{"id":223675,"date":"2024-03-18T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&p=223675"},"modified":"2024-03-11T10:31:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T14:31:08","slug":"moxy-australian-airport-hotel-by-maed-collective","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/moxy-australian-airport-hotel-by-maed-collective\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay at This Australian Airport Hotel Full of Moxy \u2019Tude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the lobby, Michel Ducaroy Togo lounge chairs, a custom sectional, and tables by Duncan McNally of Concrete Bespoke join an assemblage of custom rugs stitched together on-site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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March 18, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Georgina McWhirter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Justin Nicholas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stay at This Australian Airport Hotel Full of Moxy \u2019Tude<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Airport hotels get a bad rap. But Australia\u2019s inaugural Moxy is a cut above, thanks to Maed. Collective<\/a>, a female-led Toronto firm whose name references the maker movement (and founder Corinne Huard\u2019s daughter, Maggie Mae). The gig was full circle for studio lead Sally Pollock, who perfected the Moxy \u2019tude while at Yabu Pushelberg working on the brand\u2019s New York hotels (Huard is also an alum). But this 32,000-square-foot, 301-key property in Sydney is a room all its own, so to speak. She and project colead Erika van der Pas married Moxy\u2019s signature cheek with an industrial vibe befitting the air-side location, adding a soup\u00e7on of art deco sparked by the heritage storefronts of the surrounding neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Elliott Routledge mural garnishes brick walls surrounding the factory-window-style entry box, with custom steel-and-aluminum chandelier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wrapping around the steel-frame glass-box entry, the brick facade of the 13-story building, by Group GSA<\/a>, was painted by local artist Elliott Routledge n the bold blue and orange colors of cargo containers. Farther in is the Little Baxter caf\u00e9, the bar, and the lounge, where sprawling seating meet an assemblage of custom rugs, each a different neo-deco pattern, pieced together on-site into a single carpet. Tucked at the rear, behind the lobby stairs, is the art house, a flex space and gallery where paintings hang from wall-mounted white-metal scaffolding in a sort of souped-up urban spin on the Victorian picture rail. If atmosphere is the charged space between things, here it\u2019s the ping-pong betwixt vintage objects, regional art, and custom pieces that creates a reassuring homeyness. \u201cNothing feels unapproachable,\u201d van der Pas says. Pollock agrees: \u201cThere\u2019s a subtle intuitiveness to every space.\u201d Resimercial, we\u2019d say, in the current parlance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the lobby, Michel Ducaroy Togo lounge chairs, a custom sectional, and tables by Duncan McNally of Concrete Bespoke join an assemblage of custom rugs stitched together on-site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A M\u00e9lanie Lyon + Ramon Escobosa photograph dominates the art house, a flex\/gallery space tucked behind the lobby stairs; accessories were sourced locally by Marques Interior Services. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Evi O tapestries bring warmth to guest rooms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Airplane runways are visible from some guest rooms, most furnished with custom pieces by Taiwan\u2019s Hadi Hospitality.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The gym, inspired by vintage boxing clubs, features an exposed ceiling painted the vivid pink of Moxy\u2019s logo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the Moxy Sydney Airport by Maed. Collective, painted scaffolding forms an armature for rotating works including a Bec Smith diptych and a Saxon Quinn canvas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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