Design showcase: Top 5 corridor designs

by Nicholls Clare | 03 Aug 2022 | Design

This week’s collaboration with TOPHOTELDESIGN highlights the hotel hallways which make moving from one area to the next a fascinating exploration.

We have chosen five properties which focus on the journey as well as the destination. These corridors not only lead to other places, but also become areas worthy of attention in themselves.

Creative corridors

The challenge of transforming a hallway into a full physical and emotional experience involves exceptional creativity.

We believe that exceptional interior design is all about the desire to transform a visitor’s everyday actions into memorable adventures. These five projects reveal a new thrilling level in routine places.

Quality quintet

The Toggle Hotel was selected for its optically playful two-toned colour concept, while A Meticulously Designed Bamboo Lodge stands out for craftsmanship that guides visitors through a bamboo wonderland.

The Shiroya Hotel was picked for its multi-directional stairs and pathways that elevate light and concrete into something absolutely contemporary and new.

Our fourth selection, Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown, showcases a deep blue corridor with intricate carpets, and our quintet is completed with Hoshinoya Guguan’s poignant theatrical lighting and roof installations.

Click below to examine each project in more depth, and search for ‘corridor’ to explore more results in TOPHOTELDESIGN.

Toggle Hotel

Chiyoda City, Japan
by Klein Dytham architecture

A Meticulously designed Bamboo Lodge

Yibin, China
by QAD

Shiroiya Hotel

Maebashi, Japan
by Sou Fujimoto Architects – Tokyo

Image by © Hasselblad X1D

Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
by Dsgn Design Dubai

Image by © Phillip Wessels

Hoshinoya Guguan

Taichung City, China
by Azuma Architect & Associates

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