The Warehouse Hotel, a 37-room boutique hotel, is the first hotel in Singapore to be housed in a restored godown. In its design concept, Asylum revisited Singapore’s forgotten history, marrying the historic industrial touches with modern luxurious design finishes.

Built in 1895 beside Singapore’s flourishing trading port, the surrounding area was a hotbed of secret societies, underground activities, and illegal liquor distilleries. Starting out with the origins of a godown - the Asian term for ‘warehouse’ - the space underwent different identities going from disco club in the 1980s to a vacant building for decades before transforming into The Warehouse Hotel. This fuelled the design principle as Asylum weaved in luxurious touches to strike a balance between old and new.

The hotel lobby and bar lounge were treated as one space, breaking the norms of a hotel reception - the result being a welcoming entrance encouraging hotel and local guests to lounge and mingle. Each room aims to cater to the well-travelled with utmost attention given to detail. A subtle glow of natural light floods the corridor's concrete walls, playing with the smooth contrast of golden light and rough concrete throughout the day. The application of raw corten steel adds on to the industrial edge.

Pó, the in-hotel restaurant serves modern local cuisine, hence the choice of traditional materials like rattan, but applied in a contemporary way so that the restaurant remains a smooth transition from the hotel lobby's architectural language.