Stay at the Mondrian Next Time You're in Singapore

Mondrian opened on Duxton Hill in July 2023 as the brand’s first Asian property. The hotel’s check-in level opens onto Tracey Emin’s neon work I Longed for You, with additional art throughout the building. The design draws on Hollywood DNA from the original Los Angeles Mondrian while partnering with Singapore’s DP Architects to create a contemporary reworking of traditional shophouses. The property offers 12 storeys, 302 rooms, and five Shophouse Suites. Art is curated by The Artling, featuring works by Ian Davenport, Dawn Ng, André Wee, and a six-metre KAWS bronze. Rooms include bleached timber floors, curated amenities, and floor-to-ceiling windows framing Chinatown and the CBD. Breakfast is served at Bottega di Carna with a wide buffet of Eastern and Western options, pastries, juices, and fruit.

"Check-in is on the third floor and the lift opens onto Tracey Emin's I Longed for You, a neon work running across one wall of Bottega di Carna, the hotel's Italian restaurant. It's the first piece of art you see. The building has plenty more."

"The original Mondrian opened in Los Angeles in 1996, so the Hollywood DNA is baked in whilst still being rooted in Singapore. LA's Studio Carter worked with Singapore's DP Architects on a building that responds to its setting. Twelve storeys, 302 rooms, and five Shophouse Suites rework traditional Singaporean shophouses into something contemporary."

"The art collection is curated by The Artling, with works by Ian Davenport in reception, Dawn Ng in the lobby, and a pink piece by André Wee on the wall of nearly every guest room. There's also a six-metre KAWS bronze called What Party at the Craig Road entrance, on the far side of the underpass. You won't see it pulling up by taxi. You'll stumble on it on the way out, which is half the point."

"The Signature King is compact but well thought out. Bleached timber floors, muted tones, a cloud-shaped bronze minibar that doubles as a sculpture, Malin+Goetz in the bathroom, Lavazza on the counter. The floor-to-ceiling window pulls the whole of Chinatown into the room, with shophouse rooftops in the foreground and the CBD glass behind. A Mondrian tiffin tin of local kueh waits on the desk on arrival."

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