Life 'from versace'

"Palazzo Versace" on the Gold Coast of Australia

Passing the gallery

Text: Maria Kriger

Magazine: Hotels of the world N11 (56) 2001

Clothing, accessories, jewelry, furniture and watches are the incomplete "commodity minimum" of the House of Versace. Recently this list was added with another name - Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast in Australia Gold Coast is the tourist mecca of Australia. If you express this idea in the language of numbers, you get something like the following. In this part of the continent there are 29 national parks and wildlife reserves. 245 days a year there is clear weather, at which daytime temperatures do not fall below 22 ° C. Palazzo - one of the latest projects of Donatella Versace - was created as the "crown of creation" of the Versace Empire. In addition to the standard requirements in such cases, such as exclusivity, comfort and respectability, another condition was to be met in the Palazzo project: it must be fulfilled “in the spirit” of Versace. Before starting work, architect Soheil Abedian spent a lot of time studying the history of art in the 16th and 18th centuries, studying the "laws of luxury" from baroque, renaissance and classicism. In fact, luxury and sophistication live in the very word "palazzo": if a hotel or a hotel can coexist with epithets run-down or provincial, the palazzo is "by definition" put on a chic look and a royal "posture." The mosaic floor in the hotel is made only of precious marble, specially brought from Italy. These exquisite stone paintings are reminiscent of the glorious times of the Italian Renaissance, when the words "Italian" and "excellent" were synonymous. We can safely say that every accessory, the decor element of the Palazzo is exclusive. Furniture selected from the Versace home collection or specially designed by the company’s designers for hotel interiors; unique bronze lamps inlaid with crystal and enamel; porcelain sets made to order - every detail of the interior serves to create true “Versace” comfort. Palazzo windows overlook the coastal strip: soft warm sand, azure sea, white yachts, peacefully swaying on the waves. Restaurants and bars, ready to satisfy the most demanding taste, elite tennis courts, boat trips ... A real paradise for sybarites. However, if the guests suddenly become bored with this realm of bliss and comfort for some reason, in just thirty minutes this “inconvenience” can be eliminated: a small car trip into the mainland - and the picture changes dramatically. Hinterland (literally - an area located in the depths of the country, far from civilization) - part of the mainland, which is mainly occupied by a "wild" national park. Storm forests, mountain villages with homemade distilleries, museums of folk crafts - lovers of "educational leisure" here, too, do not have to complain about the boredom and lack of attractions. So if a wealthy madcap decides to organize life "from Versace", there will be no problems.

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