In a climate emergency, hotel designs need much more than beautiful design. Following the UN’s climate change report released in August, the hospitality industry is under more pressure than ever to improve its approach to ESG. Architects Stéphanie Ledoux and Reda Amalou of French architecture practice AW2 believe environmentally and socially sustainable hotel design cannot be achieved if brands follow their ’spreadsheet’ of standard materials and architecture throughout the world.
