Gastwerk Hotel Hamburg

Architecture Architekten Lange & Partner

Architecture Architekten Lange & Partner

Given that Gastwerk’s redbrick shell and a monstrous green industrial machine from the building’s bygone days as a power station were both under a strict preservation order...

a sensitive conversion to a hotel was required of Hamburg architect Klaus Peter Lange. Rising to the occasion, he integrated the machine into the design of the atrium lobby, in which a bridge leading to the guestrooms is suspended overhead. Natural light bathes the atrium and gold leaf adorns the front desk, above which an old tower clock has stopped telling time.

Interior design Regine Schwethelm & Sibylle von Heyden

Designers Regine Schwethelm and Sibylle von Heyden set about contrasting rough edges with soothing textures...

slick and simple furniture, and touches of Asia. Fine walnut wood trimmings, tall casement windows, and unmasked concrete walls garnish lofts and suites, while propeller-headed ceiling fans pay homage to the many mechanical devices once whirring away in the power-station.