Cape Town's Gorgeous George hotel exhibits the best of local design says interior architect Tristan du Plessis, in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards.
Gorgeous George, which was named Hotel of the Year at the 2019 AHEAD Middle East and Africa hospitality awards, is a 36-room renovation of a pair of historic buildings in downtown Cape Town, South Africa.
The project was the most heavily-awarded hotel at the ceremony, also taking home awards in the Renovation, Restoration & Conversion, Suite and Visual Identity categories.
Gorgeous George was named Hotel of the Year at the AHEAD MEA awards 2019
Located in downtown Cape Town, Gorgeous George is a boutique hotel designed for both visitors and locals to enjoy, according to du Plessis. "We set out to create an urban hotel, a hotel that became the lounge for the local neighbourhood," he says in the video interview, which was filmed by Dezeen in Dubai on the day of the awards ceremony.
"It's new to South Africa to have a hotel culture where people will meet at a bar in a hotel," he continued. "You get to live outside of the bubble of a curated South African experience, and you get to engage on ground level with people in Cape Town."
Gorgeous George is a boutique hotel in downtown Cape Town, South Africa
The project is a renovation of two heritage buildings, which were combined to form Gorgeous George by South African architecture studio Urbane Citizen.
Du Plessis designed the interi...