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Chengbo Xu Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Deyun Honey Sweet Hotel in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Chengbo Xu recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Deyun Honey Sweet Hotel by Chengbo Xu, designed for Xu Cheng Bo Design, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Silver A' Design Award Explained

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

Regarding Deyun Honey Sweet Hotel

Deyun Honey Sweet is a hotel interior designed as a traditional Chinese quadrangle courtyard. The project faces south and is composed of multiple courtyards, linked by an axis with middle, east and west directions. Functional areas include a Chinese banquet hall for 120 guests, a multi-function hall, meeting rooms and a tea room. The main materials are jade, jade carving, wood carving, gold brick, gold foil and Mongolia black stone. Details such as the screen wall, copper lion sculpture, black brick, eave and roof beam restore traditional building techniques.

About Chengbo Xu

Mr. Xu Chengbo has been engaged in space design and research for more than a decade. His works are mainly focused on five-star hotels, large commercial spaces and high-end real estate projects. He has designed for plenty of international five-star hotel brands, including Starwood, Hilton, InterContinental and Accor. He advocates a diversified design concept and believes that professional services can promote commercial value.

Award Record

Chengbo Xu is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.

About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award

The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Deyun Honey Sweet Hotel
Function
Hotel
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Dark Slate Gray, Black, Saddle Brown and Dark Goldenrod
Images
5
Client
Xu Cheng Bo Design

The Recognition

Laureate
Chengbo Xu
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#87405

Credits

Team
Xu Chengbo

Design Details

Unique Properties
Facing South, the project is composed by multiple courtyards. It adopts the traditional Chinese royal garden-like building structure, which is connected by an axis with three directions as the middle, the east and the west.
Inspiration
The design is inspired by the traditional royal architecture in Qing Dynasty, where each door, courtyard, ornament and even food are custom-made by the standard of royal and imperial families. It is a place for cultural exhibition, business meetings, private gatherings and weddings.
Research
Deyun Honey Sweet Hotel showcased the unique charm of Chinese architecture. With the combination of tradition and modernity, the project created a new leisure lifestyle of collection, exhibition and tasting.
Challenge
The quadrangle courtyard restored the traditional architectural technique to the largest extend, which can be reflected in the details like screen wall, copper lion sculpture, black brick, eave and roof beam.
Realization and Technology
The main materials include jade, jade carving, wood carving, gold brick, gold foil and mongolia black stone, which are the traditional materials for ancient royal decoration.
Operation and Interaction
Facing South, the project is composed by multiple courtyards. It adopts the traditional Chinese royal garden-like building structure, which is connected by an axis with three directions as the middle, the east and the west. The functional areas include Chinese banquet hall, multi-function hall, Chinese VIP room, meeting room, etc.
Project Duration and Location
Featured the traditional Chinese royal quadrangle courtyard, Deyun Honey Sweet Hotel is located in the hereditary land of Hao Ge who is the eldest son of Huang Taiji in Qing Dynasty. It is completed in August 2016.
Specifications
With a total area of 30,000 square meters, it is the largest private quadrangle courtyard in China at present. The Chinese banquet hall can accommodate 120 guests, and it connected with a bamboo lane and the courtyard landscape. The tea room is in a strong cultural atmosphere, where there are Chinese paintings hanging on the wall, telling the traditional Chinese cultural stories. In the west of the project, there is a kaleidoscope-like wine cellar. Up along the stairs, 6,699 bottles of wine from all around the world are displayed on the shelves.
Keywords
hospitality, interior design, oriental, traditional, banquet

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