Built in 1830 and long known as The London, this palazzo on the western shore of Lake Como carried nearly two centuries of Grand Tour longing before Neri&Hu arrived to reimagine it. The Lake Como EDITION, which opened in 2025, earns its place on this storied waterfront not by erasing what came before but by deepening it — the heritage cream-and-clay facade, with its tiered wrought-iron balconies and arched loggia, survives intact, lit at night like a stage set against the Lariano mountains. EDITION's creative directors Kirstin Bailey and Paul Haslhofer worked alongside Neri&Hu to thread contemporary restraint through the 148 rooms, 25 suites, and two penthouses, referencing Carlo Scarpa in a sculptural marble staircase and Palomba stone terrazzo floors that feel as if they've always been there. Inside the rooms, the approach is quiet and deliberate: dark walnut headboards extend into integrated nightstands, linen curtains pool at wide-silled windows framing the Alps and the lake below, and marble-topped side tables sit on faded antique-style rugs over pale oak floors — a palette that never fights the view. Outside, the lakeside pool terrace is arranged with black-and-white striped umbrellas in a cadence that suggests the Lido rather than the Alps. The terrace restaurant, softened by olive trees and climbing plants beneath a slatted pergola, confirms what the building has always promised: that this stretch of water, and the life lived alongside it, was always the point.

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