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IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK, THEY WOULD REVEAL A GREAT NUMBER OF STORIES. A timeless source of anecdotes, a hotel is the ideal canvas for designers inspired by the story of a place, to let their creativity run free. This design issue of our magazine is proof of just that. Within these pages, we meet architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Ines de la Fressange gives us her decoration tips and Ana Moussinet (the architect tapped for the Century Old Town in Prague and the Hotel de Paris in Odessa) shares one of her moodboards. We also bring you six Chinese portraits of top architects and designers, we explore Kyoto’s architecture through the lens of photographer Toshiaki
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Kitaoka, we delve into the innovative museum-hotel concept. And of course, we talk about MGallery’s latest propertries. Welcome to our boutique hotels.
By CHRISTIAN-LUC PARISON
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CONTENTS
6 Encounter
Ines de la Fressange is an inspiration. She gives us the wisest advice for a personal and original decor.
10 Moodboard
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Ana Moussinet, an embodied design. The architect who signed the interior of the Hotel de Paris in Odessa reveals her sources of inspiration.
16 If you were ?
Six architects who have worked on MGallery hotels took part in the Chinese portrait game.
20 Anatomy of a bar
The Victorian Bar at the Social Club. Presentation of the Social Club, Hôtel des Arts, Saigon.
Well-being kit for a harmonious trip. A few tips to stay in excellent shape while traveling. 22 Well-being while traveling
12 Architect at work
Jean-Michel Wilmotte, the architect with a thousand and one projects. He shares his vision of the profession, his work, method, his style, and his passion for the current project, the rebirth of Reine Margot’s Domaine.
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24 Hotel and museum
40 Directory
Redefining hospitality. The eight 21c hotels combine accommodation, culture and art. Welcome to the hotel that is also... a museum!
42 — Europe 72 — Africa and the Middle East 78 — Americas 86 — Asia 100 — Pacific
28 Carte blanche
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An architectural walk around Kyoto as seen through the Japanese photographer Toshiaki Kitaoka’s lens.
The new addresses you will be able to discover soon. 110 New destinations
38 New comers
Hotels that have just joined the MGallery collection.
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INES DE LAFRESSANGE IS AN INSPIRATION The fashion designer and ambassador of the MGallery Collection has a talent for designing living spaces that become stories in themselves. With spirit, surprises and charm that are all her own. We asked her to give us five pieces of advice from her keen sense of design and what she has gleaned from her visits to MGallery hotels.
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or just simply vintage art or film posters. You can find superb specimens, framed or not, of exhibition posters from Scandinavian and Parisian galleries and 50's to 70's lithographs at reasonable prices on the Instagram account @vintage_cph . Framing black and white photos that you have taken yourself is another idea. A little self-confidence is all you need. “YOU CAN MIX BLACK AND WHITE FRAMES, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL FORMATS, BUT CHOOSE FRAMES THAT ARE RATHER NEUTRAL, TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF GRAPHIC SOBRIETY.”
too much. It would create a sophisticated effect, almost museum-like. There should be some semblance of unity. The accumulation of black and white prints suits a bedroom well, above the headboard to keep a calm feeling in the room with a dominance of neutral and solid colors. You can mix black and white frames, vertical and horizontal formats, but choose frames that are rather neutral, not too sophisticated, to maintain a level of graphic sobriety. The areas that do not have much depth of field, such as an entrance, a vestibule, a corridor, are perfectly suited to this as well. Choose a play on patterns, using floral or graphic wallpaper. However, for combination in a living room you’d choose just one part of a wall as you would for a bedroom, favoring formats that are not too small to avoid visual fatigue. There are several sites for auctions or second hand shops where you can find rather beautiful vintage prints, including brocantelab.com. If you don’t like monochromes, if black and white doesn’t inspire you, combination can be applied using engravings, lithographs,
Make the most of your collection of photos or posters. Like at the Hotel Molitor Paris
The idea is to decorate one part of a wall, not the whole wall, otherwise it could be just
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Use miniature amenities wisely
Temptation to take all the miniature amenities provided in the hotel bathroom is great: no one resists. They usually end up cluttering boxes in bathroom drawers. As for bars of soap, simply use them in the powder room. And take out a fresh one when friends come to dinner. For the shower gels and shower caps? Start by finding a second home for them in guest rooms. In my vacation home, I place a welcome kit: shower gel, shampoo, and any other product I have in stock, an antique glass with a couple of fresh flowers, 2 or 3 books and a lovely water pitcher. My friends feel as if they were staying in a hotel. And should the name of a hotel appear on a bottle, it becomes a conversation piece, "oh, you stayed at the Hotel Am Konzerthaus as well? We’re going to Vienna next month and we’re going to see Klimt at the Belvédère Palace" etc.
