At Capella Hotels and Resorts, design isn’t merely about aesthetics – each detail is a deliberate act of storytelling, shaping spaces that draw guests into deeply immersive, unforgettable experiences.At Capella Hotels and Resorts, design is storytelling. From Bali’s rainforest valleys to Taipei’s urban boulevards, each property translates its location into architecture and material – revealing the spirit of place through form, texture and light. This is hospitality defined not by uniformity but by context: a global narrative where craft and emotion shape every detail.
On Sentosa Island, Capella Singapore demonstrates how history and modernity coexist. Two 1880s colonial bungalows – original structures with pitched terracotta roofs, deep verandahs and whitewashed facades – anchor the property. Foster + Partners designed a contemporary framework around them: low-slung glass and limestone pavilions that defer to the heritage buildings rather than compete with them.The new structures step back into the landscape, connected by covered walkways that follow the site’s natural topography. Where the colonial buildings sit elevated on classical columns, the modern wings hug the ground, their horizontal planes and floor-to-ceiling glass dissolving boundaries between interior and garden.
In the heart of Hanoi’s historic quarter, Capella found its muse in the city’s golden age of performance. Designed by Bill Bensley, Capella Hanoi channels the theatrical glamour of the 1920s through an Art Deco lens – a celebration of artistry, craftsmanship and cultural nostalgia. Each of its 47 suites is a curated vignette, named after an operatic icon and adorned with hand-painted murals, antiques and pieces from Bensley’s personal art collection matched to the room’s theme.Beneath the hotel’s opulent layers lies meticulous integrity – a reverence for craft that transcends aesthetic indulgence. From the Michelin-selected Backstage restaurant to The Hudson Rooms, every space continues the dialogue between stage and spectator, history and hospitality.
Suspended within the lush folds of Bali’s Keliki Valley rainforest, Capella Ubud – also by Bill Bensley – feels less built than discovered. Its 23 tented retreats are poised among ancient trees, constructed without removing a single one. Lantern-lit pathways trace the contours of terraced hillsides, connecting each accommodation to the main camp. Every tent sits on its own wooden deck, cantilevered above the valley – some with pools reached via spiralling staircases, others with infinity edges suspended directly over the jungle canopy.The Captain’s Tent features a camp commander’s 1800s map of Bali across one wall while The Photographer’s Tent displays vintage cameras beside black-and-white photographs of Balinese village life. Each tent tells its own story through the tactile language of teakwood, copper and hand-painted textiles, materials sourced from across the Indonesian archipelago.
In Taiwan, the opening of Capella Taipei signalled the brand’s evolution into a new era of design. Conceived by André Fu Studio, the hotel reinterprets the idea of a modern mansion, a place where precision and softness coexist in equilibrium. As Fu reflects, “It captures the feeling of an escape nestled within European boulevards, a soulful atmosphere that evokes an antithesis to the urbanity one might typically perceive about Taipei.”A hand-crafted spiral staircase rises through the Rotunda – its calla-lily-curve carved from an 800-block hardwood handrail – leading guests to the wellness floor. Threading through the spiral is a wooden sculpture by Mexican artist Joel Escalona, creating what Fu calls “a silent dialogue with the fluid form of the staircase”. The interiors unfold in warm natural tones, layered with light and materiality that evoke an elevated sense of home within the hotel’s 86 rooms and suites.
At the heart of every property sits the Capella Living Room, an intimate gathering space open to all guests, designed to feel less like a hotel lobby and more like the salon of a cultured friend. Here, the formality of traditional luxury gives way to genuine ease: books line shelves, art anchors walls, seating arrangements invite lingering conversation rather than efficient transit. It’s where the hotel’s personality crystallises – whether through Ubud’s collection of expedition artifacts, Singapore’s layered residential textures or Taipei’s sculptural restraint.What unifies the portfolio is the belief that craft, material and light can make guests feel both welcomed and transported. Through every detail, Capella demonstrates what hospitality becomes when guided by design and artistry.
Architecture by Foster + Partners, Bill Bensley and André Fu Studio. Development by Capella Hotel Group.
- 项目文案：Chantelle Fausset
- Photography courtesy of：Capella Hotels and Resorts
- 转载自：The Local Project
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