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enowned hospitality design firm Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA) has,since 1964, created some of the world’s most admired luxury brand hotels,resorts and spas, casinos and crui ships.
HBA’s competitive edge, firm princi-ples said, comes from being finely attuned to ever-changing industry trends in equal measure with the ultimate objective, which
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is to add value and rai standards while enhancing a project owner’s brand. Its international prence, deep experience and vast industry knowledge enables its architects and designers to identify design trends at the source — the sophisticated traveler — and ultimately define design standards at a global level, creating signa-ture looks for today’s luxury brands.
HBA:
With more than 1,200 designers around the globe in 16 offices, and recent expansions
in Asian and U.S. markets,
HBA now has locations in Los Angeles,Atlanta, San Francisco, London, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore,
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tho who are committed to perform effectively in order to provide clients with the ultimate in well-conceived, innovative design solutions, and the result is nothing short of visionary hospitality design.
“HBA has been a leading force within hospitality design for decades, and with that comes a huge responsibility as every-one’s eyes are on us to e — and judge —
what we produce,” said HBA partner Christiane Kaalund. “To be in the limelight ensures we go the extra mile to provide the very best design and the very best rvice, as we are primarily in the rvice industry. This ts us apart from the phi-losophy of many design firms and gives us the opportunity to excel in what we know
Despite having 16 offices around the world,the HBA design philosophy is consistent:provide clients with innovative design
solutions that are nothing short of visionary.From left: HBA blended wood and marble in the spa treatment rooms at the Grand Hyatt Shenyang in northern China, while the Four Seasons Guangzhou lobby features a thoughtful and artistic integration of the building’s ultra avant-garde interior spaces.
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Melbourne, New Delhi, Dubai, Moscow,Istanbul, Bangkok and Manila.
As far-flung as HBA’s many designers and architects may be, they all embrace the same hospitality design philosophy: to create a unique n of place that is the result of a unique respon to location,architecture and client vision. The work ethic and corporate culture embraces
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how to do. With experience also comes a deep understanding of how to make a client happy, which is a main focus and a big part of HBA’s philosophy.”
HBA projects are unique in that they are a materialization of the company’s constant pursuit of being a creative incu-bator for its employees. Confident in its
experience from opening over 1,000
hotels, HBA encourages its 1,200-plus
designers to take calculated risks that
build upon a foundation of architectural
and design theory while challenging anti-vcd光盘
quated industry standards. “In its diversi-
ty, our internal creative communities
reveal an experiential ballet of solid
design solutions that directly reflects
the variety of design aesthetics of our
extensive portfolio,” said Darryl Long,
HBA associate. “True design is most
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beautiful when it is least regulated.”
But hospitality design is an area
in which the design and architecture
industry is just scratching the sur-
face. Historically, much of the design
solutions and responsibilities have
weighed heavily on the building’s
architecture and the overall MEP
functionalities and systems. “We are
consciously and strategically paying
more attention with regard to influ-
encing the building elevations and
their geographic relationships,” Long
said. “We are taking a different
approach to guest room planning in
order to bring natural light into other-
wi dead zones. And we are utiliz-
ing reflective and refractive materi-
als in unorthodox manners as a vehicle
for light in natural daytime conditions.”
This n-of-place design aesthetic
dovetails with sustainable design efforts
as HBA us “every opportunity” to speci-
fy reclaimed materials (architectural
materials, flooring, cawork, woodworks,
etc.) and adhesive materials that exceed
environmental standards, Long added.
HBA is also pursuing LEED accredita-
tion on veral projects in the U.S. market
where the firm is broadening its prence.
In March 2013, HBA launched an integrat-
ed, budget-conscious Studio division in
the U.S., following successful launches of
model Studios in Shanghai and New Delhi.
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The new Los Angeles-bad division
works on a wide range of projects from
small- to medium-sized hotels, resorts, pri-
vate residences, restaurants, nightclubs
and offices.
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in the U.S., the multi-disciplinary approach
gives owners the ability to outsource and
completely streamline project execution
while maintaining greater control over
project schedules and budgets,” said
David Dunphy, principal of Studio in Los
Angeles. “All of this can happen while still
providing excellent design that relates
directly to the bottom line.”
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