PROJECTS & HOSPITALITY
HOTEL
Milan
The Four Seasons in Milan gets a make-over The hotel of the famed luxury hospitality chain is again welcoming guests in Milan, after a meticulous restyling of the common areas designed by Patricia Urquiola
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he first Four Seasons hotel in continental Europe was opened in 1993 in a former 15th-century convent in Milan and immediately became an iconic metropolitan and cosmopolitan hospitality destination. It is opening again, back in all its charm and sophisticated beauty, featuring the new creative signature of the designer and architect Patricia Urquiola who has renovated its common areas, the restaurant, the bar and its picturesque garden. The second phase of renovation is already underway for the rooms, suites and meeting rooms. The renovation
prioritized a sensitive, conservational re-design approach to a building steep in history. “In the Four Seasons Hotel Milano project, the goal was to renew the space, while respecting the history of the hotel and simultaneously entering into a dialogue with the urban context of Milan,” says Patricia Urquiola. “I took into account the affection felt by many regular guests for the hotel.” The challenge was to give a new interpretation to a statement-place of the city with a contemporary approach, while also accentuating the past and the original building of which the frescoes
