曼谷柏悦酒店

曼谷不是一个安静的城市，但柏悦酒店的屋顶，一个被摩天大楼包围的使馆区绿洲，可能是整个首都最安静的地方。柏悦酒店在曼谷使馆区的边，新开业的建筑占据了由伦敦的AL_A公司设计的镜面结构的上层，像一条蛇一样向上卷起，达到一个独特的滑雪跳点，从半个城市之外看，和从下面看一样令人震撼。

Bangkok isn’t a quiet city, but the rooftop of the Park Hyatt, an embassy-district oasis surrounded by skyscrapers, may be the most peaceable spot in the whole of the capitalThe Park Hyatt, newly opened on the edge of Bangkok’s embassy district, occupies the upper floors of a mirror-clad structure, designed by London-based AL_A, that curls up and around like a snake uncoiling upwards, reaching a distinctive ski-jump point which looks as impressive from half the city away as it does from immediately below.

由纽约的Yabu和Pushelberg设计的酒店内部装饰同样令人印象深刻。房间非常宽敞明亮；房间入口处（一侧是办公桌，另一侧是更衣室）的边界由刻有泰国寺庙图像的玻璃屏风划定；巧妙的布局意味着客人可以通过这些玻璃屏风和窗户向外看，形成一种寺庙和摩天大楼叠加的错觉。

The hotel interiors, by New York’s Yabu and Pushelberg, are equally impressive. Rooms are extremely bright and spacious; The boundary between the room’s entryway (with desk on one side and dressing room to the other) is demarcated by glass screens etched with images of Thai temples; clever layout means that you can gaze through these and out the windows, to make a kind of palimpsest superimposing temples and skyscrapers.

餐饮选择包括顶楼酒吧和烧烤店，一个流行的夜总会式的空间，共有三层，有许多私人座位和一个壮观的金属屋顶以及更适合午餐时间的更明亮、更通风的使馆厅。这里的点菜，主菜包括烤章鱼、味噌黑鳕鱼和新西兰羊腿辅以附近储藏室提供的丰富的自助开胃菜和甜点。

Dining options include the Penthouse Bar & Grill – a smart, nightclubby space on three floors with many private seating options and a spectacular metallic roof – and, better for lunchtimes, the brighter, airier Embassy Room. Here anala carte menu – with main courses including grilled octopus, miso black cod, and New Zealand lamb shank – is complemented by an extensive buffet of starters and desserts from the Pantry nearby.

屋顶平台的角度是全天都有阳光的，而且有很多遮阳伞供惧怕阳光的人使用；从无边泳池浅水区的花槽中升起的树木，在太阳被树枝遮挡住之前就已经落下。从游泳池的边缘可以看到前英国大使馆的花园，在树丛中可以看到殖民时代的建筑，以及这个酒店相形见绌的摩天大楼。

The roof deck is angled to be in full sun all day, and there are plenty of parasols for the sunfearing; the trees that rise from planters in the shallow end of the infinity pool are placed in such a way that the sun sets before it can be obscured in their branches. From the edge of the pool there’s a view onto the gardens of the former British Embassy, with colonial-era buildings visible among the trees, and the skyscrapers that this hotel dwarfs.

客厅高高的中庭天花板上悬挂着Hirotoshi Sawada的艺术品，这是一个由黑色细棒组成的华丽的蛇形回旋，有点像比空气更轻的巨大史前生物的化石，它打破了空间的直线，但不影响其亮度。泽田的另一件艺术品悬挂在大楼梯中心的负空间。Pagoda Mirage是一个由无数悬挂着的金轮组成的星座，形状像蘑菇的帽子。

The high atrium ceiling of the Living Room is hung with an artwork by Hirotoshi Sawada, a gorgeous snaking slalom of fine black rods, something like the lighter-than-air fossilised remains of a vast prehistoric creature, that breaks up the straight lines of the space without affecting its brightness. Another artwork by Sawada hangs in the negative space at the centre of the grand staircase: Pagoda Mirage is a constellation of innumerable hanging whorls of gold shaped like the caps of mushrooms.