Damien Hirst creates $100,000-per-night hotel suite in Las Vegas

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在甲醛中静止的鲨鱼，绘制着巨大药丸图案的墙面，和有着蝴蝶图案的地板等待着入住这家高级酒店的客人，而这家酒店是英国艺术家Damien Hirst为拉斯维加斯的棕榈树赌场度假村所做的精心设计。

Sharks suspended in formaldehyde, graphics of oversized pills and flooring patterned with butterflies await high-rolling guests staying in this hotel suite, which British artist Damien Hirst has designed for the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.



占据度假村两层楼的酒店套房面积共9,000平方英尺（836平方米），可供度假村中消费超过100万美元（758,890英镑）的客人免费使用，或者游客也可以花费200,000美元（151,753英镑）入住两晚。

Available for free for guests with over $1 million (￡758,890) in credit at the resort, or anyone else that can splash out $200,000 (￡151,753) for a two-night stay, Hirst's Empathy Suite spans 9,000 square feet (836 square metres) and occupies two storeys within the Palms.







套房设有两间主卧室和一个俯瞰拉斯维加斯大道的悬臂式室外游泳池，酒店中还有可容纳50人的多间休息室、按摩室、盐疗室、健身房、两间浴室和化妆间。

该套房由Hirst与纽约公司Bentel&Bentel Architects以及作为记录者的当地公司Klai Juba Wald Architects合作设计。

The suite offers two master bedrooms and a cantilevered outdoor pool overlooking the Las Vegas Strip, along with numerous lounges that can fit over 50 people, massage rooms, a salt relaxation room, a gym, two bathrooms and a powder room.
The suite was designed by Hirst in collaboration with New York firm Bentel & Bentel Architects, and local firm Klai Juba Wald Architects as the architect of record.



Hirst的风格几乎覆盖酒店的各个方面，从装有他设计的家具和纺织品到六件原创大型艺术品。最引人注目的是两只悬在甲醛中的牛鲨，这件艺术品的名字为“王者/败者（Winner / Loser）”。

其他关于鱼的设计还有一个有12张椅子的酒吧，名为“及时行乐” （Here For A Good Time Not a Long Time），以及一个半透明的柜子，里面装满了名为Monet的药丸，旁边是一个六人餐桌。另一个艺术感的小房间充满了立方氧化锆宝石，名为“胜者为王”（The Winner Takes It All）。

Hirst's touches appear in nearly every aspect of the hotel room, from furniture and textiles that incorporate his designs, to six large-scale original artworks. The most dramatic involves two bull sharks suspended in formaldehyde in a white tank, called Winner/Loser.
Others include a fish design above a 12-chair bar, named Here For A Good Time Not a Long Time, and a translucent cabinet filled with pills titled Monet, next to a six-person dining table. Another cabinet, The Winner Takes It All, is filled with cubic zirconias gems.





白色的镀铬饰面为室内带来现代感。在整个室内空间中，墙壁上，家具上和室内装潢上都可以找到数百个头骨、药丸和蝴蝶的装饰和刺绣图案。

例如，大理石地板和泳池阳台上装有104颗石蝴蝶和17颗镶嵌药丸。

White and chrome finishes lend a contemporary feel to the interiors. Throughout, hundreds of stencilled and embroidered motifs of skulls, pills and butterflies can be found on walls, furniture and upholstery.
For example, 104 stone butterflies and 17 inlaid pills are incorporated into the marble floors and the pool deck.





“在这几个月里，我们与Damien团队一起完成了工作，”来自Bentel & Bentel公司的Peter Bentel说道。 “一起发现这些设计元素是游戏的本质，增加“药丸”的剂量又有何不可呢？”

酒店中可以看到许多类似处方药的设计，例如浴室中如药丸般的凳子顶部和装饰医疗废物的吧台弧形台面。

"Over the course of a few months, we explored with Damien's team every opportunity for the intersection of our work and Damien's," said Peter Bentel of Bentel & Bentel. "Uncovering those opportunities together was the essence of play with an added dose of 'why not?'"
A host of prescription-like designs are visible, such as pill-like stool tops in a bathroom and a curved countertop at the bar filled with medical waste.



两百个药品形状的乙烯基贴花在套房的外部和内部排列，而发光的白色柱子的半透明薄膜上设有胶囊设计。

药片参考Hirst在伦敦Newport画廊的药房餐厅内部，Hirst在Caruso St John翻新的一排前工业大楼内开设了这家餐厅。

Two hundred vinyl appliques shaped like drugs also line the exterior and interiors of the suite, while glowing white columns have capsule designs on translucent film. The references to pills echo the interiors the Pharmacy restaurant at Hirst's Newport Street Gallery in London, which he opened within a row of former industrial buildings refurbished by Caruso St John..





酒店中属于棕榈树赌场度假村的五个空中别墅，所有这些都被Bentel & Bentel公司重新想象。套房价格从每晚25,000美元（18,969英镑）到50,000美元（37,938英镑）不等，是世界上最昂贵的酒店之一。

The Empathy Suite joins Palms Casino Resort's five other Sky Villas, all of which have been completely re-imagined by Bentel & Bentel. Ranging from $25,000 (￡18,969) to $50,000 (￡37,938) per night, the suites are some of the most expensive accommodation options in the world.



度假村在去年进行了大规模的翻新工作后重新开放，其中添加了Jean-Michel Basquiat，Andy Warhol和Takashi Murakami等人的艺术品。

“我喜欢Frank和Lorenzo Fertitta对度假村的所作所为，” Hirst说。 “能与他们合作真是太棒了，因为他们是完全理解艺术的伟大收藏家。”

The Palms reopened last year following extensive renovation work, which involved adding art by names including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol and Takashi Murakami.
"I love what Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta have done with the Palms," said Hirst. "It's amazing being able to work with them because they are great collectors and totally understand art."



这位英国艺术家以极其奢华的流行文化设计而闻名——从著名的甲醛动物池到用钻石镶嵌的头骨。

2018年，Hirst在伦敦苏荷区附近的新总部被建筑工作室Stiff + Trevillion用彩虹蓝砖重新设计。

图源由Palms Casino Resort提供。

The British artist is known for his lavish, pop culture-related designs – from his famous formaldehyde-preserved animals to diamond-encrusted skulls.
In 2018, Hirst's new headquarters in London's Soho neighbourhood was redesigned with iridescent blue bricks by architecture studio Stiff + Trevillion.
Photography is courtesy of Palms Casino Resort.