The Club Hotel by Ministry of Design
Ministry of Design have completed a new boutique hotel in Singapore called The Club.
Full description after the photos….
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The Club Hotel by Ministry of Design
The Club is Ministry of Design’s latest high design boutique hotel offering in the uber chic Club Street conservation area with 22 distinctly unique rooms, a rooftop skybar with alfresco deck and a destination F&B venue with a tapas bar on the ground floor.
Conceptualizing The Club’s branding, MOD has orchestrated a unified design vision to all related collateral, signage and spatial environments. Targeted at the design and lifestyle savvy global nomad, The Club’s blend of sophisticated and comfortable design is at once distinctly local as it is cutting edge global.
Colin Seah, Design Director says, “Searching to ground the hotel in the context of Singapore as well as the historically rich conservation area of Club Street and Ann Siang Hill, we drew its inspiration from 2 sources.”
“The first is Singapore’s colonial past, which we have made modern tongue-in-cheek references to through art installation like features such as an larger-than-life statue of Raffles with his head in the clouds as well as through some key furniture pieces and artifacts.
The second inspiration was drawn from the area’s popularity as a remittance center for turn of the century Chinese immigrants where hard earned money and wistful letters were sent back to the homeland. We have taken the memories of these exchanges and created features that hint of this legacy in the rooms of The Club, where the modern day nomad and the nomad of yesterday cross paths for a moment.”
All rooms combine traditional colonial design inspired elements together with sleek modern detailing, attitude and creature comforts – creating a colonial chic aesthetic. Unique layouts together with tailored artwork in each room make each of the 22 rooms distinct. MOD designed the artwork and famed local artist Wynlyn Tan implemented them in the hotel.
Guests have the option of checking in at the ground level lobby or at the panoramic roof top Sky Bar, overlooking the Club Street conservation area and CBD. F&B areas designed by Jane Yeo include Lobby Lounge, Tapas Bar, and 2 private function rooms.
Visit the Ministry of Design website – here.
Visit the hotel’s website – here.
Photos by CI&A Photography
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PaCh on 16 Jun 2010 at 10:49 pm #
amazing and inspiring
Roman on 17 Jun 2010 at 12:27 am #
PERFECT CONTRAST!
Saralee on 17 Jun 2010 at 1:00 am #
Wowee!
What fantastic contemporary elements!
I can definitely see how some people might be intimidated by such a blast of modern design; I adore it though!
Cristina on 17 Jun 2010 at 1:51 am #
Love the bedroom!
Yg. on 17 Jun 2010 at 8:06 pm #
if the concept is about curiosity , illusion, i guess it was well demonstrated & transform into the interior space…dont you agree?
Yg
slater on 18 Jun 2010 at 5:10 am #
this looks like it was designed and decorated by target. or a very progressive and modern 12 year old. i’m all for modern but this feels tacky.
Modular on 18 Jun 2010 at 7:14 am #
I went there to check out the spaces, but the photo seems rather nicer than the real space knowing that it used a widelens, it was too small for claustrophobia people. The space was too tight.
zelzelzel on 22 Jun 2010 at 9:19 pm #
the room looks great for a themed party! i’m abit worried about the size though. the signature room is only 28sqm. ): can someone who has seen the room pls advise me. how many ppl can fit in the room?
aCritic on 08 Jul 2010 at 8:01 pm #
> Black and white palette looks more like an excuse not to use colours.
> Motifs make the entire interior look ‘all-over-the-place’
> Large square tiles exemplifies the fact that the designer is insensitive to space.
Bottom line: Poor. Very distasteful. Nothing of the interior is talking to one another.
crow on 16 Aug 2010 at 11:33 pm #
The use of B&W tiles and a a statue of Sir Stamford Raffles as a reference to Singapore’s colonial past is just plain lazy and a yawning cliche. I am finding MOD’s work more and more about creating flash rather than really creating usable spaces with an enduring charm. It’s all about creating magazine headlines; 5 minutes of eyeball value and then wait 5 years of amortizing the cost. Great for MOD, not so good for the owners.