Winners have been announced for the 45th annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design, the industry’s oldest and most prestigious awards program for hospitality interiors.
The 2025 Gold Key judges panel selected these standout projects from a competitive field of more than 430 entries submitted by design firms around the world.
Winners in 25 categories, including the Judges’ So Cool award, were revealed during a ceremony on November 10th at Cipriani 42 Street in New York, held conjunction with BDNY.
In addition, Boutique Design honored its 2025 Boutique 18 class and Up-and-Coming Hotelier of the Year, Ben Weinberg and Mike Weiss of Trailborn.
The 2025 Gold Key Awards winners and finalists:
ECO CONSCIOUS/SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS HOTEL
Populus Denver – WINNER
Design Firm: Wildman Chalmers Design, Pittsburgh and Fowler Architecture and Design, New York
Architecture Firm: Studio Gang, Chicago
Purchasing and Client: Urban Villages, Denver
1 Hotel Seattle
Design Firm: Studio Collective, Venice, California
Architecture Firm: AXIS Architecture + Design, San Francisco
Purchasing: Neil Locke & Associates
Client: KHP Capital Partners
Chichele Presidential Lodge, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Design Firm: Fox Browne Creative, Johannesburg, South Africa
Architecture Firms: Fox Browne Creative in partnership with Jack Alexander Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa
Client: Chichele Safaris
LOBBY BUDGET/SELECT SERVICE
Now Now Hotel, New York – WINNER
Design Firm: Islyn Studio, New York
Architecture Firm: Gene Kaufman Architect, New York
Purchasing and Client: Dovetail & Co
Moxy Allentown, Pennsylvania
Design Firm: The Society, Seattle
Architecture Firm: Core States Group, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Purchasing: Global Design Procurement
Client: City Center Group Allentown
The Uncommoner Hotel, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Design Firm: Studio 59 East, North Grafton, Massachusetts
Architecture Firm: Making Architecture, Nashua, New Hampshire
Purchasing: Studio 59 East
Client: Reverie Boutique Collection
LOBBY MIDSCALE
The Bellevue, Philadelphia – WINNER
Design Firm: Ward + Gray in collaboration with LUCID, Highgate’s in-house design studio
Architecture Firm: Tantillo Architecture, Philadelphia
Purchasing: The Ness Group
Client: Lubert Adler
Delamar Mystic, Connecticut
Design Firm: HVS Design, Rockville, Maryland
Architecture Firm: Richard Turlington Architects, New Haven, Connecticut
Purchasing and Client: Clearview Investment Management
Hotel Renegade, Boise, Idaho
Design Firm: ESG Architecture & Design, Minneapolis
Architecture Firm: CSHQA, Boise, Idaho
Purchasing: Carroll Adams
Clients: Hendricks Commercial Properties, Geronimo Hospitality Group
M Social Hotel New York Downtown
Design Firm: Mazzarini & Co., New York
Architecture Firm: Nehmer, Rockville, Maryland
Purchasing: Alternate Resources
Clients: Millennium Hotels and Highgate Hotels
LOBBY UPSCALE
Fidelity Hotel, Cleveland – WINNER
Design Firms: Curioso, Chicago, and Looney & Associates, Chicago
Architecture Firm: Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, Chicago
Purchasing: Benjamin West
Client: NuovoRE
Asher Adams, Salt Lake City, Utah
Design Firm: JNS Architecture + Interior Design, Denver
Architecture Firm: HKS, Salt Lake City, Utah
Purchasing: Beyer Brown
Client: The Athens Group
The Nickel Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Design Firms: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York and Method Studios
Architecture Firm: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York
Purchasing: The Cardy Group
Client: Method Co.
