Press Release
Yi He Hotel by Haoran Wan Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Haoran Wan acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ Yi He Hotel by Haoran Wan, designed for Ganzhou Xiangguang Industry, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2025 - 2026 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.
About the Golden A' Design Award
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Yi He Hotel
Yi He is a resort hotel interior located in Wuning, China, with a total area of 14000 square meters. The open plan lobby is reached by steps from the entrance and opens toward distant mountains. A blue carpet with water ripples, wooden tables with pine trees and flowers on glass pillars connect architecture and landscape. A moon gate leads to the lobby bar, where a rhododendron themed screen divides a tea room from the all day dining restaurant. Guest rooms are themed by floor and framed by the surrounding views.
About Haoran Wan
Haoran Wan is a senior expert with a Master's degree in Project Management from the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada. Leveraging his strong professional background and versatile abilities, particularly in civil engineering, he has become a key force driving local modernization and engineering technology innovation. He possesses a systematic approach to project lifecycle management and excels in cross-departmental collaboration and engineering quality control, effectively improving building operational efficiency, engineering standards, and service levels.
Award Record
With this recognition, Haoran Wan is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/180824
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/180824
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!180824
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/378941
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Yi He Hotel
- Function
- Hotel
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Maroon, Dark Slate Gray, Saddle Brown, Indian Red and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ganzhou Xiangguang Industry
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Haoran Wan
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #180824
Credits
- Image Credits
- Haoran Wan
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Ascending the steps from the entrance, the lobby space opens up dramatically, blurring the lines between city life and vacation time. The inclusion of elements like mountain waterfalls, garden views, and the replication of traditional residential aesthetics such as dougong brackets and moon gates, blending Eastern and Western styles, represents a symbiosis between humanity and nature a consistent design philosophy throughout the project.
- Inspiration
- A hotel is often a way to remember a city, because every resort hotel that deeply reflects the local culture and characteristics is a shining star in the city architectural landscape. Let nature take the lead in the design, bringing the scenery into the guest rooms, and using a resort style that resonates with nature to fulfill the inspiration of a city vacation, thus redefining the value and enhancing the hotel brand.
- Research
- The green plants in the white porcelain vase, the blue water patterned painting on the background wall, and the red of the master chair all stand out from the picture, creating a beautiful scene of mountains, water, green trees, and red flowers in Xihai. The island platform with its dougong design, the exquisite porcelain vases and porcelain paintings, and the creative landscape background composed of a celadon porcelain spoon achieve a harmonious integration of lakes, mountains, and culture.
- Challenge
- The diverse guest rooms, themed around different floors, offer unique experiences for guests, making full use of the stunning views outside the windows. This effectively caters to the needs of various groups, including business travelers, vacationers, families, and leisure seekers.
- Realization and Technology
- The marble landscape pattern complements the large leather carving of the Western Sea map on the wall backdrop, directly conveying the beauty of the landscape. The moon gate to the right of the lobby end view is the entrance to the lobby bar, where a rhododendron themed screen separates the lobby bar into a tea room and the all day dining restaurant.
- Operation and Interaction
- The open plan lobby is spacious and airy, with distant mountains in the background, a blue carpet with water ripples, welcoming pine trees on wooden tables, and flowers on glass pillars, creating a natural harmony between architecture and landscape. Near the moon gate is the tea room, where the beige background and light camel colored tea tables and benches create a quiet and comfortable atmosphere.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is located in Wuning, China and was completed in January 2021.
- Specifications
- The total area is 14000 square meters.
- Keywords
- Hotel, Culture, Nostalgic, Historical, Art
