Soft Palette: Plywood and Pastels at The Calile Hotel in Australia

Photography via The Calile Hotel

On our radar for its candy-colored interiors and inventive mix of plywood, caning, cork, and sheer linen curtains: The Calile Hotel in Brisbane, designed by architecture firm Richards & Spence.

The firm took cues from Mexico City and Miami to create a colorful urban retreat, as in the roof deck, painted a Luis Barragán-esque pink.

The hotel’s library, with caned seating and floor-to-ceiling plywood shelving.

Sheer curtains on windows and walls soften the hard angles and materials.

A guest room with monochrome pale pink walls and a dark grey ceiling.

A plywood built-in serves as clothing storage and as a divider between bedroom and ensuite bath.

A monochrome green bathroom.

Marble and tile in one of the hotel’s blue-hued baths.

The hotel’s on-site spa is dressed in gradients of pink, from the tile floors to the pale walls.