The Standard Singapore
Design Firm: Ministry of Design, Singapore
Architecture Firm: DP Architects, Singapore
Client: Invictus Developments
LOBBY LUXURY
Kimpton Los Monteros Hotel, Marbella, Spain – WINNER
Design Firm: El Equipo Creativo, Barcelona
Architecture Firm: GCA Architects, Madrid
Purchasing: OM3
Client: Stoneweg Asset Manager
Kimpton Aqeos Hainan, Lingshui, China
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate
W Austin
Design and Architecture Firm: BLUR Workshop, Atlanta
Purchasing: Marriott International
Client: Ryman Hospitality Properties
W Hollywood, California
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, Los Angeles
Architecture Firm: WATG, Los Angeles
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: Trinity Investments
LOBBY UPPER LUXURY
Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Vancouver – WINNER
Design Firm: Ste Marie, Vancouver
Purchasing: Ensemble
Client: Pacific Reach, Rosewood Hotels
Banyan Tree Dubai
Design Firm: BLINK Design Group, Singapore
Client: Banyan Group
GUESTROOM MIDSCALE
The Bow Hotel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire – WINNER
Design Firm: Elder & Ash, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Client: Lark Hotels
Hotel Wren, Twentynine Palms, California
Design and Architecture Firm and Client: Manola Studio, Los Angeles
Islander Resort
Design and Architecture Firm: Gensler
Purchasing: PMI
Client: Islander Resort
GUESTROOM UPSCALE
Fidelity Hotel, Cleveland – WINNER
Design Firms: Curioso, Chicago, and Looney & Associates, Chicago
Architecture Firm: Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, Chicago
Purchasing: Benjamin West
Client: NuovoRE
The Nickel Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Design Firms: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York and Method Studios
Architecture Firm: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York
Purchasing: The Cardy Group
Client: Method Co.
The Sanderling Resort, Duck, North Carolina
Design and Architecture Firm: Ward + Gray, New York
Purchasing: HPG International
Client: Brookfield Properties
GUESTROOM LUXURY
W Austin – WINNER
Design and Architecture Firm: BLUR Workshop, Atlanta
Purchasing: Marriott International
Client: Ryman Hospitality Properties
Kimpton Main Frankfurt, Germany
Design Firm: Waldo Works, London
Client: IHG
The Moore, Miami
Design Firm: Studio Collective, Venice, California
Architecture Firm: Cube-3 Architects, Miami
Purchasing: JWC Purchasing
Client: Woodhouse Development
GUESTROOM UPPER LUXURY
Shebara Resort, Sheybarah Island, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia – WINNER
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Killa Design, Dubai
Client: Red Sea Global
Desert Rock Resort, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Oppenheim Architecture, Miami
Client: Red Sea Global
Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou Centre
Design and Purchasing Firm: Avalon Collective, Singapore
Architecture Firm: Goettsch Partners, Shanghai, and GAD Architecture, China
Client: Hangzhou Metro Wulin Properties Co. Ltd.
HOTEL BUDGET/SELECT SERVICE
Now Now Hotel, New York – WINNER
Design Firm: Islyn Studio, New York
Architecture Firm: Gene Kaufman Architect, New York
Purchasing and Client: Dovetail & Co
Camp DeForest, Lincolnville, Maine
Design Firm: Joanne Palmisano Design, Shelburne, Vermont
Client: Camp DeForest
HOTEL MIDSCALE
The Bellevue, Philadelphia – WINNER
Design Firm: Ward + Gray in collaboration with LUCID, Highgate’s in-house design studio
Architecture Firm: Gensler, New York, and Tantillo Architecture, Philadelphia
Purchasing: The Ness Group
Client: Lubert Adler
Ada Hotel, Michigan
Design Firm: OTJ Architects, Washington, DC
Architecture Firm: Dixon Architecture, Ada, Michigan
Purchasing and Client: Baton Collective
Hotel Wren, Twentynine Palms, California
Design and Architecture Firm and Client: Manola Studio, Los Angeles
Trailborn Surf & Sound, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Design Firm: Post Company, New York
Architecture Firm: DLR Group, New York
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: Trailborn Hotels & Resorts
HOTEL UPSCALE
Hotel Indigo Hainan Clear Water Bay, Lingshui, China – WINNER
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate Co. Ltd.
Andaz Miami Beach by Hyatt
Design and Architecture Firm: EoA Group, Coral Gables, Florida
Purchasing: GS Associates
Client: Sunstone Hotel Investors
Fidelity Hotel, Cleveland
Design Firms: Curioso, Chicago, and Looney & Associates, Chicago
Architecture Firm: Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, Chicago
Purchasing: Benjamin West
Client: NuovoRE
The Nickel Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Design Firms: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York, and Method Studios
Purchasing: The Cardy Group
Client: Method Co.
