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OLD CLARE A 62-room hotel reimagined and embracing two heritage buildings – The Clare Hotel pub and the Carlton & United Breweries building. This boutique hotel has been constructed with obsessive attention to aesthetics and to retain interesting features from both buildings. Book a showroom suite in which the beautiful old joinery and bar has been salvaged and repurposed. theoldclarehotel.com.au

HOTEL PALISADE I designed the interiors for this harbourside icon, from the ground- oor public bar to the Henry Deane bar with 360-degree harbour views. Accommodation spills over the middle three levels offering nine rooms for a boutique experience and each one has a different city vista. Materials mix old and new shapes, found and foraged, but with all the mod cons and Australian-made furniture, blankets and paint colours from The Society Inc.’s Murobond range. hotelpalisade.com.au

HOTEL HARRY Designed by one of my favourite architectural workshops, Adelaide’s Studio-gram, this is a boutique hotel in the heart of Surry Hills (the best suburb for coffee and food) with a pub on the ground oor and a bar on the rst. Layered with props, coloured tiles, scenic painting and lighting in a heritagelisted building, it feels as if you could be in Cuba or a cool 60s-vibe music den on a lm set. On the weekend book the top rooms to leave a oor in between you and the DJ. hotelharry.com.au

WATSONS BAY BOUTIQUE HOTEL This property commands one of the best views of Sydney in all its harbourside glory. Book a generous front room as it’s all about the vista and easy access to the ferry to get yourself around. The downstairs bar and restaurant is loads of fun with indoor and outdoor bars and a restaurant. There’s also an occasional weekend market in the park over the road, or wander down to the sea baths, stroll to idyllic Camp Cove for swimming, or rent a boat for the day right from the front door. watsonsbayhotel.com.au