(Hospitality project)
A former shipping office on the harbour, turned into forty warm, layered guest rooms that feel more like a private house than a hotel.
Location
Gothenburg, Sweden
Size
40 rooms
Duration
9 months
Year
2023
(01)
The brief
The building had high ceilings, tall windows and a cold, corporate interior. The owners wanted a hotel locals would use too — a bar people linger in, rooms that feel personal, and nothing that looks like it came from a catalogue.
Guest room, lounge, corner suite and the library bar.
Photography — Elin Berg
(02)
The approach
We kept the original panelling and painted it deep green, layered velvet, oak and aged brass, and lit every room low and warm. The lobby became a library bar, and each floor got its own palette so no two corridors feel the same.
(03) Key spaces
Room by room.
Three rooms that changed the most — and why.
Lounge
120 m²
Deep chairs, panelled walls and lamps on every table — busy at breakfast, quiet by ten.
Guest rooms
22–34 m²
Velvet headboards, blackout linen and a reading light on both sides of the bed.
Library bar
64 m²
The old reception desk, rebuilt as a bar under shelves of books and glassware.
(04) Materials
Five materials, warm at night.
Darker tones and soft textures that glow under low light.
Smoked oak
Floors & bar
Green marble
Bathrooms
Painted panelling
Walls
Velvet
Headboards & chairs
Aged brass
Lamps & fittings
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Guests ask where they can buy the lamps. Locals come in for the bar and stay for dinner.
Lars Engström — Owner, Hotel Ostra
(05) Credits
Interior design
Interiora Studio
Architect
Ek & Holm Arkitekter
Joinery
Göteborgs Snickeri
Lighting
Atelier Lys
Photography
Elin Berg
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