HOTEL LUXURY
W Austin – WINNER
Design and Architecture Firm: BLUR Workshop, Atlanta
Purchasing: Marriott International
Client: Ryman Hospitality Properties
Kimpton Aqeos Hainan, China
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate Co. Ltd.
SLS Barcelona
Design Firms: Rockwell Group, Madrid; Ennismore’s AIME Studios; and AvroKO (F&B)
Architecture Firm: b720, Barcelona
Purchasing: Crazy Contract
Client: Gelati
UPPER LUXURY HOTEL
Four Seasons Hangzhou Centre, China – WINNER
Design Firms: Avalon Collective, Singapore (public areas and guestrooms); and AB Concept, Hong Kong and Kokaistudios, Shanghai (F&B)
Architecture Firms: Goettsch Partners, Shanghai, and GAD Architecture, China
Purchasing: Hangzhou Metro Wulin Properties Co. Ltd.
Client: Hangzhou Metro Wulin Properties Co. Ltd.
Fairmont Breakers Long Beach, California
Design Firms: RVD, Los Angeles; HBA San Francisco; and Eden For Your World, Long Beach, California
Architecture Firm: GMA Architects, St. Louis
Purchasing: PMI
Client: Pacific6 Enterprises
Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Design Firms: Gensler, San Francisco (interior design); BAMO, San Francisco (interior design); Luxury Frontiers (tented villas)
Architecture Firms: Gensler, San Francisco (executive architect); 10 Design, Miami (design architect)
Purchasing: The Parker Company, Miami
Client: Gencom, Miami; the Athens Development Group, Phoenix; Mohari Hospitality, Cyprus
SUITES
Desert Rock Resort, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia – WINNER
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Oppenheim Architecture, Miami
Client: Red Sea Global
Hotel Indigo Hainan Clear Water Bay, Lingshui, China
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate Co. Ltd.
Shebara Resort, Sheybarah Island, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Killa Design, Dubai
Client: Red Sea Global
The Bellevue, Philadelphia
Design Firm: Ward + Gray in collaboration with LUCID, Highgate’s in-house design studio
Architecture Firm: Gensler, New York
Purchasing: The Ness Group
Client: Lubert Adler
RESORT
Desert Rock Resort, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia – WINNER
Design Firm: Studio Paolo Ferrari, Toronto
Architecture Firm: Oppenheim Architecture, Miami
Client: Red Sea Global
Kimpton Aqeos Hainan, Lingshui, China
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate Co. Ltd.
Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Design Firms: Gensler, San Francisco (interior design); BAMO, San Francisco (interior design); Luxury Frontiers (tented villas)
Architecture Firms: Gensler, San Francisco (executive architect); 10 Design, Miami (design architect)
Purchasing: The Parker Company, Miami
Client: Gencom, Miami; the Athens Development Group, Phoenix; Mohari Hospitality, Cyprus
RESTAURANT FAST CASUAL
Faherty Sun & Waves All Day Kitchen & Coastal Market, Spring Lake, New Jersey – WINNER
Design Firm and Purchasing: Mazzarini & Co., New York
Architecture Firm: JL Walker Architects, Sea Girt, New Jersey
Client: Faherty
RESTAURANT CASUAL DINING
Uchiko, Miami Beach – WINNER
Design Firm: Islyn Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Architecture Firm: Form Group, Miami
Purchasing: Pineapple Procurement
Client: Hai Hospitality
Cafe Goldie, Hollywood, California
Design Firm: Adean Studios, San Francisco
Architecture Firm: Wimberly – WATG (architect of record), New York
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: Trinity Investments
Papa San, New York
Design and Architecture Firm: INC Architecture & Design, New York
Purchasing: Tishman Speyer
Client: Tishman Speyer & Llama San
Westmoreland at the Frick Collection, New York
Design Firm: Bryan O’Sullivan Studio, New York
Architecture Firm: Selldorf Architects, New York
Purchasing: Summa International
Client: The Frick Collection
RESTAURANT UPSCALE DINING
Lucia, Los Angeles – WINNER
Design and Architecture Firm: Preen, Inc., Los Angeles
Purchasing: Preen, Inc.