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Create your own curiosity cabinet. Like at the Hotel Rotary Genève At first, it seems like a challenge, but then once started what joy to make up your own imaginary museum. A shelf in a bookcase, a credenza, a chest of drawers are enough to try. Avoid trying to fill an entire bookcase to start with. Any object can find its place: a pebble found at the beach, an old lamp, a candle, a ceramic bowl, a silver cup with a fresh flower in it, a handcrafted object, one of the marvelous gifts that your child has made for you in school and you have kept hidden away to his or her dismay. I have a weakness for children’s drawings, especially done with charcoal on craft paper and chalk more than felt tip pens and standard typing paper. Variety is marvelous because it makes trivial objects precious and desacralizes the precious ones you don’t know what to do with. Anything goes. Mix periods and dimensions: avoid displaying tiny objects, and by creating contrasts, objects become curiosities, as they did in the 19 th century. Marin Montagut’s instagram ( @bonjourmarinmontagut ) can be a source of inspiration.
“VARIETY IS MARVELOUS BECAUSE IT MAKES TRIVIAL OBJECTS PRECIOUS.”
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Dare to use batiks. Like at the Royal Surakarta Heritage Solo When I travel to Asia or Africa, I am always struck by the beauty of the fabrics and traditional prints, especial batik, but also wax and ikat designs. As usual, it’s about diving in despite feeling a slight hesitation. Rather than upholstering a couch or getting batik curtains made, focus on cushion covers, napkins or place mats instead. Used this way, in moderation, these fabrics can give a space style, and actually blend in much better with other prints and more contemporary materials than we think. Indian block printing is also bold and fits well in contemporary interiors, as you can see for instance on @blockshoptextiles’s Instagram account.
Collect small antique bottles. Like at the INK Hotel Amsterdam The history of this former print shop can be seen in light touches. I took the idea of adapting old inkwells. I bargain hunt whenever I can, in garage sales, second hand shops wherever I go; small old bottles and jars, narrow glasses that are not too high and then I use them for fresh or dried flowers in easily made compositions that I make. I place them lined up or in “bunches” on fireplaces. On the table as a sort of table runner with mini vases, which have the immense advantage of not blocking the view, contrary to tall vases or candle sticks. I do the same with candles: gather candle warmers placed in old glasses. I also tend to collect baskets that are perfect for newspapers and magazines and notebooks with small grid patterns (typically French) for my guests.
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ANA MOUSSINET, AN EMBODIED DESIGN Ana Moussinet recently signed the Century Old Town in Prague and the Hotel de Paris in Odessa for MGallery. She reveals her universe and her inspiration to us. Ana Moussinet is an architect and creates hotels as an artist would.
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“AMBITIOUS ORDERS GIVE RISE TO UNIQUE CREATIONS”
ANA MOUSSINET INTERIOR DESIGN HOTEL DE PARIS ODESSA , The stai rs
ANA MOUSSINET INTERIOR DESIGN HOTEL DE PARIS ODESSA , The Rotonde
B efore starting, Ana Moussinet immerses herself in the project: "I have to visit the town from top to bottom, contemplate the facades, explore the art museums, meet local artisans and immerse myself in the history of the location to formawealth of ideas and emotions that will nourish all the phases of the project." Themarble floor,with its exceptional marquetry,
recalls the paved streets inOdessa, andwith its smooth mirror, reflects the light of the facade, shining through thesophisticatedwindowframe. This brings the guest to a sensory approach, an invite to explore the place, to touch and feel the delicately modulated light. In order to compose her work, Ana Moussinet constantly adjusts the visual impact of each element on
her palette: furniture, lighting, woodwork, and the nuances in color to find the right balance that will serve the initial idea, for a lobby or a bedroom. And when the central subject in a composition is not up to her standards Ana Moussinet designs it appropriately to enhance the area as she did for the chandelier lighting fixture or the round table at the Rotonde.
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ATTILALOU SCENOGRAPHY, MATHIAS KISS HERMÈS | 2015 The ref l ect ion, inf ini ty, mi rror. . . My favor i te mater ial
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ANA MOUSSINET INTERIOR DESIGN HOTEL DE PARIS ODESSA , Spa , Light as mater ial and source of we l l -be ing
RICHARD SWEENEY, SHELL 06B, Folding, wet folding, sculpture in movement
ERAGATORY, CHROMA VASE | 2013 An obj ect , smooth and rough archi tecture JEONGHWA SEO, PRIMITIVE PHYSICS TABLE | 2017 Raw yet beaut i ful
ANA MOUSSINET INTERIOR DESIGN HOTEL DE PARIS ODESSA , Detai l of marbl e marquetery
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JEAN-MICHEL WILMOTTE, THE ARCHITECTWITH A THOUSAND AND ONE PROJECTS He is currently working on a largescale project for MGallery: transforming Reine Margot’s (Marguerite of Valois) vacation home into a hotel and spa in the outskirts of Paris. We spoke to him about his vision of the trade, how he works and this construction site in progress.
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T he list of your creations and projects, be they public or private, makes one's head spin in its wealth and diversity. You don’t often see an architect that can work on such a wide variety of operations. How do you do it? That is exactly the secret to creativity: being able to go from one project to another, from one scale to another. If I only did the same thing, only hospitals or only hotels I’d probably get bored. Working on a waste sorting plant in Italy, a cathedral in Moscow (soon) and the museum in Tashkent gives me the mental agility necessary for creativity to emerge.
