Hospitality

The Dalmar

Hotel lounge and bar with a sculptural brass leaf chandelier, timber-clad columns, fiddle-leaf figs, white sofas, tall tables and orange bar stools in front of a stained-glass window.

Location

Fort Lauderdale, USA

Category

Hospitality

Client

Wurzak Hotel Group

Press and Awards

Credits

Bob Gundu

In Fort Lauderdale, Fla., USA, The Dalmar, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, offers guests a downtown alternative to the city’s beachside destinations. DesignAgency worked with the Wurzak Hotel Group to conceptualize the brand identity, interiors, and everything from the signage to the flip-flops that can be used throughout your stay. The result: a vibrant and harmonious guest experience that reimagines the hotel as an urban-tropical oasis where business and leisure travellers can mix with local residents to enjoy The Dalmar’s laid back, open-air surroundings.

The interior design takes inspiration from the golden age of American travel and references mid-century modern and classic South Florida style filtered through a contemporary lens.

Hotel lobby with white stone reception desks beside a patterned lattice screen, pink-lit neon artwork, floral-print chairs and round white ottomans holding terrariums.

Double-height lounge with cream armchairs and yellow wicker chairs, framed by sheer curtains and open glass doors that look out to a pool terrace and the city skyline.

Green feature wall with a doorway opening onto a polished corridor leading to a reception desk, with a white stone console, tall plants and a timber ceiling.

Lounge bar with a long pink onyx and glass counter, mustard bar stools, a stained-glass window, cream sofas and floral-print chairs under a timber ceiling.

Café counter with white marble, shelves of products and pendant lights, where blurred staff serve at the far end, with high tables in front and a green garden wall beyond.

Swimming pool in front of a pergola-covered bar with blue stools and a hanging-plant feature wall, below a white hotel tower.

Lounge with large banana plants and fiddle-leaf figs, cream sofas, pale green chairs and a geometric lattice wall hung with colourful framed artworks.

Long lounge and bar with a pink onyx counter, mustard bar stools, floral-print chairs, cream banquette seating and a brass leaf chandelier under a timber ceiling.

Guest room with a white-linen bed, a teal upholstered bench, a taupe armchair and a glass coffee table, beside floor-to-ceiling windows with sheer curtains and a city view.

The Terrace Grill

Our design for this dining space at The Dalmar is inspired by classic bistro style, but updated with an aquatic palette to suit the coastal setting. The interior includes plenty of greenery, plush upholstery, and a calming material palette to create a fresh and breezy urban escape.

Restaurant with a concrete column, blue velvet banquette and chair at a set table, glass globe pendants, a grid of framed prints and an arched mirror doorway.

Restaurant bar with a circular steel gallery of bottles, two crystal chandeliers, pale blue swivel stools and marble tables with teal chairs.

Restaurant dining area with a blue tufted banquette, a round brass-topped table set with glasses, a large ficus tree, globe pendants and blue tiled walls.

Dining room with a navy banquette, blue upholstered chairs at round marble and brass tables, a grid of framed prints and teal lower walls beneath a lit cornice.

Sparrow Rooftop Bar

The Dalmar’s rooftop bar is vibrant, playful and eclectic, blending retro-inspired modern interiors with lush greenery and expansive city views for an unexpected dining and cocktail experience.

Lounge beneath a planted timber trellis, with floor-to-ceiling windows, green, blue and coral sofas, round tables and a terrace beyond.

A colourful abstract mural, black-and-white patterned chairs, round teak tables and a coral pouf.

Terrace with green sofas, black-and-white patterned chairs and round teak tables on lawn, a sea grape tree in a mosaic planter and a view out to the sea.

Dark cocktail bar with a neon-outlined arched back bar, a curved counter with navy stools, burgundy armchairs, a purple sofa and drum-shaped pendant lamps.

The Dalmar

The Terrace Grill

Sparrow Rooftop Bar

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