Yellowtrace Best Of 2020 Hospitality Interiors

 

While we take some time on our annual break to recalibrate, imagine and plan the coming year, we’re giving you the chance to explore some of our favourite articles we’ve shared in 2020.

If there’s one thing the global pandemic has done this year, it’s made us appreciate the value of well-designed Hotels and other Hospitality Interiors like Restaurants, Cafes, Bars, and spaces for Wellness & Grooming. Sure, we haven’t been able to travel, nor eat or drink out as much, but we sure as hell have all at least fantasized about it.

My love for hospitality projects runs deep because they have the ability to showcase masterfully conceived interior branding in action. From perfectly pitched moods, to carefully planned spaces that meet the demands of both the staff and the patrons, hospitality interiors work hard and play hard. Hotels take this idea to a whole new level – these buildings and interiors have always been serious business and the pinnacle of good hospitality design. Also, let’s not forget about the rise of the Wellness Interiors, which have – unsurprisingly – exploded as one of the most exciting and in-demand spatial categories of our time.

 

 

See All Yellowtrace 2020 Archives Here.

Explore our archives through the years: 2019 Archive2018 Archive / 2017 Archive / 2016 Archive / 2015 Archive / 2014 Archive / 2013 Archive / 2012 Archive / 2011 Archive / 2010 Archive

 

 

RESTAURANTS & BARS.

 

The Berkeley Bar Terrace London Bryan O Sullivan Studio Yellowtrace 14

The Berkeley Bar Terrace London Bryan O Sullivan Studio Yellowtrace 01

The Berkeley Bar Terrace London Bryan O Sullivan Studio Yellowtrace 08

The Berkeley Bar & Terrace in London by Bryan O’Sullivan Studio.

 

Dunes Restaurant Event Space Sydney Palm Beach By Olivia Bossy Yellowtrace 01

Dunes Restaurant Event Space Sydney Palm Beach By Olivia Bossy Yellowtrace 02

Dunes Restaurant & Event Space in Sydney’s Palm Beach by Olivia Bossy.

 

Four Pillars Laboratory Surry Hills Ysg Studio Sydney Bar Interiors Photo Anson Smart Yellowtrace 16

Four Pillars Laboratory Surry Hills Ysg Studio Sydney Bar Interiors Photo Anson Smart Yellowtrace 11a

Four Pillars Laboratory Surry Hills Ysg Studio Sydney Bar Interiors Photo Anson Smart Yellowtrace 28

Four Pillars Gin Laboratory in Surry Hills by YSG Studio.

 

Bardem Cocktail Bar, Helsinki Interiors, Fyra, Photo Riikka Kantinkoski | Yellowtrace

Bardem Cocktail Bar in Helsinki by Fyra.

 

Un Studio, La Raffinerie Modernist Beer Bar in Lyon, Photo Aurelien Aumond | Yellowtrace

La Raffinerie Modernist Beer Bar in Lyon by Un Studio.

 

Maison François Brasserie London, The Guild Of Saint Luke / John Whelan | Yellowtrace

Maison François Brasserie in London by The Guild of Saint Luke/ John Whelan.

 

Bergman & Co, Poodle Bar and Bistro, Melbourne Hospitality Design, Photo Derek Swalwell | Yellowtrace

Bergman & Co, Poodle Bar and Bistro, Melbourne Hospitality Design, Photo Derek Swalwell | Yellowtrace

Bergman & Co, Poodle Bar and Bistro, Melbourne Hospitality Design, Photo Derek Swalwell | Yellowtrace

Poodle Bar and Bistro in Melbourne by Bergman and Co.

 

No 92 Wine Bar Sydney Glebe By Pattern Studio Yellowtrace 11

No 92 Wine Bar Sydney Glebe By Pattern Studio Yellowtrace 21

No 92 Wine Bar in Sydney’s Glebe by Pattern Studio.

 

Brunelli Ann Minciacchi, Fano Winery, 16th Century Italian Palazzo, Photo Lorenzo Zandri | Yellowtrace

Brunelli Ann Minciacchi, Fano Winery, 16th Century Italian Palazzo, Photo Lorenzo Zandri | Yellowtrace

Terra Enoteca by Brunelli Ann Minciacchi Set within a 16th Century Palazzo in Fano.

