Shangri-La Shougang Park Beijing, China

A5-star hotel in an abandoned steelworks? That was the challenge accepted by the Shangri-La Shougang Park hotel, 30 kilometres from downtown Beijing. This luxury complex overlooking the Yongding River retains the structure of the old industrial building, but replaces its facades with a new and much more energyefficient glass skin.

This vast 54,000 - m² complex of 280 rooms achieves a subtle balance between industrial heritage and enhancement of the natural world, with internal planting of shrubs and trees on the ground floor to create the feel of an in - door garden. With 1,400 m² of meeting space, 3 restaurants and a children’s play area, the Shangri-La serves not only the tourism market, but also the business travel segment in what is an extremely busy and popular location. The hotel opened in 2022 ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Technical Sheet

• Architect: Lissoni Casal Ribeiro

• Developer: Beijing Shougang Construction Group Co., Ltd.

1971

That was the year in which Malaysian investor Robert Kuok founded Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, which now operates more than 100 luxury hotels worldwide.