Boutique Hospitality Finds a Home in Beijing: VUE Hotel by Ministry of Design

In 2017, we’ve seen more cross-pollination than ever among markets – contract, residential, hospitality, retail, healthcare – all of the above and more are blending in ways that both excite and complicate work in interior design and architecture. Just as the residential trend in workplace design has provided a specific type of experience in the workplace, hospitality brings its own bundle of desired experiences – ones that people of every demographic, at any job, and in any location want. In 2018, officeinsight plans to bring to our readers more of this crossover between hospitality and workplace design. In the meantime, a boutique hotel project in Beijing, China, caught our eye for its cocktail of one part local, one part whimsy, one part contemporary; but more than that, it is all parts full-on “experience.” The hyper local, boutique hospitality trend has already infiltrated western markets, but its just now finding its …