Soaring above Beijing's Chaoyang district from within the mixed-use Jing Guang Centre Otto development, a tapered glass tower designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox provides the vertical address for Rosewood Beijing, which opened in 2014 across 372 rooms and suites spread over the lower floors of the complex. The exterior sequence visible from the arrival courtyard sets the hotel's tonal argument immediately: dark textured stone cladding laid in an irregular, almost pixelated pattern gives way to warm timber pergola structures overhead, the two materials establishing a dialogue between Beijing's classical material culture and a contemporary commercial ambition. That same conversation continues inside. The interiors, developed in collaboration with HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates alongside contributions from other design teams across the property's various spaces, move between registers with considerable range. Guest rooms in the standard category deploy dark-stained wood paneling, tufted tan leather day beds, and amber-framed mirror apertures to achieve a compressed but considered residential warmth. The suites, by contrast, open onto planted terraces through floor-to-ceiling glazing, their ceilings finished in patinated bronze geometric panels above pale stone floors — more contemplative, more spare. The restaurant draws its atmosphere from lacquered dark timber screens inset with gold-leaf panels and oversized drum pendants in wrapped rattan, while the indoor pool, sheltered beneath an exposed steel and glass roof structure, centers on a circular stone sculpture rising from green-tiled water, the surrounding planting dense enough to suggest a garden rather than a hotel amenity floor.

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The 283-room ultra-elegance Rosewood Beijing, located in the Chaoyang District opposite the iconic CCTV Tower, is the first China property for Rosewood Hotels & Resorts® and is styled in tribute to Beijing’s heritage where ancient meets modern. The hotel features seven restaurants and lounges including Bistrot B and Bistrot B Lounge • Bar, RED BOWL stylish hot pot restaurant, MEI bar, Country Kitchen, Butterfly Patisserie and The House of Dynasties Chinese restaurant. Meeting and function space, totaling 2,750 square meters, includes a pillar-less ballroom and the Pavilion residential-style event venue. The first Rosewood Sense spa in Asia features an indoor swimming pool, gym and yoga studio. Also debuting is the Manor Club, Rosewood’s sophisticated and exclusive access executive lounge.