GUANGZHOU GLAM
Rosewood Guangzhou adds a further dash of cool to one of China’s most stylish cities
Located in the heart of Guangzhou’s cosmopolitan Tianhe District on the top 39 floors of the 108-story CTF Finance Centre, Rosewood Guangzhou can lay claim to being the world’s tallest five-star hotel. Guests can ascend the building via the world’s fastest elevator ( it travels at 21 metres per second) and raise a glass in China’s highest bar & restaurant, Brick Iron, on the 107th floor.
The hotel’s design influences are unquestionably local, with New York design duo Yabu Pushelberg utilising materials and textiles that reference ancient Chinese crafts – think vermillion-red lacquered doors, traditional silk screens and wood-and-bronze etched mirrors. On the walls, there’s works from Sichuan-born artist Zhuang Hong Yi, contemporary Chinese artist Pan Jian and landscape paintings by Zhengzhou-born Ye
Cheng. In a further nod to Rosewood’s artistic credentials, the hotel invited Qin Feng and Kaixuan Feng to create experimental Chinese ink painting and calligraphy artworks for guests to gaze at.
The hotel’s 251 guestrooms include 31 suites and four duplex suites, with most overlooking the Pearl River. One of the hotel’s signature rooms, the Rosewood Terrace Suite is the only suite in the city with its own private terrace.
Lingnan House, the hotel’s Chinese restaurant on the fifth floor, showcases traditional Cantonese cuisine, while one floor up, Brick Lane provides a more casual setting with 10 beers on tap. Spa lovers are well catered for too: at 2,628 sqm, Sense is the largest destination for fitness and well-being among hotels in southern China. rosewoodhotels.com