I do and that my collaborators then develop, improving the idea I started with.
As we speak, our photographer, Raphaël Lugassy, is in the material resource center. You seldom have such a great resource within easy reach… Actually we have the largest material resource center in Paris; others envied us then copied us. Two people are there full time. Their mission is to find products all over the world: stone, wood, technical material, through specialized fairs and conventions. Every week, we review these innovations in the field of lighting, switches, door handles, tiling. We try to keep abreast of all the innovations almost in real time. By innovations I mean products that will last in time, not "fashion" creations that will quickly be outdated. “IF I ONLY DID THE SAME THING, ONLY HOSPITALS OR ONLY HOTELS I’D PROBABLY GET BORED.”
So, would you turn down any type of project flat out, at first glance?
the house DNA well, I let them evolve alone more and when a new adventure presents itself, I do a sort of casting. I choose the collaborators according to their trade, their competence – architecture, interior design, restoration – but also their affinities: I won’t attribute a project for a wine cellar to someone who doesn’t drink wine for instance. I adapt my team to the client, so that personalities on both sides can get along. And it all starts with the sketch
Only if the client is unpleasant. In my opinion, human relationships are what is most important.
What is the Wilmotte company like?
It was very small to start with and has grown, there are 280 of us now. I hire people I can build affinities with based on common vocabulary and knowhow. When they master
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What are your favor i te mater ials?
What are the stakes today in the hotel business? The qual i ty of mater ials, thei r durabi l i ty, technology, cost , esthet ics… All those elements combined. What we are looking for now is experience. In places we discover, where something is happening, we are happy to experience the possibility of a different life style for a while, for the time of a stay. The hotel as a structure counts a great deal, as does the welcome, the context and the location in a city. Today we’re speaking about a project in progress more par t icular ly, the one at the Domaine de la Re i ne Margo t . Th i s ex t raord i nar y s i t e , a l i s t ed histor ical monument , was a royal vacat ion home and then a place for tranqui l i ty and "fai th". How do you decipher i t? Several aspects in this project captivate me. I enjoy having a site evolve according to an idea and more specifically into its new function. New uses for existing places appeal to me. How to revive a building that has a long past? How to enable visitors who have spent the day at the Porte de Versailles (i.e. a major Paris tradeshow) to have a feeling of tranquility as they cross the door to the hotel? How can we offer them a sort of balcony over the city at the gates to Paris? How can we play on the historical codes and references while remaining contemporary? We wanted to redeem the character of Reine Margot, who also lived here, a literary woman, a patron of the arts. That was obvious.
I prefer materials that form a patina with time, that age well and thus have no age; stone and wood first. New sources of wood, new veneers continually appear. I especially have a fondness for the process of transforming elements: by sandblasting or bush-hammering (hammering with a serrated hammer) stainless steel, wood or Carrare marble; the results obtained are unbelievably rich and diverse. The veins in wood deepen, stainless steel becomes exceptionally matte. We can do the same with stone dyes. This experience is exciting and makes up a leitmotiv that can be found throughout our projects, with this common thread. Do these points in common, this language in a way, make up what i s cal l ed a s tyl e? You are rather ret icent to talk about this subject , why?
It is becoming a style but in fact it is not up to me to qualify it…
In your Dict ionar y of Archi tecture Lovers (ed. Plon) , you can read: "humi l i ty in archi tecture is essent ial in my opinion, truly essent ial to the ar t of bui lding. Let ’s be clear: I don’t mean the archi tecture should be t imid or held back or simply mel t into the mass of other construct ions. I have in mind two necessi t ies, humi l i ty and quest ioning…"
There, I couldn’t say it better, a form of elegance…
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What res t r i c t ions are common in the res taurant i ndus t r y, wi t h wh i ch you a r e f ami l i a r, hav i ng carr ied out many projects and notably for the chef Guy Savoy ? It is a bit of a mystery: why you feel comfortable or not in a restaurant? I don’t have an answer. I think we have an atmosphere. We designed many of the elements ourselves for this restaurant. And f inal ly, here are two quotat ions at tr ibuted to Margaret of Valoi s . What are your thought s on them? "The scandal is often worse than the sin": without a doubt. I am not a controversial subject, my work rather consists of consensus, only the Quai Branly Russian Cathedral had one detractor... "You can dry your tears, but your heart, never": that is lovely, let’s hope indeed that you can’t dry your heart.
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“WE HAVE IMAGINED AN ENTIRE SERIES OF
QUOTATIONS, MATERIALS, ICONOGRAPHY, LOGOS IN HOMMAGE TO THE REINE MARGOT.”
