BDNY: Gold Key Award Winners Revealed

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Winners in the 36th annual Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design were unveiled at a gala at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York on Nov. 14. The winning design teams and their projects are:
Best Eco-Conscious or Socially Conscious Hotel
• Deture Culsign, Architecture + Interiors, Chicago; Treehouse Suite at Playa Viva, Juluchuca, Mexico
Best Lobby Budget/Focused Service
• Varrodesign, Budapest; Science Hotel Szeged, Hungary
Best Lobby Midscale
• Amanda Sullivan Studio Architecture, New York; Hotel Indigo Lower East Side, New York
• The Vanguard Theory, Honolulu; The Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club, Honolulu
Best Lobby Upscale
• ASET/AOMA, Mexico City; Mister Important Design, Oakland, California; Starwood’s Global Brand Design Team, New York; W Punta de Mita, Mexico
Best Lobby Luxury
• Arquitectura de Interiores, Guadalajara, Mexico; The Cape, a Thompson Hotel, San José del Cabo, Mexico
Best Guest Room Budget/Focused Service
• MAPOS LLC, New York; Hotel Shocard, New York
Best Guest Room Midscale
• Simeone Deary Design Group, Chicago; The Charmant, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Best Guest Room Upscale
• Wanda Hotel Design Institute, Beijing; Doubletree Resort by Hilton Xishuangbanna, Jinghong, China
Best Guest Room Luxury
• Wanda Hotel Design Institute, Beijing; Wanda Reign Hotel Chengdu, China
Best Suite
• Anderson/Miller Ltd., Chicago; Villa One at One&Only Palmilla, San José del Cabo, Mexico
Best Nightclub/Lounge
• Wanda Hotel Design Institute, Beijing; Club Reign at Wanda Reign Hotel Shanghai, China
Best New Hotel Brand or New Soft Brand
• Marriott International Global Design, Bethesda, Maryland; MOXY Hotels North America
Best Restaurant Casual Dining
• McCARTAN, New York; District on the Bloc at Sheraton Grand Los Angeles
Best Restaurant Fine Dining
• Conran and Partners, London; German Gymnasium, London
Best Special Feature
• ASET/AOMA, Mexico City; Mister Important Design, Oakland, California; Starwood’s Global Brand Design Team, New York; W Punta de Mita, Mexico
Judges’ So Cool
• FRCH Design Worldwide, Cincinnati; TRU by Hilton Prototype, Memphis, Tennessee
• YWS Design & Architecture, Las Vegas; Topgolf at MGM Grand Las Vegas
Best Resort
• HKS Inc., Dallas; Esperanza, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Best Hotel Budget/Focused Service
• DesignAgency, Toronto; Generator Amsterdam
• MAPOS LLC, New York; Hotel Shocard, New York
Best Hotel Midscale
• Curioso, Chicago; Hotel Indigo El Paso Downtown, El Paso, Texas
Best Hotel Upscale
• Wanda Hotel Design Institute, Beijing; Doubletree Resort by Hilton Xishuangbanna Jinghong, China
Best Hotel Luxury
• Wanda Hotel Design Institute, Beijing; Wanda Reign Hotel Chengdu, China
In addition, Wanda Hotel Design Institute, Beijing, was named Designer of the Year.
The winners and finalists in the competition will be profiled in the December issue of Boutique Design magazine. For a full list of finalists and judges for the competition, click here.

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