The Felix
Overlooking Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport at Mascot, the Felix Hotel turns the ‘short stay’ stereotype on its head with design for the ‘digital nomad’ and a nod to the 60s heyday of air travel.
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In the crowded airport hotel market, we thought it essential to carve out a distinct identity in building form and arrival experience. The generic ground-floor reception foyer was literally turned on its head, replaced with a top-floor ‘sky lobby’ – a two-storey glassed reception area, reminiscent of New York’s Boom Boom Room.
Designed with the time-poor modern traveller in mind – a rich and convenient experience close to the airport. Michael Smith, Group Operations Manager at 8hotels
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Guests enjoy a unique vista of the airport’s working runways, while rooms and communal areas gently evoke a mid-century aesthetic, and the golden age of passenger aviation.
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The sky lobby’s articulated rooftop volume is a soaring penthouse space, with views south over Botany Bay to the airport, and north and east to the city.
Designed with the time-poor modern traveller in mind – a rich and convenient experience close to the airport. Michael Smith, Group Operations Manager at 8hotels
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Guests enjoy a unique vista of the airport’s working runways, while rooms and communal areas gently evoke a mid-century aesthetic, and the golden age of passenger aviation.
- Architecture & Interiors Studio Johnston
- Interior Design Space Control
- Builder PBS Building
- Structural Northrop
- Landscape JILA
- Photography Brett Boardman, Tom Ferguson