At One Hotel — Suzhou, China

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One of the bedroom in At One Hotel
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The idea of a mixed-use development – so ubiquitous today as centrally located prime real estate become an increasingly precious commodity – has been given full-throttled expression along the edge of Suzhou’s Yangcheng Lake, an easy hour’s drive west of Shanghai. 

Sprawling over 46 acres and costing a hefty $300m, the Sangha features the full complement of family residences, apartments, medical facilities, and childhood-learning centre, all designed by a crack team of designers including Gensler, Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, and Margaret Sullivan Studio. 

Taking centre-stage is the At One Hotel. Designed by Tsao & McKown, who also did the Sangha’s masterplan, the 72-room, three-storey hotel tracks the shoreline of Yangcheng Lake with views of the 6th-century Buddhist Chongyuan Temple. 

Serenity seeps around every corner, the designers furnishing the interiors with tactile Dedon furniture, ceramics and wooden sculptures, reclaimed timber and recycled stone, while the all-white interiors of the rooms – some boasting captivating lake views from the tub – are bathed in light and kitted out with Vola fixtures. 

The first-floor wellness centre is a vast pleasure dome of onsen, watsu massages, hammam pool, salt cave sauna and Kneipp walks. If none of that works out all the kinks, adjourn to the Medical Clinic for its TCM treatments. 

Hotel Room way

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Hotel Living room with sitting area

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At One Hotel Interior

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At One Hotel Outside view

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At One Hotel outside area and enterance

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199 Yangcheng Ring Road
Yangcheng Island
Suzhou

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Daven Wu

Daven Wu is the Singapore Editor at Wallpaper*. A former corporate lawyer, he has been covering Singapore and the neighbouring South-East Asian region since 1999, writing extensively about architecture, design, and travel for both the magazine and website. He is also the City Editor for the Phaidon Wallpaper* City Guide to Singapore.