Nomad酒店于2020年底开业，该酒店选址于伦敦——考文特花园和Bow街宏伟的Magistrates法院附近。这座建于19世纪的建筑之前被用做警察局和法院，所以其结构具有一定的韧性和强度，但在后续的时间里，该建筑被重新打造为一家拥有91间客房的豪华酒店，为自由的灵魂们提供一个家。
Set to open at the end of 2020, the Nomad Hotel has set its sights on London – and in Covent Garden and the imposing Bow Street Magistrates Court no less. A nineteenth-century building having served originally as a police station and court bears with it a certain tension of toughness and intensity, as it is re-envisioned as a 91-room luxury hotel and home for the free-spirited.
▼酒店内部概览，Overview of the interior of the hotel © Simon Upton courtesy of Roman and Williams
▼黄绿色调与黑檀木材质的使用，The chartreuse and ebonized wood © Simon Upton courtesy of Roman and Williams
Nomad酒店最初起源于纽约，Roman and Williams负责伦敦部分的建筑重塑和品牌再现——此前Nomad所有的酒店都是由Jacques Garcia设计的。酒店的开业时间紧随Roman and Williams在大都会艺术博物馆开设British Galleries之后，将显著的美式风格、丰富的装饰艺术与英国历史进行交流结合。在这种叙事手法的基础上，设计者通过联合互补制造新的火花——以男性特征为主导的建筑历史被女性气质和魅力以及国际化的精神所激发。
With the Nomad Hotel itself drawing its origins in New York, it is a fitting combination then that Roman and Williams helms the rebirth of the building and the establishment of the brand’s presence in London – with all previous Nomad Hotels having been designed by Jacques Garcia. The opening of the the hotel comes on the heels of Roman and Williams’ most recent opening, of the British Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, again binding this decidedly American ethos with the rich history of decorative arts and exchange across the history of the United Kingdom. Grounded by this narrative, and an ethos rooted in creating voltage by uniting complementary forces – the masculine character of the historic architecture is animated with interjections of femininity, of glamour, and of a cosmopolitan spirit.
▼餐厅，The dining hall © Simon Upton courtesy of Roman and Williams
原有的煤库被改造为客人们经常光顾的休息室。由Roman and Williams设计的定制照明和家具强调了空间的存在感。最引人注目的是有着三层楼高的中庭结构，它是通过玻璃天花板和钢结构将之前的庭院围合并重新建造的。建筑新的侧翼与历史结构在中庭处重合，因此中庭也作为酒店的一个特殊的连接点存在。在本设计中，正式与非正式相遇，温驯与野性碰撞，伦敦的Nomad酒店重新拥抱、链接、释放于新与旧之间。
The pre-existing coal vaults find new life as lounges and discovered haunts. Custom lighting and furniture all designed by Roman and Williams accentuate the spaces. And with perhaps the most dramatic interjection is the three-story Atrium, built anew by enclosing the former courtyard with a glass ceiling and steel structure. A new wing of the building meets the historic at this point, and the Atrium exists as a certain nexus point of the hotel. The formal meets the informal, the tamed meets the wild. At the Nomad London, old and new find themselves again in embrace, connected and liberated.
▼书房设计，The study © Simon Upton courtesy of Roman and Williams
▼豪华套房，Luxury room © Simon Upton courtesy of Roman and Williams
当客人们从宽敞的泊车区下车来到酒店，将开始体验酒店的各种服务。充满活力的餐厅和鸡尾酒场所正等待着客人的光顾。酒店还有一处图书馆。拥有两层高的空间处让人们联想到了Nomad的标志，华丽的木材在此处营造出严肃的但有趣的氛围。The Elephant酒吧用令人熟悉但又出乎意料的黄绿色与黑檀木的材质充分体现了Nomad的理念。对Magistrates法院严肃空间的重新塑造是大胆的，梦幻般的景观完全占据了这栋建筑，成为了酒店各种功能与活动的背景。
Guests arrive through the grand port cochere, now elevated to introduce the transportative experience awaiting. A dynamic mix of dining and cocktail venues awaits, the first of which might be the Library. The two-story space is evocative of this Nomad hallmark at other locations, with sumptuous millwork setting the serious, but playful, tone. The Elephant Bar embraces again the well-traveled essence of the Nomad, with the familiar and unexpected flourishes of chartreuse and ebonized wood. The Magistrates Court is a bold re-imaging of this once very serious room, with a dreamscape quite literally taking over the architecture to serve as backdrop for functions and events.
▼丰富的装饰品，Rich decorations © Simon Upton courtesy of Roman and Williams
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