The oak-floored entrance leading to the concierge desk
The oak-floored entrance leading to the concierge desk includes a bar with Stellar Works and Moroso seating.

August 31, 2022

Words: Jesse Dorris

Photography: Sandro Brücklmeier

Carbone Interior Design Balances Art Deco and Modernist Influences at This Hotel in Zurich

Since 1935, the Neues Schloss Privat Hotel Zurich has charmed guests with its rational-yet-rounded façade, an expert blend of Art Deco and Modernism. Today, thanks to a rethink by the city’s Carbone Interior Design, the interiors live up to the building’s motto: “A place that brings together what usually doesn’t combine.”

A member of the Marriott Autograph Collection, the 57-key hotel mixes a jewel-tone palette of velvety textures with walls in natural plaster. Rooms contrast shadow—bathroom walls in deep purple, dark oak details—and natural light. Public areas and a meeting room take advantage of similar contradictions, finding unexpected balances of curvy furnishings and the clean lines of linear light fixtures. And the new restaurant, Castellan’s, ties it all together, serving Mediterranean cuisine among banquettes that lap the walls like waves, just steps from Lake Zurich itself. 

A custom screen creates a lounge area on the ground floor
A custom screen creates a lounge area on the ground floor, with a Marelli sofa, Stellar Works armchair, Baierl & Demmelhuber tables, and floor lamp by Pulpo.
the guest bathroom clad in graphic tile flooring
The floors of the guest bathrooms are clad in graphic Ornamenta tile, with Dornbracht sinks and Grohe faucets.
The oak-floored entrance leading to the concierge desk
The oak-floored entrance leading to the concierge desk includes a bar with Stellar Works and Moroso seating.
the exterior of the Neues Schloss Privat Hotel Zurich
The team retained the hotel’s distinctive stone façade and rounded balconies.
the reception desk with a custom floor lamp next to it
A 2F floor lamp illuminates the custom reception desk.
the hotel restaurant with textured-plaster walls
Art pieces mix with rustic clay jugs in nooks in the textured-plaster walls Castellan’s, the hotel restaurant.
the hotel restaurant's dining room
Tom Dixon chairs and tables by Baierl & Demmelhuber gather in Castellan’s dining room.
a suite's lounge with a sofa, table and wardrobe
A suite’s lounge offers a sofa, table, and wardrobe by Baierl & Demmelhuber, upon an Alarwool rug.

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