Ceating heavens for todays traveller - Keeping it simple!
Saturday 8 September —
16:00
- 16:45
The Talks
Description
Creating great hotel design does not have to be complicated. Join Alex Michaelis, principal at Michaelis Boyd, who gives his thoughts on the design process that has delivered hospitality spaces of conviction, grace and substance all whilst keeping it simple. Find our more about an ethos that has brought successful results from beach resorts in East Africa to urban-cool in Brooklyn.
Nos partenaires : Mini
Participants
Alex MichaelisArchitect & Co-founder - Michaelis Boyd Associates
Guy DittrichJournalist
Alex Michaelis
Architect & Co-founder - Michaelis Boyd Associates
Born in Paris, Alex studied architecture at the Architectural Association and Oxford Polytechnic before founding Michaelis Boyd with Tim Boyd in 1995. Alex’s portfolio ranges from residential new build and renovation, to hotels, luxury private members’ clubs, restaurants and bars for clients in the UK and worldwide. Alex has led significant commercial projects for clients such as the Soho House Group, including Soho House Berlin, Soho Farmhouse and The Groucho Club. He was also instrumental in the creation of the Williamsburg Hotel in Brooklyn. Other commercial projects include the award-winning Sandibe Safari Lodge in Botswana and the newly opened Duddell’s restaurant in London Bridge. Current projects include five new residencies at the prestigious Sugar Beach Resort in St Lucia, Sabor – a new London restaurant for chef Nieves Barragán and the interior architecture for Battersea Power Station’s new residences, due to complete in 2019.
Guy Dittrich
Journalist
An accomplished writer (Wallpaper*, Condé Nast Traveller, Forbes, Business Traveller, National Geographic, Sleeper) Guy’s reach encompasses the curation of content for events and the related hosting of live, on-stage interviews, awards ceremonies and discussion moderations. Utilising his vast experience and contacts Guy is able to curate speaker line-ups for of all sizes and formats of events (Sleep (now HIX), Maison et Objet, 100% Design, HDE Expo, Stockholm Furniture Fair) and trade partners (CitizenM, Design Hotels, Pure, LE Miami, Pandox, PKF, TECE, Bang & Olufsen, Villeroy & Boch, Philips, Hansgrohe and Kohler). Putting speakers at ease, he teases out their narratives and back-stories to entertain and inform his audiences.