After three a long time at their unique workplace, Design Hotels has made a giant transfer to their new headquarters in Berlin. The top-floor area, designed by rising native studio RHO, sits inside AXIS—a newly constructed city hub in a former industrial space close to Ostkreuz station.
RHO made the a lot of the bones they needed to work with. Five-metre-high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling home windows wrap across the area, flooding it with gentle and giving 360-degree views throughout town. The format is cut up into 4 zones: a central neighborhood space, workplace area, cafeteria, and inventive studio.
“Our new headquarters reflects the spirit and values of Design Hotels in every detail,” says Stijn Oyen, Managing Director of Design Hotels. “RHO understood our vision from the start, translating it into a stunning environment that inspires creativity and fosters connection for our team and the wider Design Hotels community.”
Harnessing Materiality & Light: LES Berlin by RHO.
Designed to be a extremely versatile occasion location, LES Berlin is the sort of area that lies dormant till it’s known as upon.
The neighborhood space serves as the guts of the workplace, that includes a floating reception desk and a Ligne Roset Asmara modular couch. An immersive freestanding assembly room and raised podium with various seating ranges accommodate all the things from casual collaboration to targeted work. Kvadrat cloth curtains supply flexibility, creating intimacy for smaller gatherings or yoga classes when wanted.
The workplace areas steadiness openness with privateness by means of assembly rooms furnished with Andreu World convention tables and Vipp chairs, alongside devoted phone containers and suppose tank cabins. A customized kitchen connects to an out of doors terrace with Vetsak seating, performing as a communal area for cooking and socialising.
On the other aspect sits the artistic studio—a flowing area centred round a workshop desk, rotating pinboards that double as room dividers, and a wellbeing room full with a chaise lounge and Shanti Chair by Inner Design. Industrial Marset and Sammode lighting illuminates work areas, while moss-based artworks by Lilo Klinkenberg introduce natural parts that harmonise with the color palette of impartial tones punctuated by terracotta and matcha inexperienced.
Sustainability was baked into the mission from the beginning. RHO reused present furnishings the place potential, selected pure supplies like linoleum and wooden, and picked EGE carpets produced from recycled fishing nets. The constructing’s heating and cooling system adjusts itself primarily based on how many individuals are within the area and what the climate is doing.
“Every spatial element is crafted to foster creativity and interaction,” explains Nikita Marykov, co-founder of RHO. “We also wanted to create a cohesive visual and tactile experience that conveys the atmosphere of the space. It embraces timelessness—not chasing trends but quietly withstanding them—resulting in an environment that is stable, adaptable, and built to endure.”
Following 9 months of building, Design Hotels moved into its new headquarters in July 2025, marking a recent chapter for the model.
[Images courtesy of RHO. Photography by Lucy Deverall.]