morris & Atlas

The Edes, Morgan Hill, California
Design and Architecture Firm: KTGY
Purchasing: The Parker Company
Client: Golden Quail

 

EMERGING HOTEL CONCEPT

AWOL Hotels & Resorts
Design Firm: Elder & Ash, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Client: Lark Hotels

Now Now NoHo, New York
Design Firm: Islyn Studios, Brooklyn, New York
Architecture Firm: Gene Kaufman Architect, New York
Purchasing and Client: Dovetail + Co