Yo u r p r o p o s i t i o n i s a b a l a n c e b e t w e e n contemporane i ty and hi s tor i cal references , how do you manage to do that? We created a building in a park, connected to the main building by underground passage. We will put newly created rooms in it. The "anarchical" part will be housed in the existing building where we will use the volumes to their best advantage, while keeping the memory of the site alive, the presence of the 17 th and 18 th centuries. We have imagined an entire series of quotations, materials, iconography, logos in homage to the Reine Margot. This is translated through portraits, ruff motifs as well as embossed designs, molding, and on carpets. We‘ve found images of antique plants that we have sandblasted onto wood. The very simple rooms, essentially in oak, will be very interesting. We are also working on the conception of a vegetable garden inspired by a drawing from the 19 th century: we are planting hedges. Then, there is the exquisite little chapel that will become a bar. All of this comes out of close collaboration with the architects of the French National Monuments and National Heritage. We listen to them and constructive dialogue ensues.
JEAN-MICHEL WILMOTTE IN A FEW RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Ongoing • Design of the UN head office, Diamniadio, Senegal. • Construction of the Terraces of the Presqu’Ile, Lyon, France. 2019 • Scenography for the Gio Ponti exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France. 2018 • Construction of Convention Center of Metz, France. 2017 • Transformation of the Halle Freyssinet on the start-up campus Station F, Paris, France. 2016 • Architecture of the Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Culture Center, Paris, France. 2015 • Redevelopment and museology of the Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon. • Architecture of the office building Kings Cross Central, Google headquarters, London, Great Britain.
PRACTICAL INFORMATIONS ON THE DOMAINE DE LA REINE MARGOT Opening: End of year 2021 How many rooms? 83
www.wilmotte.com
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An iconic piece of design, a landscape or a remarkable city, an inspiring era, an everyday object… Six architects who have worked on – at least one – MGallery hotel have accepted to play the Chinese portrait game.
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Bill Bensley The Amer ican archi tect of the Legacy Yen Tu and the Hôtel de la Coupole Sapa, in Vietnam, l ikes transmission: “At the Legacy Yen Tu, the mater ials and spi r i t recal l the moment in Vietnam’s histor y in the 19th centur y when the king lef t the throne to embrace Buddhism.” Conversely, the Hotel de la Coupole plays on “more is more” wi th the homage paid to the mark that tradi t ional Indochinese clothing lef t on Par isian Haute Couture at i ts beginnings.
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AN ICONIC DESIGN OBJECT
A loom because it symbolizes what I do daily: bring together weavers with threads from the whole world in one project to weave a-one-of-a kind hotel story.
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AN EVERYDAY OBJECT
The Angkor Thom temple in Siem Reap Cambodia. It is smaller than the main temple, exquisite in its magnificent illustrations of the Jayavarman’s life.
A low cost and high tech water filter, so that I can contribute to the distribution of drinkable water all over Cambodia and beyond.
AN ARCHITECTURAL PERIOD
The Sukothai era, the sumptuous cradle of the birth of Thai culture. Thailand has been my country for 35 years.
A LANDSCAPE
The cardamom forest in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia; that way I can protect the wildlife, the elephants and the trees.
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Recently I went to Hokkaido, where I was impressed by the Tadao Ando chapel on the water. I love the simple work, the refinement, and the natural side all at the same time and the incredible scenography, especially with its mirror effects.
The Rubik’s Cube, fascinates me as much as it repels me. I am fascinated because I think it’s beautiful with its Mondrian aspect, but I don’t understand it: it seems incredible that people enjoy playing with it.
Jean-Philippe Nuel
The French archi tect of the Hotel Mol i tor in Par is, Cures Mar ines in Trouvi l le-sur -Mer and Hotel Croiset te Beach in Cannes, pays special at tent ion to the locat ion: “that is the star t ing point of any stor y. For the Cures Mar ines, a fashion shot seen in a magazine guided me in the project : the model was wear ing a thin str iped l inen sui t , wi th class and incredible imper t inence…”
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Rome. I know it so well because I lived in Trinità dei Monti when I was a student. I love its complexity, the resurgence of eras that cover a long period. Rome isn’t a museum-city, it transcends time; and let's not forget La Dolce Vita... and the Italian cuisine!
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Philippe Starck’s Juicy Salif juicer for Alessi. Not so much for its aesthetics, but its capacity to accept all types of citrus fruit without having to use electricity, in a world ruled by high tech, energy-devouring machines.
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The Acropolis Museum in Athens, designed by Bernard Tschumi. Rather discrete, the attraction resides in the interior landscape that takes you on journey through the antique works and the Acropolis view in the backdrop.
Lisa Hassanzadeh
Head of Inter ior & Par tner at concrete, which is responsible for the inter ior archi tecture of INK Hotel Amsterdam: “our credo is to transform requi rements into creat ive solut ions. For the INK, i t took the form of wel ls of l ight in the hear t of the common areas. The strong histor y of this former newspaper of f ice was the per fect star t ing point for new stor ies to come”.
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The Bauhaus. Architecture was decisive because it was omnipresent and founded on innovative principles and not elements of style and architecture from the past.
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AN ICONIC DESIGN OBJECT
A mirror ball. When struck by sunlight, everything lights up. Everyone has a mirror ball inside their soul, but we tend to forget about it. Our role as designers is to make it shine.
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Punta Della Dogana modern art museum because of its mesmerizing location–Venice, and how it mixes antique and contemporary styles.
