Crown Metropol wins AIA Award, Architect Victoria, Jun 2011

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CROWN METROPOL BATES SMART

COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE

CROWN METROPOL BATESSMA~T

The new crow·n Metropol hotel Is an ass,ured es-say within the typology of stylish. sumptuous, contemporary hotels, The building impressed the Jury with its controlled, considered fluidity of form. with its porte·cochere and internal spaces and in the w~y simple organls.atlonal theme-s were translated

into highly memorable spatial tlCperienc~.

The subtle •s:· form of the typical hotel floors O~lgn Oht<IOtl

Ktfsten Whhtl.e

Interior Design Ohtctor;

U:ffery Copolov

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Marl: Ol Borto4o J~n E~$twood

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GTant Flllpoff neuter Ben Nkholas Anke Pfeilcr Kendra Pinkus

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Andrtw Raftopoulos Mirjana »tunic

Client:

Crown limited

Builder:

hulderstone Pty ltd

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drives the building's primary S<ulptural form and urban presence but also successfully reduces one's

perception of overly long internal corridors. This device Is one of many that are Judldously e·mployed throughout and preStr'Vt"S a sense of intimacy for what is actually a very large hotel building.

Visitor and guest experiences of the main elements of the hotel typology are considered at every level. Approach, porte·cochere, concierge. grand lobby, bar, m;.ln conido ~. hotel suite .-nd

gut'St facilitit's art' all mt'ticulou.sly ext'cuttd set pieces, almost filmic in their studied quality. This hotel elevates romance into a convincing and satisfying aesthetic narrative.

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