The Diary of a Hotel Addict
Mandarin Oriental Singapore
© yohanes.budiyanto, 2008
Mandarin Oriental Singapore is one of the city's finest hotels. Opened in February 1987, it has retained much of its charm after two decades of operation; and in fact, keeps getting stronger and better, thanks to the recently completed extensive renovation.
The most striking feature of the hotel is its 18 storey atrium, designed to shape like the hotel's logo: a Chinese Fan!. Like two other hotels in the same complex, all three are designed by one of the most prominent architects in that era: John Portman, widely regarded as the "wizard of atrium" because he popularized the era of large atrium hotels back in the 60s with the opening of Hyatt Regency Atlanta.
When your itinerary takes you to Singapore's Marina area, book yourself a room at the newly renovated Harbour View rooms with one of the city's most breathtaking view of Singapore's harbour and cityscape, similar to this. For me, the atrium alone has been the reason to get me back to the hotel over and over again, most of the time for admiring it, rather than staying.
MANDARIN ORIENTAL SINGAPORE
Architect: John Portman, DP Architects
Designer: Lim Teo Wilkes (LTW Designworks)
Mandarin Oriental Singapore
© yohanes.budiyanto, 2008
Mandarin Oriental Singapore is one of the city's finest hotels. Opened in February 1987, it has retained much of its charm after two decades of operation; and in fact, keeps getting stronger and better, thanks to the recently completed extensive renovation.
The most striking feature of the hotel is its 18 storey atrium, designed to shape like the hotel's logo: a Chinese Fan!. Like two other hotels in the same complex, all three are designed by one of the most prominent architects in that era: John Portman, widely regarded as the "wizard of atrium" because he popularized the era of large atrium hotels back in the 60s with the opening of Hyatt Regency Atlanta.
When your itinerary takes you to Singapore's Marina area, book yourself a room at the newly renovated Harbour View rooms with one of the city's most breathtaking view of Singapore's harbour and cityscape, similar to this. For me, the atrium alone has been the reason to get me back to the hotel over and over again, most of the time for admiring it, rather than staying.
MANDARIN ORIENTAL SINGAPORE
Architect: John Portman, DP Architects
Designer: Lim Teo Wilkes (LTW Designworks)