Hotel Lobbies with Attitude The days when a lobby was just the place to check- in are long gone. Lobbies these days are cool, they're hip, they're happening. We seem to be channelling Austin Powers here but the point is, the best lobbies are a destination in themselves not just a holding bay on the way to your room. The lobbies we love have innovative art, mood lighting and chill out spaces you actually want to be in. So who better to find us the best than our friends at Design Hotels. Here's our vote for the Top Ten Lobbies with Attitude.
As guests step through the elegant glass doors of Klapsons, The Boutique Hotel in Singapore, the combination of 5-star luxury and a unique sensitivity towards contemporary design is immediately apparent.
Guests entering Semiramis through the glowing pink glass cube into a lobby, know they are in store for something radically different than the city's classic architecture.
From the sixties inspired façade, covered in circular forms, to the wall-mounted installation in the lobby inspired by the work of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, iconic art references are present throughout Luna2 Studios.
After picking apart the tired Olympic Palace Hotel, which was built in the heart of modern Athens in 1958, New Hotel Athens has been restructured, piece-by-piece, without anything being discarded.
Converted from the original 1963 Thunderbird Motel to the snoozey Golden Crest Retirement Home, the curvaceous and supple building was given room to breathe as The Standard, Hollywood.
A cathedral-like lounge with 25-meter ceilings topped by two glass domes is situated in a vast 800-square-meter public space, which invites guests to linger and locals to stop in.
Inspired by the nature of Finland's national epic, the Kalevala, Helsinki's Klaus K hotel bears the stamp of Finland's finest architectural and literary traditions.
