THE MADRID EDITION

Madrid, Spain

The brainchild of hospitality maven Ian Schrager, architectural genius John Pawson and sought-after designer François Champsaur,

The Madrid Edition is a 200-room hotel housed in a four-storey bank built in the 1980s, yet the property is nothing like your usual adaptive reuse project.

Its unconventional approach starts in the lobby. Instead of a lounge peppered with seating and accented with floral arrangements and a chandelier, a lone white sculptural spiral staircase stands in the middle of the dark-hued foyer.

The hotel’s bar and bedrooms also offer a masterclass in employing a white palette without being boring.

The Lobby Bar layers various white and cream textures that proffer a sensual feel; this is further perpetuated by choice furnishings such as Jean-michel Frank sofas and a distinctive pool table which designer Emmanuel Levet Stenne sculpted from a single slab of white Bianco

Neve marble.