The Rosewood Hong Kong has opened in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, the cultural heart of Kowloon. Housed within the city’s arts and design hub Victoria Dockside, New York-based architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox and New York-based designer Tony Chi led the interior design of the 65-story hotel that occupies the former site of Holt’s Wharf, which was later revamped into the New World Centre.
“For me, Rosewood Hong Kong is the majestic ‘estate on the harbor’ that pays reverent homage to the great founding family that built and operates it, and also the legacy of its surrounding community,” Chi says. “Having designed Rosewood London—an elegant mansion in a royal city—and being in the process of refreshing the Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel, in New York, an iconic residence in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, there’s a remarkably rich and overarching sense of continuity and a sense of place that binds all these properties together.”
A sense of tranquility is established upon arrival with a large lobby window that frames a view of an ornamental bonsai tree. Heralded with a bronze façade, the second-floor entrance also features a large, semi-abstract bronze sculpture crafted by English sculptor Henry Moore in the courtyard, while two sizeable contemporary artworks from artist Joe Bradley flank the lobby’s vaulted limestone walls and marble floors. The stately aesthetic is further amplified with oak marquetry upon the ceilings, coconut wood columns, and a life-sized sculpture of an elephant from Indian artist Bharti Kerr.
Nearly all 413 guestrooms and suites overlook the harbor as they ascend from the 24th floor. Sundrenched accommodations feature vintage details balanced with midcentury opulence. Upscale lacquer paneling depicts a contemporary octagonal Chinese bagua symbol that also appears throughout the property Marble bathrooms are outfitted with freestanding soaking tubs, freestanding copper vanities, and twin showers. Among the hotel’s 91 suites are the 1,323-square-foot Grand Harbour Corner suites and the five-bedroom, 10,764-square-foot Harbour House, which boasts sky terraces that emerge from the hotel’s 57th level.
Manor Club executive lounge is housed on the 40th floor, while eight F&B spaces span the hotel as well. In addition to an outdoor infinity pool and fitness center, the Rosewood Hong Kong will unveil the brand’s first urban outpost of its wellness concept Asaya across two floors this fall.
