Missoni Hotel Edinburgh
Missoni the name of this prestigious Milan
fashion house conjures up images of a
skilled use of many tones and shades: a
minutely applied, perfectly controlled riot
of colour. Used in tone upon tone and tone
against tone, the Missoni approach to colour
gives its products an unmistakably strong
character of their own that is instantly reco-
gnisable the world over.
Matteo Thun and Partners débuted for Mis-
soni with the commission to design one of
its main flagship boutiques, on New York’s
prestigious Madison Avenue. The method
adopted in exclusive locations all over the
world is now also being applied to create
the very first Missoni Hotel, in Edinburgh.
The quality of the preparatory thinking, the
choice of materials and the final result are
every bit as painstaking as Missoni’s own
selections of colour schemes: the apparent
simplicity of the result merely conceals the
complexity of the process.
In addition to developing a model capable
of being reiterated, with suitable variations,
in a variety of locations all over the world,
in a manner comparable to the philosophy
adopted for the boutiques, the partnership
is currently putting the model into practice
in the interior design, styling and lighting
design in two locations.
In the 8.630 m² building in Edinburgh,
Matteo Thun & Partners are working on 129
rooms, seven suites, the bar, restaurant and
conference facilities.
Architecture as sartorial work: Missonis
colours and lifestyle combined with MTP
is hospitality development expertise.
A clear and flexible idea of hospitality:
repeatable and declinable accordingly to
local habits.
Colour schemes and fabric patterns
to match the location mood and the
functional areas: black, white and silver for
the 129 rooms and 7 suites of the Edinbur-
gh business hotel.
