Quirky Accents Meet Local Flair In Hotel Bardo Savannah

2024 Best of Year Winner for Boutique Hotel

Working with Left Lane hospitality and LS3P architecture, Atelier Pond embraced the city’s quirky charm in this chic renovation of Hotel Bardo Savannah, a 19th-century Southern Gothic structure on Forsyth Park. Elements bring together old and new in a riotous mix of styles, creating a feeling that the 149-key, 115,000-square-foot property was built over time. The turreted red-brick exterior conceals a palm-lined interior courtyard with a lap pool, cabanas, and bar that evoke an Italian lido. Other spaces are moodier, like the clubby lobby bar and Victorian main restaurant, its wood paneling and opulent chandeliers feeling straight out of the original mansion’s drawing rooms. Though transporting, Hotel Bardo is still rooted in the community. Furnishings incorporate such vernacular elements as fiber caning, oak construction, and brass details, and rooms highlight work by local artists, including the regional flora stenciled by muralist Vanessa Platacis on the peach walls of the private members’ club.

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PROJECT TEAM: PHILIP POND.