Three Purcell hotel projects awarded MICHELIN Keys

The first One, Two, and Three Key hotels have now been announced, and we are proud to share that three Purcell hotel projects have made the initial list, including two out of a total 14 Three Key hotels – the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park and Ballyfin Demense.  

As architects and lead design consultants for the renovation and refurbishment of the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, we were thrilled to hear judges call it ‘astonishingly luxurious’ and praise the ‘elegant and traditional’ rooms combined with modern infrastructure and ‘huge, luxurious bathrooms’.  

A world apart from the Mandarin Oriental is Ireland’s Ballyfin Demense, a Regency country house set in 614 acres of parkland and woodland, restored and transformed by Purcell into a luxury hotel. The MICHELIN Key selection team commended the restoration, commenting ‘And if the exterior is a pitch-perfect restoration, worthy of a 19th-century period film, the interiors are a contemporary-classic evolution of the house’s original style, an opulent fantasy to rival any country-house hotel you could name’. 

Part of the esteemed Dorchester Collection, Coworth Park in Berkshire has been awarded two MICHELIN Keys. Purcell was commissioned to design the eco-luxury spa, discreetly woven into the hotel’s grounds – we were therefore especially pleased to hear it described as ‘the most stylish space of all’ and ‘a modern glass-fronted architectural marvel’.