 

Neri & Hu, The Arena Papi Restaurant Paris, Photo Simone Bossi | Yellowtrace

Papi Restaurant in Paris by Neri&Hu.

 

Sala Equis, Madrid Cinema Interiors, Plantea Estudio, Photo Alicia Macias | Yellowtrace

Plantea’s Transformation of an Abandoned Adult Cinema in Madrid into Sala Equis.

 

Muda Architects Garden Hotpot Restaurant Chengdu Biophilic Design Yellowtrace 04

Garden Hotpot Restaurant in Chengdu by MUDA Architects.

 

Hazel Restaurant Melbourne, The Stella Collective, Photo Derek Swalwell | Yellowtrace

Hazel Restaurant Melbourne, The Stella Collective, Photo Derek Swalwell | Yellowtrace

Hazel Restaurant in Melbourne by The Stella Collective.

 

Ester Bruzkus Architekten, Restaurant Remi Berlin, Hospitality Design, Photo Robert Rieger | Yellowtrace

Restaurant REMI in Berlin by Ester Bruzkus Architekten.

 

28 Posti Restaurant Renovation Milan By Cristina Celestino Yellowtrace 06

28 Posti Restaurant Renovation Milan By Cristina Celestino Yellowtrace 02

28 Posti Restaurant Renovation in Milan by Cristina Celestino.

 

Menard Dworkind, Caffettiera Caffe Bar Montreal Hospitality Interior, Photo David Dworkind | Yellowtrace

Menard Dworkind, Caffettiera Caffe Bar Montreal Hospitality Interior, Photo David Dworkind | Yellowtrace

Caffettiera Caffé Bar in Montréal by Ménard Dworkind.

 

Flourist Bakery And Cafe East Vancouver By Ste Marie Yellowtrace

Breadblok Designed By Commune. Photographed By Laure Joliet 2020

Grechka Lab Bakery Moscow Veter Design Yellowtrace 01

Bakery Interiors Good Enough to Eat.

 

 

HOTELS & HOLIDAY HOUSES.

 

Porky Hefer, The Nest: Off Grid Lodge in Namibia, Wellness Eco Architecture | Yellowtrace

Porky Hefer, The Nest: Off Grid Lodge in Namibia, Wellness Eco Architecture | Yellowtrace

Porky Hefer, The Nest: Off Grid Lodge in Namibia, Wellness Eco Architecture | Yellowtrace

The Nest: Hand-made, Off-grid, Organic Lodge in Namibia by Porky Hefer.

 

Rumah Purnama Bali, Ubud Villa, Studio Jencquel | Yellowtrace

Rumah Purnama Bali, Ubud Villa, Studio Jencquel | Yellowtrace

Rumah Purnama Villa in Ubud, Bali by Studio Jencquel.

 

Atelier Rua, Casa Meco Holiday House Portugal, Photo Francisco Nogueira | Yellowtrace

Casa Meco Holiday House in Meco, Portugal by Atelier Rua.

 

K-Studio, Villa Mandra Mykonos, Luxury Accommodation, Photo Claus Brechenmacher & Reiner Baumann | Yellowtrace

K-Studio, Villa Mandra Mykonos, Luxury Accommodation, Photo Claus Brechenmacher & Reiner Baumann | Yellowtrace

K-Studio, Villa Mandra Mykonos, Luxury Accommodation, Photo Claus Brechenmacher & Reiner Baumann | Yellowtrace

Villa Mandra in Mykonos, Greece by K-Studio.

 

Yangshuo Sugar House, Luxury Hotel China, Adaptive Reuse, Vector Architects, Photo James Florio | Yellowtrace

Yangshuo Sugar House, Luxury Hotel China, Adaptive Reuse, Vector Architects, Photo James Florio | Yellowtrace

Yangshuo Sugar House, Luxury Hotel China, Adaptive Reuse, Vector Architects, Photo Su Shengliang | Yellowtrace

1960s Industrial Sugar Mill in Guilin, China, Transformed into Yangshuo Sugar House Luxury Hotel by Vector Architects..

 

OMA, Potato Head Studios Seminyak, Bali Resort, Photo Kevin Mak | Yellowtrace

Potato Head Studios Resort in Bali by OMA.

 

K5 Tokyo, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Hotel Design, Photo Yikin Hyo | Yellowtrace

K5 Tokyo Hotel by Claesson Koivisto Rune.