The Sundukovy Sisters
The Russian twins I r ina and Olga Sundukovy, funded a leading S+S inter ior design studio. They worked on the renovat ion of the Hotel Le Louis Versai l les Château: “the new inter ior spaces of fer a strong and authent ic contemporar y design, int imately l inked to the histor y of the hotel and the emblemat ic locat ion.”
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AN ARCHITECTURAL PERIOD
The retro-futurism as seen in Stanley Kubrick's films.
AN ICONIC DESIGN OBJECT
A BUILDING
Eames’s LCW chair. My grandfather was an architect and taught in the Paris Beaux-Arts. His home was decorated with 1950s Knoll furniture and that chair nurtured my childhood well before I could even imagine becoming a designer.
The "mushroom" guard house in the Luxembourg Gardens, where I often took shelter during rainstorms as a child. This building is still excessively modern in its simple shape and function as shelter.
Donatien Carratier
For the French archi tect of the 3 Nagas Luang Prabang, in Laos, a French colonial house protected by UNESCO, the stakes were to “understand this place as a French her i tage whi le adding deep local Laot ian roots. Immersing guests in today’s col lect ive unconscious for a journey of yester year.”
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The 1990’s little city of Saigon where I lived for 15 years, opened an agency and worked with many artisans. Back then, Saigon still had its authentic charm, but today Ho Chi Minh city has taken over. I don’t recognize Saigon in this contemporary megalopolis.
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THE VICTORIAN BAR AT SOCIAL CLUB The Hôtel des Arts bar in Saigon combines the Victorian charm of a gentlemen’s club, a breathtaking view, and perfect cocktails.
Illustration JUSTINE WONG
What are the 3 main assets of the bar?
1 The bar here, as a piece of furniture is a splendor of the Victorian era, found in Great Britain and brought back to Vietnam by the hotel owner. It is solid oak decorated with several lion heads probably as a tribute to the symbol of England-the crowned lion holding the coat of arms with the famous motto of the realm, “Honni soit qui mal y pense”.
2 The Japanese des igners, Super Potato worked to create a contemporary context while respecting the rich past. That is one of the strong points of the design studio directed by Takashi Sugimoto that magnifies antique material and gives it a new identity. Beyond the glass door lies a magnificent collection of cigars, cognacs and grands crus wines.
3 Bar tending’s , transformation is in full swing in Vietnam. The best artisanal alcohols from over the world have started streaming in and a new generation of cocktail lovers work using local ingredients (kumquats, coriander, cinnamon and so on) and mixing them in syrup form and other elixirs in their creations.
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The lady of Saigon
50 ml gin 15 ml homemade rosemary syrup* 5 ml kumquat juice
Trimmings 1 branch of burnt rosemary
10 ml lime juice 20 ml apple juice 20 ml egg whites
1 zest of lemon 1 edible flower
Put all the ingredients in the order above into a cold cocktail shaker. Shake and serve in a balloon type glass (such as a Burgundy wine glass) filled with ice. Add a twisted lime zest on the rim of the glass and a "burnt" branch of rosemary. *Rosemary syrup: infuse 6 sprigs of rosemary in a mixture of equal parts of sugar and water and let cook on low flame. Filter.
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Method Shaker
Glass A balloon glass such as Burgundy
"THE ART OF MAKING COCKTAILS IS CONSTANTLY BEING REINVENTED"
The creativity and mystery element of mixology together with the beauty of Ho Chi Minh city constantly inspire our creative mixologists! For each of the team members, the city is a chaotic whirl full of contrast that breathes life and vitality to those that visit, and their mixology creations embody the spirit of Vietnam. The art of making cocktails is enormously rich. We offer cocktails from pre-Prohibition times like the Singapore Sling and Martini, and contemporary creations like our Espresso Martini with our Vietnamese coffee. We enjoy using local resources: mango wine, Dalat raspberries, vanilla syrup. For instance, our bloody Mary contains… fish sauce. The cocktail we share with you above is part of the sour family, elegant and twisted Vietnamese style, thanks to kumquats. We also have local rosemary that is extremely flavorful, but yours will do!
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WELL-BEING KIT FOR A HARMONIOUS TRIP Whether travel takes you to the other side of the world or closer to home, it always brings a change of scenery that disrupts our habits and our balance. Here is a series of habits that will help you regain your balance while you travel. Use these tips without moderation.
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Illustrations YASMINE GATEAU
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Adopt Essential Oils
Practice Bedtime Yoga
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WHY ? To relax WHERE ? On the plane, in the room or in the bathroom Ideally you should always have four bottles on you: tea tree for antiviral and antiseptic properties, peppermint oil for massaging legs and feet suffering from a long trip or a long day of walking, eucalyptus and lavender are perfect for turning a bathroom into a spa. Relaxation guaranteed.
WHY ? To get rid of tension WHERE ? In your bed or in your room
Start by lying down on your bed, your behind and legs against the wall, at right angles. Breathe deeply through your stomach. Exhale slowly. Still on your back, bend your knees and place your soles on each other, like a butterfly to eliminate tensions in the hips. Finally, bend your knees to your chest, hugging them in your arms. Good night!
