Colombo Courtyard wins Best Hotel Interior Award for second consecutive year
Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:51
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Asia Pacific’s premier developers, architects, interior designers and real estate agents gathered in their hundreds at the Shangri-la Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (9 May) for the results of the Asia Pacific Property Awards. Entries were received from companies in 26 countries across the Asia Pacific region.
Lord Courtown from the House of Lords in British Parliament was present on stage in his capacity as Chairman of the Architecture and Interior Design categories committee while each winning company was presented with either a ‘Highly Commended’ or ‘5-Star’ award.
Colombo Courtyard, nestled in the heart of the city is an urban boutique hotel which perfectly captures a fusion of contemporary style with the essence of environmental design. Art and elements with the extensive use of recycled material, dashes of vivid color and a sense of space are all thrown together to create striking impact.
With open courtyards and water bodies, the hotel presents 32 rooms including 15 suites each uniquely designed. The successful renovation of four mixed – used/old buildings from different architectural periods, using an over-arching theme of recycled materials is a unique application in the hotel industry.
Prominent environmental design elements define this urban property. The limited negative spaces have been transformed in to a series of inter-connected courtyards creating multiple green spaces in a previously dense construction. An outstanding collection of original artworks is displayed, featuring recycled metal sculptures that are an integral part of the design. The extensive foliage privacy screens create an oasis in this urban location, which has quickly become a landmark in Colombo.
Moreover Colombo Courtyard now has been certified as the first CarbonNeutral city hotel in South Asia on 12 February 2014 after measuring its Carbon Footprint for the period from January 2013 to December 2013 in accordance with the internationally recognised GHG protocol published by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. This independent assessment was conducted by the Carbon Consulting Company and yielded a total Carbon Footprint of 352.7 tCO2e
The 5-star winners had been re-judged to select just one from each of the 47 different categories who will go forwards to represent the Asia Pacific region in the 2014 International Property Awards. They will compete against other regional winners from Africa, Arabia, Europe, UK and the Americas to find the ultimate World’s Best in each category. The results of the eagerly anticipated ‘World’s Best’ Property Awards will be revealed at a glittering awards presentation ceremony in Dubai this December.
Asia Pacific has an enviable and unbeaten record of success at international level. The region scooped a total of 13 World’s Best Awards in 2012 but then went on to break its own record number by scoring an impressive 18 World’s Best Awards in 2013.
Stuart Shield, President of the International Property Awards said, “We will all now wait to see if Asia Pacific can not only retain the title of best performing region of the world in the International Property Awards but also beat its own record for yet another successive year. Each region is highly competitive and with levels of excellence within the property industry rising annually, this makes the competition hugely exciting as it heads towards the final conclusion in December.”
