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Urbn Hotel

Add: 183 Jiaozhou Lu, near Beijing Xi Lu 膠州路183號, 近北京西路
Tel: 5172 1300
Website: www.urbnhotels.com
Visited: Nov 2011

After lunch at Downstairs, I got a quick tour of the penthouse suite at the Urbn Hotel, a sustainable project developed from a renovated factory warehouse. The hotel’s interiors are made with 100% local sourced and recycled materials, and energy-efficient technologies and heating and cooling systems are installed throughout the establishment. Here are some snapshots, starting with the reception area:

The back wall is constructed from 25 suitcases, all collected from the Dongtai Lu antiques market. What’s the story behind each suitcase? Makes you wonder.

And the penthouse suite:

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