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WHEN A DESIGNERAS EXUBERANTAS MARCELWANDERS IS INVOLVED WITH A HOTEL, ONE CAN EXPECT THATTHE RESULTWILL BE SENSATIONAL, AND THE KAMEHA GRAND IN BONN DOESN'T DISAPPOINT
ARCHITECT: KARL-HEINZSCHOMMER. INTERIOR DESIGNER: MARCELWANDERS
he striking glass exterior of the Kameha Grand Hotel in Bonn, with its 18m-high glazed atrium has an equally stunning interior created by playful Dutch designer Marcel Wanders, who in the process of designing this project labelled his competitors as Very serious and practical and usually very boring too.'
Whether that's true or not, it's not something that can be levelled at his bright, colourful and sinuous interiors for the Lifestyle Hospitality & Entertainment Group-operated hotel.
The building, designed by Karl-Heinz Schommer, is huge and Wanders has played with that sense of scale, introducing enormous chandeliers and even a pool table that can be used by up to 1 1 players at a time, apparently. Making the scale more intimate, Wanders has also...