Client: Sam Jordan
Kaya at the Standard, Singapore
Design Firm: Ministry of Design, Singapore
Architecture Firm: DP Architects, Singapore
Client: Invictus Developments
La Tête d’Or, New York
Design Firm: Rockwell Group, New York
Architecture Firm: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, New York
Purchasing: WB Wood
Client: SL Green
Nuri Steakhouse, Dallas
Design Firm: AvroKO, San Francisco
Architecture Firm: Coeval Studio, Dallas
Purchasing: RDC
Client: Wan Kim
Brass & Tusk Bar, New York
Design Firm: Islyn Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Purchasing: Wagner Hamill Inc.
Client: Ninepin Hospitality
BAR/CLUB/LOUNGE
Carry On Airlines, Phoenix – WINNER
Design Firm and Purchasing: PETERMAX Co, Phoenix
Client: Pretty Decent Concepts
Drop Dead Gorgeous, Tempe, Arizona
Design Firm and Purchasing: PETERMAX Co, Phoenix
Client: Pretty Decent Concepts
Games Chamber & Bar Ronero at Kimpton Aqeos Hainan, Lingshui, China
Design Firm: Yang & Associates Group, Shenzhen
Architecture Firm: Yosaan Architects, Beijing
Purchasing and Client: Hainan Zhenbo Real Estate Co. Ltd.
Prophecy at Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Vancouver
Design Firm: Ste Marie, Vancouver
Client: Pacific Reach, At Home Hospitality
NEXT-GEN HOUSING
The Wendy, Arlington, Virginia – WINNER
Design Firm: Edit at Streetsense, Washington, DC
Architecture Firm: Cooper Carry, Alexandria, Virginia
Purchasing: Dancker
Client: Greystar
Rambler Columbus, Ohio
Design Firm and Purchasing: Variant Collaborative, Chicago
Architecture Firm: OZ Architecture, Denver
Client: LV Collective
The Huron, Brooklyn, New York
Design and Architecture Firm: Morris Adjmi Architects, New York
Purchasing: GS Associates
Client: Quadrum Global
WELLNESS
Rosewood Sand Hill Asaya Spa, Menlo Park, California – WINNER
Design Firm: NICOLEHOLLIS, San Francisco
Architecture Firm: Devcon Construction, Milpitas, California
Purchasing: Pineapple Procurement
Client: Rosewood Hotel Group
One & Only Le Saint Geran Guerlain Spa, Mauritius
Design Firm: BLINK Design Group, Singapore
Client: One & Only Le St Geran
DESIGN AT SEA
Luminara, the Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection – WINNER
Design Firm: Chapi Design, Toronto
Client: The Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection
SPECIALTY DESIGN
Hotel Indigo Design Collection Showcase, Atlanta – WINNER
Design Firms: IHG Design Strategies, Atlanta, and Interior Image Group (IIG), Crowne Point, Indiana
Architecture Firm: Hendrick, Atlanta
Purchasing: Throughline by IIG
Client: Hotel Indigo Brand, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Grand Imperial Court, Macau
Design Firm: Silverfox Studios, Singapore
Client: MGM Grand Paradise Limited
The Camel Club, Lexington, Kentucky
Design Firm: Jenny Bukovec Studio, New York
Architecture Firm: Gibson Taylor Thompson, Lexington, Kentucky
Purchasing and Client: Morris & Atlas
The Edes, Morgan Hill, California
Design and Architecture Firm: KTGY
Purchasing: The Parker Company
Client: Golden Quail
EMERGING HOTEL CONCEPT
AWOL Hotels & Resorts – WINNER
Design Firm: Elder & Ash, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Client: Lark Hotels
Now Now NoHo, New York
Design Firm: Islyn Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Architecture Firm: Gene Kaufman Architect, New York
Purchasing and Client: Dovetail + Co
