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Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
17 hotels on this page
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
The Berkeley
Glass pavilion rooftop suites, bespoke British timber beds, and a walnut-paneled bar with a painted snug.
The Chancery Rosewood
Joseph Dirand’s tactile interiors layer Savile Row fabrics, brass, and carved marble around a soaring sunlit atrium.
The Connaught
A cascading fog fountain fronts tailored interiors housing an extensive three-thousand-piece contemporary British art collection.
The Emory
Glass-and-steel architecture with exposed exterior outriggers, framing floor-to-ceiling park views across individually styled suites.
The Franklin
Interiors styled with smoky Venetian églomisé mirrors, dark Italian velvets, Carrara marble, and four-poster beds.
The London EDITION
Yabu Pushelberg pairs yacht-cabin oak paneling with restored Belle Époque plasterwork and a suspended mirrored orb.
The Londoner Hotel
Yabu Pushelberg interiors celebrate theatrical stagecraft behind a facade of fifteen thousand blue architectural terracotta tiles.
The Mandrake
Three-storey hanging gardens of jasmine and passionflower frame moody maximalist rooms draped in rich velvets and provocative art.
The Mayfair Townhouse
Whimsical dandy-inspired interiors featuring a 25,000-crystal peacock sculpture and curated portraits of the fictional Renard family.
The Mitre Hotel, Hampton Court
Nicola Harding interiors pair hand-painted de Gournay wallpaper, painted panelling, and freestanding brass soaking tubs.
The Peninsula London
Palatial Portland stone architecture framing a courtyard garden with hundred-year-old maples and Peter Marino honey-onyx interiors.
The Soho Hotel
Patterned Kit Kemp interiors, bespoke fabric headboards, and a ten-foot bronze Fernando Botero cat in the lobby.
The Twenty Two London
Lavish Parisian maximalism features Pierre Frey wallpapers, red velvet four-poster beds, and black-and-white marble bathrooms.
The Webster Hotel Covent Garden, London
Red Deer shapes interiors around Gabriel García Márquez's magical realism and mid-century armchairs.
The Zetter Bloomsbury
Interiors by James Thurstan Waterworth layer antique textiles, reclaimed timber floorboards, and repurposed Turkish rug ottomans.
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They did this well. You’ll notice.
100 Queen's Gate Hotel London Kensington
Interiors styled as a Victorian cabinet of curiosities with curio display cabinets and a double-height botanical atrium.
45 Park Lane
Streamlined metallic louvres frame Art Deco interiors by Thierry Despont, accented with custom woodwork and Damien Hirst artworks.
Althoff St. James's Hotel & Club
Interiors styled with Murano chandeliers, cashmere and silk wall fabrics, and the four-hundred-piece Rosenstein Art Collection.
AMTD Dao by Dorsett Hornsey
Adaptive reuse of a 1930s modernist civic complex pairing restored woodwork with bespoke terrazzo kitchenettes.
Andaz London Liverpool Street Hotel
Conran interiors mix banker pinstripe carpets with denim-stitched bed bases and custom walnut desks.
art'otel London Hoxton
An extruded cogwheel facade of twisted aluminium fins wraps interiors filled with bold pop-art murals by D*Face.
Artist Residence London
Reclaimed floorboards, vintage industrial fittings, and pop art prints furnish ten individually styled townhouse bedrooms.
Bankside Hotel, Autograph Collection
Midcentury interiors showcase custom Laura Carlin tile murals, cast Jesmonite tables, and bespoke British craft commissions.
Bertrand's Townhouse
Herringbone parquet floors, bold ochre tones, and curated British artwork across bedrooms styled by Studio Moren.
Bingham Riverhouse
Nicola Harding interiors blending pastel palettes, vintage Penguin paperbacks, and freestanding copper tubs overlooking the Thames.
Brama
Art Deco motifs pair chevron timber flooring, geometric accents, and flared sage paneling across converted heritage lofts.
Bvlgari Hotel London
Antonio Citterio interiors pairing silversmith motifs with tailored leather, brushed steel screens, and dark Sapele mahogany.
Cambridge House
Neoclassical Georgian salons restored by Jean-Louis Deniot alongside a jasmine-fringed open courtyard.
Canopy by Hilton London City
Interiors by ACME incorporate woven fabrics and floral patterns inspired by historic Spitalfields silk weavers.
COMO Metropolitan London
Linzi Coppick minimalism with pale walnut joinery, sycamore accents, and floor-to-ceiling windows framing Hyde Park.
Como The Halkin
Laboratorio Associati interiors stage Milanese Zen across five elemental floor palettes, rich leathers, and warm hardwood veneers.
Courthouse Hotel Shoreditch
Restored wood-panelled courtrooms, terrazzo floors, and stained glass meet a contemporary steel and glass bedroom wing.
Dean Street Townhouse
Reclaimed oak floors, roll-top bathtubs, and commissioned works by contemporary British artists.
Gold. Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver. Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze. They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed. A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
Design. Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe. Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local. It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Heritage. A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness. You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic. The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort. A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.