Electric Laneway
Suspended over the four-storey atrium, this giant neon artwork was a collaboration with Fabio Ongerato Design and solved the challenge of bringing interest and purpose to a vast open space.
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An iconic new-build that captures the diverse spirit of Shanghai.
The W Shanghai encapsulates the opposing characteristics of the city in a vibrant clash of culture, people, architecture, attitudes and space.
The Huangpu River creates the physical divide in Shanghai and acts as the thread that runs through the design of the hotel; the pulse of the city, its energy links and reflects the multi-layered, contrasting elements of the city and in turn, our design.
The futuristic electrified neon of the Lujiazui peninsula provides the backdrop whilst the traditional international buildings of the Bund line the west bank of the Huangpu reflecting the past.
A series of narrow skylights puncture the ceilings in the Welcome area and Woo Bar with slots of light.
Seeing red
The Junior Ballroom bathrooms are saturated in a bold and dramatic crimson, whilst light dances off the differing angles of the floor to ceiling tiles to create a daring and sexy space.
The use of raw metal, grey tiles, glass block roof lights and exposed ceiling beams give an industrial aesthetic to the bistro style restaurant
The carpet design evokes the patterns of the refracted light on the river.
The full width window allows guest to soak up Shanghai's mesmerising skyline.
The metal tiles are a contemporary take on the traditional Shanghainese clay brick tiles; a shimmering surface reflecting the Pudong skyline.
