Where heritage meets modern elegance: a reimagined icon of Sydney’s Art Deco legacy
The Minerva is one of the most iconic examples of Art Deco Architecture in Australia. Sitting empty for many years the reimagined Minerva carefully restores the existing architecture and elevates amenity with three new architectural insertions.
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These form the discrete laneway entrance to the hotel, additional rooms gently resting above the historic theatre and penthouse apartments capitalising the incredible vista of the city of Sydney. The interior brings together a myriad of eclectic dualities working in harmony; respecting the context while striking a pose. Heritage details are underpinned by elevated, sensuous materiality, threaded through with evocative storytelling and a flair for the dramatic inspired by the goddess herself. This hotel is the embodiment of a thousand works; always familiar, always changing. A contemporary cultural venue that feels distinctly of Sydney, but also the world.
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“The Minerva is an art deco icon – a historic performance space reimagined to exist as part of Sydney’s future heritage. Whether crafted or procured, every element was integrated with an empathetic lens on the historical lineage of the site.”
THE FLY TOWER
Step backstage into a dreamy scene for the artistic, the effervescent, the eclectic. Playful and surreal; brimming with the magical alchemy between story and experience.
The flytower plays into the theatrical expression with dramatic tromp loeil scenes allowing guests to be immersed in the backstage retreat.
THE RESIDENCES
Warm, eclectic spaces that pay homage to the character and colour of this neighbourhood’s creative mecca heyday. A beautifully contemporary refuge pairing restraint with opulence, Art Deco flair with Sydney sophistication.
THE LOFTS
Soaring spaces channeling all the glamour and grandeur of the silver screen. An ethereal escape of elegance and dramatic. The entrance lined in gloss timber accommodates the lounge that resonates with the ambience of the theatre with light emanating from listed projection penetrations.
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