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ABOVE: Guestrooms feature clean, monochrome design
schemes RIGHT: The centrepiece of the Woodward restaurant is
‘Cabinet of Curiosities’, displaying over 200 ‘found’ agricultural
objects curated by Boston artist Sally Brooks More to relate to
the Ames family history
Nathaniel Ames. The design centrepiece special lighting techniques to make objects
of the tavern is the ‘Cabinet of Curiosity,’ seem to appear and disappear, or make one
– a Victorian shelving unit custom-made object seemingly morph into another.
by craftsman Ian Ingersoll, which boasts a The ninth floor apartment offers space
selection of sculptures and objects curated for entertaining and features an expansive
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by local Boston artist Sally Brooks Moore. living and dining room with restored Ames
The 200+ ‘found’ objects on display relate arched windows and dark oak flooring.
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to agriculture, in a nod to the Ames family The apartment is furnished with a vintage,
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history. A series of original Windsor chairs, tufted velvet chaise lounge re-upholstered Boston, MA 02108, United States
epoxied in high gloss white finish are scattered with metallic velvet, sectional Moroso sofa,
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throughout the restaurant, complementing Rockwell dining table with mismatched spool
the brick walls washed in a milky enamel and legs and a carrara marble top, and a tufted
wood. Tractor bar stools by Thomas Mozer patent leather bench by Italian design house
„ 113 guestrooms (inc 6 suites and 1
accompany the reclaimed wood and hand- Meritalia. A cream silk and viscose rug and
apartment)
rubbed brass bar. polished chrome four-poster bed sit beneath a ‰ Woodward
The hotel offers 95 guestrooms, one white feather drum chandelier.
+ Gallery Meeting Space
apartment and six deluxe one-bedroom suites. With Ames, Morgans design team and
Stepping out of the elevator into the corridors, Rockwell Group have continued the tradition
Developer / Owner: Normandy Real Estate
guests encounter a “Pepper’s Ghost Illusion,” of the ‘hotel as theatre’. Rockwell Group’s
Partners / Morgans Hotel Group
a theatrical inference of an illuminated, crystal focused attention to detail along with a
Operator: Morgans Hotel Group
chandelier, seemingly floating behind the sense of narrative continuity has been kept
Architects & Designers: Rockwell Group,
Morgans Hotels Group
mirrored wall. An illusionary technique, used throughout the entire hotel, offering a
Architects of Record: ADD Inc
in theatre and magic, uses plate glass and consistent yet theatrical finish.
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