The Dorchester may be one of London's top hotels but, like most of its upper-crust rivals, it screams "old people" the minute you walk through the door. Aware that some young people can also afford to stay in a top-end hotel, the Dorchester decided it wanted to fill this gap in the market. When a tired sixties' office block came up next door, it engaged New York architect and interior designer The Office of Thierry W Despont and Londonbased executive architect Paul Davis + Partners, and seized the opportunity. "The brief was that it had to be the hotel of choice for the younger generation of the world's 100 richest families, so it had to be modern and fresh," explains Andrew Davidson, managing partner for Paul Davis & Partners.
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机译：多切斯特也许是伦敦最顶级的酒店之一，但是，就像大多数上层竞争对手一样，当您走进大门时，它就会向“老人”们大喊大叫。意识到有些年轻人也可以负担得起高档酒店的费用，多切斯特酒店决定要填补这一市场空白。当一个疲惫的六十年代办公楼隔壁出现时，它聘请了纽约建筑师和室内设计师蒂埃里·德·斯蓬特办公室和伦敦执行建筑师保罗·戴维斯+合伙人，抓住了这次机会。 Paul Davis＆Partners的执行合伙人安德鲁·戴维森（Andrew Davidson）解释说：“简而言之，它必须成为全球100个最富有家庭的年轻一代的首选酒店，所以它必须具有现代感和新鲜感。”
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