Rottet Studio's James Royal Palm was shortlisted for Hotel of the Year by the 2013 WAN Awards!

Johnson Downie takes the Houston AIA Honor Award for corporate office!Johnson Downie, a recruiting company for law firms in the Houston area, commissioned Rottet Studio to design a clean, comforting space where they could entertain clients in a social environment. Considering these guidelines and the significant changes in today’s work environment, the Rottet team was forced to rethink the traditional office design standards and approach the design of this project from a more hospitable angle.In an effort to allow guests to become acclimated within the space and not be immediately greeted with a reception desk, Rottet Studio opted to design the project completely void of a reception desk. Instead, visitors enter into the living room and kitchen area where they are greeted and offered refreshments, similar to being greeted as a guest in some one’s home. Knowing that food and drink are key to social interaction in hospitality spaces, the same can be true in a welcoming space in an office. A media lounge was also incorporated into the design to promote social interaction and provide an additional social gathering area.Johnson Downie occupies the 42nd floor of BG Group Place in downtown Houston which offers expansive views of the city. Allowing access to these views was a crucial element in the design process and it was achieved by incorporating glass walls wherever possible. Substituting traditional, solid walls with glass walls not only offers dramatic views, they allow for plenty of natural light throughout the space and better communication amongst employees which promotes a healthier and more efficient work environment.

Surface Magazine takes a look at Lauren Rottet's redesign of the James Royal Palm in their June 2013 issue.

Lauren Rottet's redesign of the James Royal Palm is praised in Interior Design's June 2013 issue."From the entry, Rottet leads guests down a 75-foot-long swath of gleaming white terrazzo, retained per historic preservation ordinance. This apparently endless expanse posed organizational challenges, so Rottet lined both sides with amenities—reception and concierge desks, seating groups, lounges and bars—that encourage stops en route. At the far end, guests emerge into a landscape with two swimming pools and a rustic-chic beach café."Read the full article here.

The Los Angeles Times takes a nod at the new screening room within the United Talent Agency as designed by Rottet Studio."UTA's new offices have been the subject of much discussion in Los Angeles' talent agency circles, but it's the screening room that has piqued the curiosity of agency rivals. The fully digital theater seats 165 people in plush banquettes and has 3-D projection capabilities — technology that the competitors' theaters lack...UTA hired audio-visual consultant Cibola Systems to handle the technical design of the theater. Architecture firm Rottet Studio designed its interior, along with the rest of the new four-story offices. In total, the renovation of the property, formerly the Hilton Hotels Corp. headquarters, cost roughly $30 million."Read the full article here.

The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at the United Talent Agency's new Beverly Hills headquarters, designed by Rottet Studio."For the offices, talent agency UTA brought in international architecture firm Rottet Studio, whose work is split between corporate and hotel projects, including Miami’s new James Royal Palm and New York’s Surrey Hotel. What drew UTA execs is the complex’s indoor-outdoor vibe, featuring courtyard areas, terraces and, now, a Clementine cafe (Pressed Juicery’s potables go quickly) on site. Among the impressed is Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos, who recently dropped by: 'My first impression is that the offices are amazing. They are really elegant and beautifully done.'"The article is available by hard-copy only, but select quotes were taken from Hollywood Reporter's online feature.

Interior Design describes Rottet Studio's work on the United Talent Agency headquarters."It’s a known fact. Talent agencies are as much about image as they are about business. Nowhere is this truer than in entertainment’s epicenter, Los Angeles. Two of the city’s big three agencies already had design-statement headquarters. Creative Artists Agency’s, known around town as the mother ship, is an awe-inspiring work of corporate power construed by Gensler. William Morris Endeavor’s building is a paean to Neil M. Denari Architects’s cutting-edge architectural theory. These descriptions come courtesy of Richard Riveire, principal of Rottet Studio, the firm tapped to put United Talent Agency on a design par with its peers."Read the full article here.

Rottet Studio is featured in the book Corporate Interiors No. 11 by Roger Yee."How do the nation's progressive businesses and institutions give their employees the means to excel in difficult times, with headquarters, regional centers, R&D facilities, law offices and other facilities designed to support optimum working conditions that focus on workflow rather than organizational rank? The answer can be found in Corporate Interiors No. 11. Business leaders and their architects and interior designers will find scores of recently completed projects showcased in 100s of full-color images in the latest volume in the Corporate Interiors series. This book offers an effective means of assessing their options for planning, designing and building state-of-the-art facilities. Many of the nation's most successful and innovative architectural and interior design firms showcase their latest and most important work in Corporate Interiors No. 11 through beautifully reproduced, full-color images and informative editorial by Roger Yee. Nowhere else will the reader find such innovative new facilities serving organizations and staffs with workspaces that their predecessors might scarcely recognize."Purchase the book via Amazon.

Rottet Studio was named as one of the "Top 3 Most Admired Firms in the World" in Interior Design's 2013 "Top 100 Design Giants" issue.

Rottet Studio's St. Regis Aspen was awarded a Gold Key for Best Hotel Design - Resort at the IHMRS 32nd Annual Awards!Click here to see the other finalists and corresponding catagories.