Jump Rope
Take a Bath in Coarse Salt
WHY ? Work on your cardio WHERE ? In the nearest park
WHY ? Activate blood circulation, boost your natural defenses. WHERE ? In the bathroom
A jump rope is a must in your suitcase, just like a warm, lightweight scarf or a sleeping mask. Everyone has his or her own routine, with a few things to keep in mind: avoid jumping on too hard a surface like concrete, keep your chin high, look straight ahead. All that’s left to do is have some fun.
Soaking in a hot bath with coarse salt has a thousand virtues, including stimulating natural immunitary defenses. Coarse salt is used to boost your body's absorption of magnesium, relax muscle tension, decongest, assist better sleep and purify the skin.
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21c MUSEUM HOTEL NASHVILLE
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REDEFINING HOSPITALITY
Founded in 2006 by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, 21c Museum Hotels are a rarity: boutique hotels doubling as one of the largest contemporary art museums in the United States, open to the public, 24/7, free of charge. As MGallery Collection’s newest addition, we met with 21c’s founders, along with Chief Curator and Museum Director, Alice Gray Stites to talk about their approach to this unconventional concept.
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Laura Lee Brown & Steve Wilson creators of 21c Museum Hotels
view art outside of a conventional museum environment — they experienced it in an entirely new, approachable context. That started us thinking about howwe could expand on these private tours, almost ‘unleashing’ them in an unexpected way. “WE TOOK OVER VACANT BUILDINGS, AS WE HAD OFTEN SEEN IN EUROPE, AND CONVERTED THEM INTO A CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM AND COMBINED IT WITH LOUISVILLE’S FIRST BOUTIQUE HOTEL.”
With these visitors to our private residence in mind, we decided to take over a number of vacant buildings, as we had often seen in Europe, and conver ted them into a contemporary art museum, accessible to the public free of charge, 365 days a year. We then combined it with Louisville’s first boutique hotel because we believed it was the best way to have visitors 24/7. The result was the creation of a new hospitality experience. 21c continues to grow and to expand its exhibition space, which few museums have the opportunity to do consistently. When Chicago opens this winter, 21c will have the largest exhibition space dedicated to sharing contemporary art with the public in nine cities across the U.S., and we are still expanding: St Louis, MO is opening in 2020, and Des Moines, IA in 2021.
What was the idea behind the f i rs t 21c in Louisvi l le ?
Laura Lee Brown & Steve Wilson: "The creation of the first 21c Museum Hotel in 2006 was motivated by our own passion and personal experience with how contemporary art has shaped the way we see the world around us. At that time, our local museum was not very interested in contemporary art, while we have been and continue to be passionate about the work of living artists — we live with it throughout our home, in every room — so, Laura Lee and I committed to sharing our personal art collection with the public. Because we have always lived with art, museum curators and directors would sometimes send visitors to our home to view the collection. Guests were fascinated to
What were the ini t ial react ions when you star ted working on this project?
AliceGray Stites: The public’s response was very positive. Reactions were mainly intrigued
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21c MUSEUM HOTEL OKLAHOMA CITY
“WE AIM AT ADOPTING THE BEST PRACTICES OF CONVENTIONAL MUSEUMS WITHOUT OBEYING ALL THE RULES.”
and surprised, with maybe a little touch of skepticism here and there. I can imagine how disruptive our approach was and still is: you can walk around and get close to works of art with a glass of wine in your hand! In Louisville, one of the site-specific works of art is on the corner exterior of the hotel—a 30 foot tall David statue, inspired by Michelangelo, by Turkish artist Serkan Özkaya. This sense of discovery and surprise is very important to us and our guests.
What are or were your biggest chal lenges that you had to face?
A. G. S.: The greatest challenges that we face are space, time and logistics. We call the organization of schedules and exhibitions the "Rubiks Cube". Because we do not shut down a lobby gallery or any of the event spaces when we set up the next one, there are stationary works that remain in place, while others are required to change out and move. It truly is a study in time, motion and cooperation amongst all of our staff members.
21c MUSEUM HOTEL BENTONVILLE
H O T E L A N D M U S E U M
What are you most proud of ?
What is your main ambi t ion? Is i t to change the way we exper ience contemporar y ar t ? To make i t more accessible? To propose a whole new exper ience in hospi tal i ty ? A. G. S.: We aim at adopting the best practices of conventional museums without obeying all the rules. As of 2019, we have 80,000 sq feet of exhibition space. It is a unique multivenue project that has to be constantly questioned and reinvented. It has grown in a rather organic manner. It is an entirely new model that has reached the highest standards of quality. What drives us is a sense of innovation in the experience. In a recent photography- focused exhibition (until March 2020 at 21c Louisville) "Labor and Materials," we explored how the realities of work have changed with the age of automation and depersonalized global commerce, sometimes with brutal consequences for workers’ lives—and it was quite logically that the showwent up first at the Bentonville, Arkansas, location—the town that’s also home to theWalmart headquarters. On the other hand a show at 21c Cincinnati focused on how one of the city’s local artists views the larger world. We aim at intricating local and global problematics in the most approachable manner.
