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Paul Liu and Hank Xia Receives the Golden A' Design Award for Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Hospitality Interior Design in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Paul Liu and Hank Xia for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Hospitality Interior Design by Paul Liu and Hank Xia, designed for PLD/ Paul Liu Design Consultants. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Golden A' Design Award Means
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Hospitality Interior Design
Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel is a hospitality interior design project located in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China. The hotel contains 323 guestrooms and suites with skyline views and open-plan bathrooms, dining outlets and more than 4000 square metres of meeting and banquet space. The interior refers to the position of the city as a port on the Yangtze River, so water is a central element. Colours and forms taken from Chinese landscape painting guide the theme. Durable and non-toxic materials were selected, and the floor plan was reorganised to use the space efficiently.
About Paul Liu and Hank Xia
Since the establishment of 1996, PLD has been recognized as a trusted name in the delivery of unparalleled quality service to the interior design industry. The company’s professional services categories range from commercial, high-end international hotel to customized residential dwellings. With more than 25 years’ of design experiences, PLD has great award-winning experiences, such as “London Design Awards” “American International Design Awards” “Top 10 China Hotel Design Institute” “Idea-Tops International Space Design Award” “Top 10 Plantinum Brand Design Company” “World Hotel Continental Diamond Awards”…
Award Record
This recognition makes Paul Liu and Hank Xia a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award
The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/90043
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/90043
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!90043
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/146272
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/wuxzh-zhangjiagang-ma
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Hospitality Interior Design
- Function
- Hospitality Interior Design
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Light Gray, Silver, Rosy Brown, Dark Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- PLD/ Paul Liu Design Consultants
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Paul Liu and Hank Xia
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #90043
Credits
- Team
- Paul Liu-Founder & Chairman, Hank Xia-Copartner & Design Director, Celine Shi-Decoration Department Director and Dany Hu-Construction Drawing Director
- Image Credits
- PLD/ Paul Liu Design Consultants
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Set in the economic and cultural centre, Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel is the city’s newest iconic landmark hotel,featuring 323 spacious layout guestrooms and suites with skyline views and open-plan bathrooms. For F & B facilities, Dining is a delightful discovery of outstanding cuisines with Chinese, Japanese and seafood buffet within the stylish environment.For meeting and banquet areas with more than 4000 sqm, it is considered as the largest events and banquet spaces among high-end competitors.
- Inspiration
- As one of the port city along the Yangtze River, the Zhangjiagang hotel design details inspired from its unique geographical location. Water was a central element within the whole design. The designers used Oriental Aesthetic Chinese Shanshui Painting as a nursery of ideas in style. The designers took the color and shapes from the Mountains and Water as the cultural theme inspiration and used modern materials, texture and finishes to perfectly present a pleasurable experience to guests.
- Research
- The brief is to design a new contemporary Marriott-branded hotel that can articulate Marriott’s international brand strategy, philosophy and globally consistent image while take the owner’s operational, budget, time schedule requirements and aesthetic issues into consideration.
- Challenge
- With nearly 50000 sqm design area, the hotel design process is very sophisticated and functional involving planning, schematic design, developed design and construction documentations stages. Due to the diversity of functions within a hotel building, a large number of specialists like architects, structural engineers, lighting, signage, AV consultants, contractors, suppliers were involved and required to coordinate with during each critical design stage.
- Realization and Technology
- The designers looked for the longevity of design, considering the lifespan of the materials used in the design and focus more on quality over quantity. including higher standard of finish, detailing and quality in the design. The designers are committed to finding ways to balance aesthetics and functionality with choices that reduces the environmental impact, including choosing eco-friendly, non-toxic and chemical-free materials and products.
- Operation and Interaction
- By replanning the design of the existing building, the hotel became more energy intelligent. By redesigning the floor plan configuration, the designers maximize the efficient use of the hotel space to meet the operation needs. Special attention was paid to a hotel’s spatial relationships to ensuring that hotel spaces were used efficiently.The perception theory was applied to enhance the humanization level of the hotel and get the customers’ affirmation.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Oct 2017 and finished in April 2019 in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu,China
- Specifications
- The Hotel covers a landscape area of 55000sqm including Hotel Guestrooms 29000sqm, Food & Beverage Outlets 6000sqm, Ballrooms & Meeting Facilities 12000sqm, Recreational Amenities 3000sqm )
- Keywords
- Hoipitality Interior Design, Marriott Hotel, Business Conference Centre, Cultural,Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu
