Architecture studio Red Deer carried out an understated overhaul of a centuries-old mansion near Hertfordshire, England to form the Birch hotel, which is designed to challenge the idea of luxury.
Birch is set on a 55-acre estate in the English town of Cheshunt, occupying a heritage-listed brick mansion that dates back to 1763.
Red Deer has designed the Birch hotel in Cheshunt with slightly stripped back guest rooms The 140-room hotel is the brainchild of entrepreneur Chris King and former managing director of London's Ace Hotel, Chris Penn, with interiors by architecture studio Red Deer.
While respecting the grandiose nature of the mansion, the studio wanted Birch to shift perceptions of luxury hotels.
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