Dezeen promotion: built within a secret garden and surrounded by forest, the Aman Kyoto designed by the late Singapore-based architect Kerry Hill was crowned Hotel of the Year at this week's AHEAD Asia awards.
Following on from last week's MEA awards ceremony in Dubai, AHEAD ? which stands for the Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design ? revealed its Asia 2021 winners during a virtual awards ceremony. The event celebrates striking new hospitality projects from across Asia.
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This year, Japanese hotels were particularly successful with The Aman Kyoto taking home the prestigious AHEAD Asia Hotel of the Year award, as well as an award for the best resort.
Part of the Aman resorts group ? a Swiss-headquartered multinational hospitality company that has 33 resorts, hotels and private residences in 20 countries ? the Aman Kyoto is built in a secret garden at the centre of a forest and a stone's throw away from the golden Kinkaku-ji Temple. The lobby ad public spaces at the Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono
It was renowned Australian architect Kerry Hill's final project for Aman before he passed away in 2018.
The judges praised the hotel for its simplicity and the way it seamlessly blends into its surrounding environment. The panel described it as "an exceptional creation that has embraced and enhanced the existing forest garden where it is located".
The Aman Kyoto Resort is surrounded by forest
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