At 80 storeys, the tower designed by Cottee Parker cuts a distinctive figure against Melbourne's skyline — its faceted glass skin catching light differently at every hour, the gold-toned pixelated band at mid-rise giving the building an almost geological quality, as though strata of mineral wealth had been pressed into the curtain wall. The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne arrived in 2023 claiming a specific kind of altitude: its 257 rooms and suites fill the top 17 floors, with check-in positioned at Level 80, making arrival itself a vertical journey that reframes the city below as something close to abstract. BAR Studio's interiors draw a careful line between the atmospheric and the specific, grounding the rooms in Melbourne's layered identity — Indigenous heritage, the Victorian gold rush, the laneway culture that defines the city at street level — through a collection of more than 1,000 commissioned artworks. The effect moves between registers: guest rooms pair warm timber panelling and jewel-toned upholstery in deep indigo and mustard against views that extend to Port Phillip Bay, while the sky-high dining space turns to terrazzo columns, ribbed timber banquettes, and a ceiling hung with Bocci-like pendant clusters that hover above crimson chairs like suspended moons. The infinity pool, elevated above the suburban grid with water nearly flush to floor-to-ceiling glazing, carries the feeling of swimming inside the clouds rather than beside them.

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