L. L. B. &S.W.: It’s our mission provide a space for important conversations. We’re thrilled that our properties and the works exhibited in each location provoke thought and conversation, sometimes allowing our employees and guests to explore and confront what has been unspeakable or forbidden in our own lives. Artists are the mirrors that encourage us to focus on the everyday, as well as how we make our way forward, be it celebratory or difficult. Art transforms us—it fosters real connection, it gives the viewer the freedom to question conventional thinking, it’s inclusive. For Laura Lee and I, art is life! We hope that the opportunity to visit us and live within this environment provides an indelible experience that lives long beyond our guests’ travels.
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“IT’S OUR MISSION PROVIDE A SPACE FOR IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS.”
21c MUSEUM HOTEL LOUISVILLE
21c MUSEUM HOTEL OKLAHOMA CITY
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A FRESH LOOK AT KYOTO
Former capital of Japan, Kyoto cultivates elegance in its Buddhist temples, its Shinto sanctuaries, and its imperial palaces. When it comes to architecture, the city knows how to renew itself and to surprise, by associating tradition and modernity. To celebrate the opening of the first MGallery hotel in Japan, we gave Toshiaki Kitaoka carte blanche to discover the hidden secrets of the city.
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Originally from Kochi, Toshiaki Kitakoa is a graduate of the Osaka Visual Arts College. After having collaborated with the Studio Ebisu for years, he is now a freelance photographer notably in fashion and advertising. Regarding his work today he says “When I take a photo I always try to place myself between perfection and imperfection. I am happy when I get to the rare moments where I feel in balance between the two.” When he studied photography in Osaka, Toshiaki Kitaoka was particularly influenced by the works of Wolfgang Tillman whose beauty and new perspectives he admired. If his photographic work is nourished by painting, music, architecture and even technology, he admits that his esthetic taste and interest for color come from his passion for the works of the American painter Mark Rothko.
Toshiaki Kitaoka
HIS MOST RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
• Yuzu Maboroshi. The 8 th Gallery, Tokyo | 2018 • Kindness, Just one time. Visual arts Gallery, Osaka | 2018 • The Changing times is unstable and beautiful. Paddlers Coffee, Tokyo | 2018
• Blue MERCY. Fukuoka | 2017 • Pink blue Hitoto. Tokyo | 2015
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TONOTO, CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS GALLERY
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KIZUNAYA BUILDING, ALPHAVILLE | 2017
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BUDDHIST TEMPLE SHOREN- IN
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KYOTO YURA HOTEL, MGALLERY COLLECTION | 2019
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KYOTO YURA HOTEL, MGALLERY COLLECTION | 2019
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NISHIKI -TENMANGU SHRINE IN THE GION DISTRICT
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KIZUNAYA BUILDING, ALPHAVILLE | 2017
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TONOTO, CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS GALLERY BUDDHIST TEMPLE SHOREN- IN
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TONOTO, CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS GALLERY
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NEWCOMERS The MGallery collection is flourishing. Every year, it is enriched with new hotels and it extends its palette of destinations.
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GRAND HOTEL, BREGENZ – AUSTRIA P. 42
HÔTEL CROISETTE BEACH, CANNES – FRANCE, P. 48
SAINTE-BARBE HÔTEL & SPA , LE CONQUET – FRANCE, P. 51
LE DOMAINE DES VANNEAUX HÔTEL GOLF & SPA , PRESLES – FRANCE, P. 58
HABITA 79 HOTEL & SPA , POMPEI – ITALY, P. 64
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21c MUSEUM HOTEL, CHICAGO – UNITED STATES, P. 80
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THE BRIDGE, WROCLAW – POLAND, P. 67
MANTO HOTEL, LIMA – PERU, P. 85
THE SILVERI , HONG KONG – CHINA , P. 88
YURA HOTEL, KYOTO – JAPAN, P. 90
HOTEL CHADSTONE, MELBOURNE – AUSTRALIA , P. 104
