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House of GodsHouse of Gods · Canary Wharf · 21 September 2026

House of Gods brings Orient Express cabins and a Versailles bedchamber to Canary Wharf

The Edinburgh and Glasgow brand that treats every guest as famous opens its biggest hotel yet on Eden Dock, with a rooftop garden bar and canopy-bed suites.

The Derby London CityThe Derby London City · The City · May 2026

A leopard in a bowler hat guards the old bank on Great Tower Street

The Derby turns a former City bank into a Curio Collection hotel, with AvroKO interiors, a brass Treasury Wall and a stained-glass bar facing the St Dunstan in the East garden.

Hôtel LiliHôtel Lili · Beverly Hills · April 2026

Hôtel Lili is a 1939 Beverly Hills house with a velvet-curtained bar and no restaurant

Palisociety's Avi Brosh dresses a three-storey private residence behind The Peninsula in crimson drapery, stripes and wallpapered ceilings.

The ValorianThe Valorian · West Hollywood · April 2026

The Mondrian is now The Valorian, and the 30-foot doors stay on the Sunset Strip

Hilton's Curio Collection takes over a Sunset Strip landmark with an Agam, Starck and Gerber past, an Alice in Wonderland rooftop and Casa Madera downstairs.

Hotel Indigo London K WestHotel Indigo London K West · Shepherd's Bush · March 2026

Hotel Indigo swaps the K West's fringed chandeliers for terrazzo in a former BBC building

Relaunched in March 2026, Kensington House in Shepherd's Bush gets a 1970s palette, Roberts radios and a wood-fired pizza kitchen called Flock.

The AnthemThe Anthem · Inglewood · February 2026

The Anthem wraps its Inglewood pool in a soundwave and gives every season its own suite

A refreshed 1961 hotel on West Century Boulevard, steps from the Intuit Dome and a short walk from SoFi Stadium, with a rooftop stage, Tom's Watch Bar and themed suites.

The NewmanThe Newman · Fitzrovia · 1 February 2026

The Newman dresses Fitzrovia's history in bangle bedposts, with a rooftop sauna for the penthouse

Kinsfolk & Co's first hotel, designed by Lind + Almond at 50 Newman Street, takes its bathroom tiles from a neighbouring façade and its bedposts from Nancy Cunard's bangles.

Cameo Beverly HillsCameo Beverly Hills · Beverlywood · 26 January 2026

Cameo Beverly Hills gives every room a balcony and the tower a Peruvian-Japanese kitchen

The 1965 tower on Beverwil Drive, once Mr. C, reopens as Hilton's Cameo with Premier interiors, a Nikkei restaurant called Zampo and a 12th-floor ballroom deck.

Sir Devonshire SquareSir Devonshire Square · Spitalfields · September 2025

Sir Devonshire Square fills a warehouse of the East India Company's trade with Bauhaus colour

Samuel Wright of Maison 191 dresses the brick courtyard hotel in Anni Albers-inspired geometry, with a lobby wine bar and a shop of local makers.

Templeton GardenTempleton Garden · Earl's Court · April 2025

In Earl's Court, seven Victorian houses finally turn round to face their garden

Miiro's first British hotel adds a conservatory-style glass extension by Holland Harvey, interiors by Thurstan and a hand-painted garden mural by Tess Newall.

AC Hotel PasadenaAC Hotel Pasadena · Pasadena · 1 April 2025

The AC Hotel Pasadena hides its driveway and hands Colorado Boulevard to a lounge and a library

Pasadena's first ground-up hotel in nearly four decades rises in Playhouse Village on the Rose Parade route, with a sixth-floor rooftop from the team behind Yamashiro.

Regent Santa Monica BeachRegent Santa Monica Beach · Santa Monica · October 2024

A 300,000-tile octopus sprawls across the floor of Regent's Santa Monica flagship

The former Loews on Ocean Avenue is now Regent Santa Monica Beach, with AvroKO brass arches, Michael Mina's Orla and a Guerlain spa with its own champagne room.

Park Hyatt London River ThamesPark Hyatt London River Thames · Nine Elms · 8 October 2024

Park Hyatt arrives in Nine Elms with William Morris walls and a Cantonese tea trolley

Super Potato's English interiors fill the lower floors of a Kohn Pedersen Fox tower, with Yú Gé's Hakkasan-trained head chef cooking above the river.

Hyde London CityHyde London City · Farringdon · September 2024

Beneath a Victorian hotel opposite the Old Bailey, Hyde has hidden a Tokyo-style record bar

Studio Moren restores the 1874 Spiers & Pond building at 15 Old Bailey, with Timorous Beasties wallpaper upstairs and Turkish cooking by Selin Kiazim at street level.

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