A Hotel-inspired Workspace

Luxury Hotel or Office?  

French hospitality group Accor has a stylish new office with a unique luxury hospitality aesthetic. The headquarters office for India, Middle East, Africa and Turkey features a newly refurbished reception and corporate hospitality area that welcomes visitors in a sumptuous style rarely seen in workplaces, and blurs the lines between hospitality and office design.

Brief

Accor appointed Kristina Zanic Consultants to help realise its vision for the new space to be an accurate reflection of its brand ethos, and to display the same luxury elements and feel as seen in its exclusive hotels and resorts around the world.

The aim was  to create a space that offers a stylish setting for business interactions, welcoming visitors and putting them at ease, while reflecting the luxury experience of an Accor hotel brand. 

The scope involved the design of a 300sqm area to host meetings with partners, collaborators, and VIP guests for its luxury brands. It included a lift lobby, reception and lounge, spacious conference area with food and beverage facilities, informal meeting space with relaxed social areas, and two lavish guest washrooms.

Fashion Inspiration

The design is inspired by the exclusive Parisian mansions that showcase haute couture collections, and pays homage to extravagant French luxury and timeless character. A colour palette with a black and white base has pops of colour added through rich jewel tones of warm rusts, mustard yellows and midnight blues used in the bespoke lounge-style furniture and carpeting.

Although the dominant style is classic, it also blends in touches of mid-century and contemporary design in the lighting and furniture selections. This is demonstrated further in its eclectic collection of artwork, focusing on style and fashion that adorn the meeting room walls and corridors.

The new corporate hospitality area reflects the Group’s expertise in delivering luxury hotels and gives a taste of the Accor guest experience. Visitors stepping out of the elevator doors are immediately immersed in a sophisticated ambience of sumptuous velvets, natural marble, intricate wall paneling and gold detailing.

Reflecting the company ethos

This was a one-of-a-kind project for the design team to work on where they got to translate the luxury hospitality aesthetic into an everyday office space.

The team was able to align with Accor’s style direction, having worked with the Group on various projects for many of its brands such as Sofitel, Fairmont, Swissotel, SO/, Movenpick, Novotel, and Grand Mercure.

“We've designed luxury hotels and offices before, but never one that is a perfect blend of both", said Justin Condon, Design Director. "The challenge was in finding the right balance between creating an experience of luxury hospitality but also delivering on the functionality needed from an office space.”