PIERO LISSONI -
CONSERVATORIUM HOTEL - AMSTERDAM
Designed
by Milan-based interior architect Piero Lissoni, the 'conservatorium
hotel' has recently opened its doors to guests in the historic museum district
of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Adjoined to the 19th century sweelinck music
conservatorium by Dutch architect Daniel Knuttel, the venue includes 129 luxury
guest rooms, meeting spaces, well-being spa and restaurants and bars of diverse
atmospheres. a full-height glazed atrium meets the original masonry exterior,
while a corten steel stair and multiple catwalks accentuate their meeting
points through arched windows and portals within the brick facade. Within the
existing building, eight levels of suites are configured with a duplex layout,
ranging in size from 30 to 170 square meters. Leading to the lofted bedrooms,
open-riser steel stairs and railings formed from glass panes continue the clean
lines found within the entry lobby. Throughout the interior, vintage and
cultural elements are found amidst modern amenities.
Representing
the four elements of life, water, earth, wind and fire, the akasha well-being
spa offers visitors a wholistic lifesyle during their transient stay. the space
offers a journey during the individual's experience of balance and
transformation.
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PIERO LISSONI
Piero Lissoni is an
architect, art director and designer (1956).
Together with Nicoletta
Canesi, Piero Lissoni opened the Lissoni Associati studio in 1986, initiating a
lifelong collaboration with some of the finest Italian and international
furniture manufacturers. 1996 saw the creation of Graph.x, a company dedicated
to the development of graphics projects.
Some of the more recent
architectural projects include a private loft in Monza (2009);
a villa in Forte dei
Marmi (2011); the Conservatorium Hotel in Museum Square area in Amsterdam
(2012); the Mamilla Hotel in Jerusalem with its 210 rooms and suites (2009);
the renovation and interior design
of the Monaco & Grand
Canal Hotel in Venice (2004); the Bentley Design HotelTM in Istanbul (2002);
the Mitsui Garden Hotel in Tokyo (2005); the Studio M Hotel in Singapore
(2010); the principal suites
for the Pierre Hotel New
York (2010) and the Taj Palace Hotel in Mumbai (2010).
In addition to showrooms
for Boffi, Cassina, Porro and Tecno, Piero Lissoni completed the headquarters
of Living Divani in Anzano del Parco (2007), the headquarters for Glas Italia
(2010) and Matteograssi (2011) near Milan, and an eight-storey edifice for
Benetton in Istanbul (2009). Lissoni also renovated the historic Teatro
Nazionale in Milan (2009) for the Dutch group Stage Entertainment, the theatre
now exclusively dedicated to musicals.
Piero Lissoni designed
the interiors of the 27m sailing yacht Ghost (2005) for a New York art dealer
and the 50m motor yacht Tribù for Luciano Benetton (2007).
Piero Lissoni
participated in the 13th Venice Biennale Architettura 2012 at the Italian
Pavilion in Architetture del Made in Italy and at the Palazzo Bembo in the
exhibition Traces of Centuries & Future Steps.
