B+H CHIL Design Contributes to Canada’s first Aboriginal Boutique Hotel

B+H CHIL Design Contributes to Canada’s first Aboriginal Boutique Hotel

Apr 6, 2014  | Architecture 

B+H CHIL Design Contributes to Canada’s first Aboriginal Boutique Hotel
(Photo by: B+H)

B+H CHIL Design is collaborating with First Nations artist Clifton Fred to design several rooms in Skwáchays Lodge, Canada’s first Aboriginal boutique hotel.

The firm joins five others working with Aboriginal artists to create the Vancouver hotel’s 18 guestrooms, which will each feature indigenous artwork – including original carvings, blankets and paintings – centred on a particular theme.

B+H CHIL Design and Clifton Fred are designing three distinct guestrooms for the Skwáchays Lodge – one with a poem concept, one with a Canadiana concept, and one with a collage concept.

Located near Vancouver’s Chinatown, the Lodge is part of the Vancouver Native Housing Society (VNHS) complex, which opened in 2012 with an art gallery, social housing units and 24 healing lodge suites. Originally designed to offer accommodation to out-of-town Aboriginal patients receiving treatment in Vancouver, 18 of the 24 suites were later reconceived as hotel rooms in response to lower-than-anticipated demand for the healing lodge. The rooms have proven very popular with tourists looking for unique accommodation. Now, the VNHS is looking to transform the suites into a unique showcase of First Nations art.

Having worked for some of the leading hospitality brands and various boutique hotel properties, B+H CHIL Design has great experience creating distinctive interiors that enhance a traveler’s experience. We are excited about this opportunity to work with Clifton, a Crow from the great Tlingit Tribe, to convey a sense of his rich culture.

At B+H, we value giving back to the communities we live and work in around the world. B+H CHIL Design is happy to be volunteering our time on this project to support the Vancouver Native Housing Society. The non-profit will be using revenue generated from the high-end hotel to help fund their other initiatives.

While the Lodge isn’t set to open until May, the project has already received a lot of press coverage, with short features in the Vancouver Sun and the Province, on the Inside Vancouver blog, in Boutique Design magazine, and in the Los Angeles Times.

Via B+H
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