Part of the Ville Ponti, the hotel embraces the stylistic legacy of the terrace of the Andrea Ponti villa. An aerial bridge joins the reception hall to the tower, which primarily houses the rooms. At street level, and up to a height of about 8 meters, is a winter garden that is also visible from the road. Covered parking is attached to the lower portion of the tower. On the reception level, on the side where the terrace is located, is restaurant service with kitchen, a fitness room with saunas and massage rooms, a pool with showers and dressing rooms, a bar, offices and storage rooms. On the floor above, visible from the reception area, thanks to the two-story ceiling, are a bar, meeting rooms, classrooms, other rooms and suites. On the second floor there are nine suites, these too, with access to a “roof garden” and complete with terraces opening onto the interior of the complex with views of the winter garden and the green space in front of the pool.

NooN Restaurant & Cocktail Bar updates the club concept by combining top-notch cuisine, entertainment, contemporary art and design in a single space. A true LocArt, this marriage of aesthetic taste and relaxation is divided into five separate settings: a bar for cocktails and appetizers, a buffet restaurant, an à la cartè restaurant, a smoking area, and a Lounge Bar with DJ sets. White is the common denominator, but each room has its own personal ID: low tables and chairs in shades of beige, brown and orange bring an air of warmth to the bar. Tables with base in satin-finished steel and top in black Corian, surrounded by black and beige chairs, and red leather benches in the buffet restaurant. In the à la carte restaurant, the spacious room is accented by the Simone D’Auria lamps and the fresh, unique touch of floral decorations. For after dinner, in an atmosphere like the Cotton Club of the ‘40s, NooN offers one of the largest Smoking Rooms in Milan: low lights, deep sofas and ottomans covered in cowhide, crocodile and ostrich. And to top it off, the lounge bar, featuring a continuously changing play of lights on the optical white surfaces. Even in the design of the restrooms the choice of materials and attention to detail make these rooms ‘unique’.

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Like a phoenix, the new Ricci in Piazza della Repubblica rises from the ashes of its former self in an entirely made-over version – new materials, new colors, a new way of interaction. Crossing the threshold, the sense is that of entering a large, high-ceilinged box. Brown is the prevailing color. The bar dominates the space – geometric, massive with its 10-meter length, its perfectly joined strips of wood that slide into one another creating, along with the custom lighting, a skillful interplay of luminosity and dark. A theme that re-appears in a portion of the ceiling and wall of the bar area. Muted, artificial light descends from the ceiling, like rain from the sky, through dozens of rods that form the light fixtures. This is the place for talk, tasting, meeting, a place that runs parallel to the frenzy of everyday life.

Photo shooting: ALMA PHOTOS