 

Maison De La Luz New Orleans By Studio Shamshiri And Atelier Ace Yellowtrace 09

Maison De La Luz New Orleans By Studio Shamshiri And Atelier Ace Yellowtrace 21

Maison De La Luz New Orleans By Studio Shamshiri And Atelier Ace Yellowtrace 15

Maison de la Luz in New Orleans by Studio Shamshiri and Atelier Ace.

 

Locke at Broken Wharf London Hotel by Grzywinski Pons | Yellowtrace

Locke at Broken Wharf Hotel in London by Grzywinski+Pons.

 

Art Villa, Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, Refuel Works & Formafatal, Tropical Architecture, Photo BoysPlayNice | Yellowtrace

Art Villa in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica by Refuel Works and Formafatal.

 

Mrdk Hinterhouse Retreat Quebec Canada Photo David Dworkind Yellowtrace 02

Hinterhouse Prefab Retreat in Quebec, Canada by Ménard Dworkind.

 

 

WELLNESS & BEAUTY.

 

Barliswedlick Architects Beckoning Path Armonk Ny High Performance Retreat Photo Peter Aaron Yellowtrace 11

Barliswedlick Architects Beckoning Path Armonk Ny High Performance Retreat Photo Peter Aaron Yellowtrace 14

Barliswedlick Architects Beckoning Path Armonk Ny High Performance Retreat Photo Peter Aaron Yellowtrace 01

A Mid-Century Wonder Transformed by BarlisWedlick into a High-Performance Retreat.

 

Lullua Music Studio in Berlin, Studio Emily Broom | Yellowtrace

Lullua Music Studio in Berlin, Studio Emily Broom | Yellowtrace

Lullua Music Studio in Berlin by Emily Broom.

 

Ressano Garcia, Hammam Spa in Portugal, Photo Francisco Nogueira | Yellowtrace

Hammam Spa in Portugal by Ressano Garcia.

 

Studio Fragment Tanning In The City Seoul Grooming Salons Photo Kimdonggyu | Yellowtrace

‘Tanning in the City’ Salon in Seoul by Studio Fragment.

 

Say No Mo Beauty Salon Kyiv Balbek Bureau Grooming Spaces Yellowtrace 01

Say No Mo Beauty Salon Kyiv Balbek Bureau Grooming Spaces Yellowtrace 16

Say No Mo Beauty Salon in Kyiv, Ukraine by Balbek Bureau.

Atelier Caracas, 2020: A Spa Odyssey in Venezuela, Wellness Interiors | Yellowtrace

Atelier Caracas, 2020: A Spa Odyssey in Venezuela, Wellness Interiors | Yellowtrace

2020: A Spa Odyssey in Caracas, Venezuela by Atelier Caracas.

 

Jiyu Spa Showcase Shanghai, Hip-Pop Design | Yellowtrace

Jiyu Spa Song Space Shanghai, Hip-Pop Design | Yellowtrace

Jiyu Spa Entrance Shanghai, Hip-Pop Design | Yellowtrace

Otherworldly Jiyu Spa in Shanghai by Hip-pop Design Team.

 


 

See All Yellowtrace 2020 Archives Here.

Explore our archives through the years: 2019 Archive2018 Archive / 2017 Archive / 2016 Archive / 2015 Archive / 2014 Archive / 2013 Archive / 2012 Archive / 2011 Archive / 2010 Archive

 


 



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With a disarming blend of authority and approachability, Dana is a former refugee-turned-global design visionary. Through her multi-faceted work as a creative director, keynote speaker, editor, curator, interior designer and digital publisher, Dana empowers others to appreciate and engage with design in transformative ways, making the sometimes intimidating world of design accessible to everyone, regardless of their familiarity with the subject. Dana's been catapulted to the status of a stalwart global influencer, with recognition from industry heavyweights such as AD Germany, Vogue Living, Elle Décor Italia and Danish RUM Interiør Design, who have named as one of the Top True Global Influencers of the Design World and counted her among the most visionary female creatives on the planet. Her TEDx talk—"Design Can Change the Way You See the World"— will challenge and transform your understanding of design's omnipresent and profound influence. Through her vast experience in interiors, architecture and design, Dana challenges the prevailing rapid image culture, highlighting the importance of originality, sustainability, connecting with your values and learning to "see" design beyond the aesthetic.

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