From Vancouver and New York to London and Udaipur, Canadian architects and interior designers are creating hotels that boost our international reputation – and make our stays more enjoyable. To celebrate the success of our homegrown talent, enRoute assembled a panel of experts – Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, Belgian architect Jean-Michel Gathy and Canadian architects Todd Saunders and Jean Pelland – to choose the winners in each of our 10 competition categories.
Air Canada’s enRoute, together with the Interior Designers of Canada and IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, invited Canadian architects and interior designers to submit new and extensively renovated hotels completed between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2010. And the winners are…
Best Overall Interior Design
The Waikiki Edition, Honolulu
Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu; Yabu Pushelberg
Best Overall Architecture
The Keefer, Vancouver
Gair Williamson and Chris Woodford; Gair Williamson Architects
Best Lobby, <150 Rooms
The Smyth Tribeca, New York
Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu; Yabu Pushelberg
Best Lobby, 150+ Rooms
The Waikiki Edition, Honolulu
Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu; Yabu Pushelberg
Best Standard Room, <150 Rooms
Hôtel le Germain Calgary, Calgary
Viateur Michaud, Pierre Mierski and Lucie Vaillancourt;
LemayMichaud Architecture Design
Best Standard Room, 150+ Rooms
W Minneapolis – The Foshay, Minneapolis
Sai Leung, Alessandro Munge and Sayed Shakour; Munge Leung
Best Suite, <150 Rooms
The Royal Suite, the Leela Palace Kempinski Udaipur, India
Jeffrey A. Wilkes; DesignWilkes Sdn Bhd
Best Suite, 150+ Rooms
Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver
James Cheng (James K.M. Cheng Architects Inc.)
Best Spa or Pool, <150 Rooms
Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver
N.Y. Chu; B+H Chil Design
Best Spa or Pool, 150+ Rooms
Sparkling Hill Resort, Vernon, B.C.
Jennifer Kurtz, Shauna Root, Gerry Shinkewski and Susan Steeves;
SSDG Interiors Inc.