“The hotel that Melbourne needs”

Design comes to the fore at Melbourne Place, as it is now known. Previously a lacklustre, meagre structure, today’s interpretation brings to mind an Art Deco site that has withstood the maelstrom of time and transience. Shepherded by the concrete jungle of Melbourne CBD, “Melbourne Place came from an original idea by Josh Taylor for an independent hotel in Melbourne – as he described it – the hotel that Melbourne needs,” says Patrick Kennedy, Found Partner at Kenned