Seafarers Residences | 1 Hotels | 2026 | 澳大利亚
Overlooking the Yarra River, Seafarers Residences by 1 Hotels brings together heritage, sustainability and luxury in a project that is as much about place as it is about lifestyle. It marks a significant milestone for the city: the arrival of Australia’s first 1 Hotels offering and Melbourne’s first international hotel-branded residences.Centred on the adaptive reuse of the circa-1894 heritage-listed building Goods Shed No. 5, reimagined by architecture firm FK, the project revives a historically industrial site and reinforces its relationship to the river. The sculptural form sits confidently within Melbourne’s evolving skyline, reconnecting the city to its maritime past while signalling a more considered, environmentally driven future.
The residential offering – 1 Homes – comprises just 114 light-filled residences, designed by Melbourne-headquartered design practice Carr. Carefully planned and immaculately detailed, the apartments are conceived as private sanctuaries with immediate access to the five-star services and amenities of 1 Hotels. Residents are supported by a dedicated team of over 200 staff, blurring the line between home and hotel in a way that is unprecedented in the city.At the pinnacle of the building sits The Penthouse, Melbourne’s first international hotel-branded penthouse. Spanning 719 square metres, the riverfront residence unfolds as a sequence of expansive, sun-drenched spaces with uninterrupted Yarra views. Its scale and material resolution establish a new benchmark for residential living – where luxury is expressed through spatial generosity, craftsmanship and restraint rather than excess.The 114 light-filled residences are conceived as private sanctuaries, offering seamless access to five-star hotel services and amenities.
Interior design for the hotel was led by Melbourne studio One Design Office and Ward + Gray in collaboration with Starwood Hotels, with a strong emphasis on biophilic design and material reuse. For Damon Page, managing director of 1 Hotels & Homes Melbourne and area managing director for Starwood Hotels Asia Pacific, the project responds directly to a longstanding challenge. “How do you get a marriage between lifestyle, sustainability and luxury? Our hotel is a testament that that is possible,” he says.The site itself was key to the brand’s alignment with Melbourne. “It’s a beautiful parcel on the Yarra River, in a city that is constantly evolving and embraces sustainability and modern architecture,” Page explains. The design prioritises locally sourced and repurposed materials, including reclaimed timber used across joinery and furniture. “It’s about giving materials a second life and reducing reliance on imported products,” he adds.The hotel interiors foreground biophilic design and material reuse, aligning sustainability with contemporary luxury. The Yarra River site and use of reclaimed, locally sourced materials ground the project firmly in Melbourne’s evolving ethos.
For Samson Tiew, Founder and Director of One Design Office, storytelling underpins the interior strategy. “The brief was to uphold the mission of Starwood Hotels, but to appropriate it in a very local way,” he says. Rather than recreating landscapes, the team sought to distil the essence of Victoria and translate it into interior space.Across the hotel’s ten floors, lift lobbies reference different eras of Victorian housing through changing material palettes, while guest rooms feature recycled railway bridge skins salvaged from Australia’s south-eastern seaboard. “Every design initiative needs to carry purpose and meaning,” Tiew notes. “When narratives are embedded in spaces, they connect with people and can change behaviour.” Storytelling shapes the interiors, translating Victoria’s character through purposeful material narratives – from era-inspired lift lobbies to guest rooms clad in recycled railway bridge skins that embed meaning and connection.
Landscape architecture by Newtown-based landscape studio OCULUS further anchors the project to its riverfront setting, softening the architecture with layered planting and outdoor spaces that reinforce a sense of calm and retreat.At Seafarers, sustainability is not positioned as an alternative to luxury, but as its evolution – one that is grounded in place, material honesty and a quieter, more enduring sense of refinement.
Architecture by：Fender Katsalidis
Video by：The Local Production
Edited by：The Local Production
Hotel Interior Design by One Design Office
Hotel Interior Design by Starwood Hotels
Hotel Interior Design and furnishings by Ward + Gray
Residential Interior Design by Carr
Landscape Architecture by OCULUS
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