as part of an invited competition JDS/ julien de smedt architects has designed a proposal for ‘the mondri and elano hotel’ in las vegas in the US. located in a city known for gambling and its surreal architecture, the architects wanted to create a genuine experience with their hotel design. one of their other main concerns was to balance the project’s large scale with the need for intimacy on a smaller scale. they took inspiration from the mondrian and delano hotels, and aimed to simplify the design to the essence of a hotel. julien de smedt architects collaborated with artist olafur eliasson for the project, no word on what form this collaboration will take.
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