Reimaging the romance of an era of glamour travel, this hotel transports guests into a highly crafted interior imbued with quiet luxury. Lofty public spaces, including an external courtyard with planting and active water elements, are appointed around the elliptical plan form, with a 12-storey atrium providing immediate drama at the entry. Here the architects have referenced the natural world with 18 abstracted floating two-metre high pōhutukawa leaves. A bespoke and seductive interior that evokes a grand age of travel.