The Crown Metropol, Architectural Review Australia, Sept 2010

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ARCHITECT'S STATEMENT CXstinctivo. \•ibrant and l)flmrslakably modem. 1ho no-.... 28--level Crown MOI!Opol hotel re,IUfBS 8 sinuous, \WVQ· like extetior v.,l/1 rellactivo skin, slook po<Jium cnlly. 658 SP'!COOUS, ll()hl·filled guestrooms. a luxuroos IOP·floor day spo. o sky IX>r 6nd terrace on L<MJI 28, Gordon Ramsay's mazo ros1ouron1and maze grlrJ, cxtonsNo moeling lacilrii<>s and dodiCalccl Business C!ffitrc. ond o w0110-class tr6ining sod roetullmont laclllty. lnsldo. tho lobby toaturos o coiiOtcd callong and CUI\{ng timboJ WOO, prOVOcJ.ng a backdrop lOt artwofl<

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lnclud"'O a mural by Noel S~zok. and scu'prurcs by Joe Loo Hyo. Tho maze <ostoumnt and maze 91ill s~ on kM!I 1. In the SC<Jiprural orchitoeh.ral object perched outside the marl tc:wet The ol spooes provide priv:ltc drinlcing and dtnlng spaces as v.oll as open 9188$. each defined by ICl<lu<ad matenals inctlding rnosa.c 111ng. WOYen wicket. tough cue Slale and rm·1 steel Guesttocms loall.ro h:Jnd.erollad elomen1$ and ""'.."' matetlals. etealllg a dslncove. ~ teet "ill a tx:wquo edge The lslka day spa. located on 21. I1Ckldos on eq-,c fniMle-lllgh \1llumO CC)f'(annQ the swwm*'og pool and SUI dod<. The ~ 9azed lacade on lhtoe Sides ot tho space atc>.vs tor spectacUa< ,,.,..... <Mil ,,. Cl.y. and Ills !ho spxo 1Mih n>lural loght.

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