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THE MGALLERY HOTEL COLLECTION
— EUROPE
ISRAEL Netanya, David Tower Hotel, 61 ITALY Florence, Hotel Cerretani, 62
AUSTRIA Bregenz, Grand Hotel, 44 Vienna, Hotel Am Konzerthaus, 44 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Sarajevo, Tarcin Forest Resort & Spa, 45 CZECH REPUBLIC Prague, Century Old Town, 45 FRANCE Aix-en-Provence, Grand Hôtel Roi René, 46 Arles, Hotel Jules César Hôtel & Spa, 46 Barr, 5 Terres Hôtel & Spa, 47 Biarritz, Le Régina Biarritz Hôtel & Spa, 47 Cabourg, Le Grand Hôtel, 48
Livorno, Grand Hotel Palazzo, 62 Naples, Palazzo Caracciolo, 63 Polignano a Mare, Borgobianco Resort & Spa, 63 Pompei, Habita 79 Hotel & Spa, 64 Ricadi, Capovaticano Resort Thalasso & Spa, 64 Rome, La Grif fe, 65 Venice, Hotel Papadopoli, 65 NETHERLANDS Amsterdam, INK Hotel, 66 POLAND Krakow, Bachleda Luxury Hotel, 66 Wroclaw, The Bridge, 67 SWITZERLAND Geneva, Hotel Rotary, 67 Interlaken, Hotel Royal St Georges, 68 TURKEY Istanbul, The Galata Hotel, 68 UKRAINE Odessa, Hotel de Paris, 69 UNITED KINGDOM Bath, Francis Hotel, 69 Cheltenham, Queens Hotel, 70 Milton Keynes, Woughton House, 70 Windsor, Castle Hotel, 71 — AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST ALGERIA Oran, Royal Hotel, 74 MOROCCO Essaouira, Le Médina Hôtel Thalassa Sea & Spa, 74 Rabat, Hotel Le Diwan, 75 QATAR
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Cannes, Hôtel Croiset te Beach, 48 Carcassonne, Hôtel de la Cité, 49 Châtelaillon-Plage, La Grande Terrasse Hôtel & Spa, 49 Dijon, Grand Hôtel La Cloche, 50 Dinard, Royal Émeraude, 50 Grenoble, Park Hôtel, 51 Le Conquet, Sainte-Barbe Hôtel & Spa, 51 Le Pian-Médoc, Golf du Médoc Resort Bordeaux, 52 Les Sables-d'Olonne, Côte Ouest Thalasso & Spa, 52
Lyon, Hôtel Carlton, 53 Lyon, Hôtel Le Royal, 53 Marseille, Grand Hôtel Beauvau, 54 Metz, Hôtel La Citadelle, 54 Paris, Hôtel L’Échiquier Opéra, 55 Paris, Hôtel Molitor, 55
Paris, Hôtel Paris Bastille Boutet, 56 Paris, Le Stendhal Place Vendôme, 56 Pau, Hôtel Parc Beaumont, 57 Presles, Le Domaine des Vanneaux Hôtel Golf & Spa, 57 Rennes, Balthazar Hôtel & Spa, 58 Strasbourg, Hôtel Cour du Corbeau, 58 Toulouse, La Cour des Consuls Hôtel & Spa, 59 Trouville-sur-Mer, Hôtel les Cures Marines, 59 Versailles, Hôtel Le Louis Versailles Château, 60 GERMANY Cologne, Hotel Mondial am Dom, 60 HUNGARY Budapest, Hotel Nemzeti, 61
Doha, Alwadi Hotel, 75 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dubai, The Canvas Hotel Dubai, 76 Dubai, The Retreat Palm, 76
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— AMERICAS
Chiang Mai, Veranda High Resort, 93 Chonburi, Veranda Resort Pat taya, 93 Hua Hin, V Villas, 94 Pat taya, Baraquda, 94 Petchburi, Veranda Resort Hua Hin, 95 Phuket, Avista Grande Karon, 95 Phuket, Avista Hideaway Patong, 96 VIETNAM Hanoi, Hotel de l'Opera, 96 Ho Chi Minh City, Hôtel des Arts Saigon, 97 Hoi An, Hotel Royal, 97
UNITED STATES Bentonville, 21c Museum Hotel, 80 Chicago, 21c Museum Hotel, 80 Cincinnati, 21c Museum Hotel, 81 Durham, 21c Museum Hotel, 81 Kansas City, 21c Museum Hotel, 82 Lexington, 21c Museum Hotel, 82 Louisville, 21c Museum Hotel, 83 Nashville, 21c Museum Hotel, 83 Oklahoma City, 21c Museum Hotel, 84 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, Palladio Hotel, 84 BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro, Santa Teresa Hotel, 85 PERU Lima, Manto Hotel, 85 — ASIA
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Phu Quoc, La Veranda Resort, 98 Sapa, Hôtel De La Coupole, 98 Uong Bi, Legacy Yen Tu, 99 — PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA Adelaide, The Playford, 102
Byron Bay, Elements of Byron, 102 Crafers, Mount Lof ty House, 103 Leura, Fairmont Resort & Spa Blue Mountains, 103 Melbourne, Hotel Chadstone, 104 Melbourne, Hotel Lindrum, 104 Nagambie, The Mitchelton Hotel, 106 Palm Cove, The Reef House, 106 South Yarra, The Como Melbourne, 107 Sydney, Harbour Rocks Hotel, 107 Warwick Farm, The William Inglis, 108 NEW ZEALAND
CHINA Hong Kong, The Silveri, 88 INDONESIA Bali, Amarterra Villas Bali Nusa Dua, 88 Bali, The Royal Beach Seminyak, 89 Surakarta, The Royal Surakarta Heritage Solo, 89 Yogyakarta, The Phoenix Hotel, 90 JAPAN Kyoto, Yura Hotel 90 LAOS Luang Prabang, 3 Nagas, 91 MYANMAR Naypyidaw, The Lake Garden, 91 THAILAND
Auckland, Hotel Grand Windsor, 108 Queenstown, Hotel St Moritz, 109
Bangkok, Hotel Muse, 92 Bangkok, VIE Hotel, 92
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