Rottet Studio’s Headquarters in downtown Houston is featured in the spring 2010 issue of Downtown magazine. See the article here.
The cozy, chic banquette at The Surrey Hotel’s Bar Pleiades was the lead shot for Food & Wine’s “Go List 100: Best New Food & Drink Experiences.” Get your copy on newsstands now!
Rottet Studio took home 2 of the 3 Interior Architecture Awards presented by the Houston Chapter of the AIA at a dinner on March 25th. The winning projects were Artis Capital in San Francisco and Gulf South Pipeline in Houston.
The February issue of Interior Design magazine includes an 8-page spread on The Surrey Hotel. The article describes the latest Upper East Side’s new luxury boutique as “a classic, firmly rooted in tradition, yet with contemporary touches.” See the article here.
The Surrey Hotel was featured in the March issue of Hospitality Design magazine. The beautiful and luxurious Surrey Spa makes an inviting cover. See the article here.
The Surrey Hotel Featured in Vanity Fair Magazine. Click here to see full article.
According to Time Out New York’s Eat Out Awards 2010: Critics’ Choice, Bar Pleiades at The Surrey Hotel is the best instant classic since the Chanel suit. Read more here.
2008 Solutia “Doc” Award
The Rottet Studio design team of Lauren Rottet, FAIA, IIDA, Kelie Mayfield and Anja Majkic were acknowledged in the August 2009 issue of Interior Design magazine for their award-winning carpet design for A Global Management Consulting Firm in Houston.
MidFirst Bank in Interior Design:
Rottet Studio was featured in the October 2009 issue of Interior Design magazine for the MidFirst Private Bank project in Scottsdale. To view the article click here.
April 21, 2010Friends & Colleagues,Things are moving quickly in 2010 and I am pleased to share some exciting news and updates as we complete our second year as Rottet Studio.I recently had the honor of serving as a juror for the 2010 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards. It was an exciting and inspiring process and I am looking forward to the awards presentation later this year.Earlier this month, I joined a list of distinguished design professionals sharing our experiences in hospitality design at the New York Design Center’s “Check-In to 200 Lex” Hospitality Day withInterior Design magazine.If you are in Houston today, I invite you to attend a lecture I will present on contemporary product design to kick off the new Design Fair 2010 benefitting Lawndale Art Center. Join me at Decorative Center Houston on Wednesday, April 21 at 7 PM.…and I still manage to find time to sink into the exciting new projects we have on the boards!Sincerely,Lauren Rottet, FAIA, IIDA
Though exhibitions focusing on design are popping up everywhere, the context in which a new one in Houston, Texas appears, marks a significant development.'Imperative Design', a display of one-off designs by seven pioneering designers, is part of an initiative in Houston's art district to expand the notion that design and art can be appreciated with the same principles.The exhibition was curated by architect and industrial designer Lauren Rottet and brings together the work of Mark Holmes, Zaha Hadid, Arik Levy, Ross Lovegrove, Greg Lyn and David Mocarski alongside her own designs.Rottet explains her impetus, 'Imperative Design connotes the inevitability and importance of reaching a point today in which everyone has access to modern furnishings, but explicitly rejects the idea of disposable, throwaway objects, providing us with more sustainable means for living.'Rottet's reference to sustainability is certainly true and an under-lauded offshoot of design art; we wouldn't readily dispose of a Zaha Hadid chaise or a gold-plated Established & Sons task lamp simply because it didn't fit with that season's colour scheme. But what we find more interesting is the notion that Houston's Barbara Davis Gallery, one of Texas art galleries, has opened its doors to displaying design in the same way as it would art.