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Next Hotel by Woods Bagot

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◥ Located in Melbourne’s CBD, the Next Hotel is the latest flagship project for the global chain and a central part in Woods Bagot’s 80 Collins complex.

Woods Bagot’s brief was to position and define the Next Hotel brand within this new precinct. The site’s location – close to Chinatown and within Melbourne’s designer fashion district – was a rich contextual source for the design team. Stories of the earliest occupants of Chinatown as the original “business traveller” were woven into the design via references to their trades. The result is a sophistica­ted sanctuary for travellers that also immerses them in Melbourne’s local culture.

With an entrance on Little Collins Street, the 255-room hotel features multiple food and beverage offerings – including an anchor restaurant, a distinctly Melbourne “hole in the wall” ground floor cafe and cocktail bar.

Rooms nod to the “Paris end”with detailed stitching, textured fabric and leather. The presence of open elements and framing reference a stable’s tack wall. Coloured cabinet linings and tables reference the lacquer finish of Chinese cabinets, while the use of deep reds and jade greens conjure the luxury of the region in the 1800s.

Photograph­y — Sharyn Cairns Woods Bagot — woodsbagot.com

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