HOTEL REVIEW
LEFT: Guestrooms feature a white-on-white
colour scheme, incorporatomg exclusively
commissioned pieces such as the all-white
Loewe flatscreen TVs and Artemide lighting
air-conditioning and other technical Bost has adopted an understated principle high-gloss, dark green ceramic-tiled oven
interventions are therefore hidden behind to the interior design, keeping the structure called a Kachelofen. Beautifully patterned,
a gold wire gauze that becomes an artistic but editing the details. And it is this editing original parquet flooring complements the
feature under the barn’s arches. within the white-on-white interiors that decoratively beamed high ceiling and wood
The kitchen of Freundstück is a half-show produces an initial calmness that slowly panelled walls. Large black dome-shaped
kitchen. Through partially glazed stone arches reveals more of the thought processes that lie lampshades bespoked by Artemide create a
diners get an impression of the active kitchen behind its conception. White gloss casework suitably clubby glow.
but not to the extent that it distracts them is inlaid with bright silver abstract patterning; Bost has also worked in conjunction with
from their food. The kitchen design itself a similar patterning glows through the border Artemide to produced a wall lamp with a
was the work of Alexander Hess, Chef and of backlit basin mirrors and is seen in the curved, flexible plastic diffuser patterned with
Manager of the Ketschauer Hof complex. perfection of white Corian screens. Even the highly pixellated sections of the image from
Naturally, the produce of Niederberger’s Loewe flat screen TV’s are one-off, all-white one of Bassermann-Jordan’s wine labels. The
estates adds to an enviable wine list. Both commissions. same pattern is used on the glass door to the
Freundstück and the Bassermännchen Bost has introduced a number of bespoke small reception area at the top of the stairs of
bistro open onto a terrace, a beautiful elements to the hotel’s interiors. The partial- the entrance to the hotel.
summer location beneath the courtyard of basement breakfast room, which receives Bremen-based security suppliers Miditec
Mediterranean cedar, fig and gingko trees. natural daylight from the street level windows, equipped the guest rooms with access control
Bost moved onto the hotel on the other is furnished with elegant carver chairs readers that appear in bordeaux red glass
side of the courtyard. There are fourteen customised for Bost by Constantini Pietro. plates, including illuminated room numbers,
rooms in the main manor house plus a further The deep purple velvet upholstery runs down signals for Do-not-disturb and Make-up-room
four guestrooms in The Heumarkt, a separate the chair legs between the edges of the dark and a capacitive bell button.The chunky,
building across a narrow street. The Heumarkt grainy lacquered wooden frame. Above, in the transparent key cards have a heraldic pattern
is also home to a cooking atelier, where family’s former dining room, wine red velvet and show the copper coil of the circuitry.
master-chef cooking courses are held, and upholstered lounge chairs designed by Bost Such discrete patterning develops a subtle
another dining room. Of the total guestrooms and manufactured by Walter Knoll sit on a oenological linkage seen also in accent
only five are double rooms, the rest are suites. dark purple rug. The room is now used as a colours used throughout the hotel. From the
All are spacious. guest reception room and includes an original, glowing pink embrasure “windows” and
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