Hotel Hotel was a hotel in Canberra made and operated by creative production house, MOLONGLO from November 2013 to March 2018. The place remains and is now being run by OVOLO.

If you came here looking to book a room please go here or an apartment here.

Molonglo

We at Molonglo meant this place to be more than just a physical place. At first, it was an experiment in how to create a meaningful project in collaboration with many – with designers, artists, artisans and fantasists. A project that veered away from mass production and celebrated the plurality that comes about with ideas from many minds negotiating a common understanding of things.

Lights at Monster. Shot by Will Neill.

Nishi shot by Tom Roe.

Once it was built, the experiment continued with our investigation into how this place could act as a civic space; how the boundaries of consumption and social engagement could be blurred; and how public and private spheres could merge.

COLLABORATORS

These experiments in production and activation were laden with good intentions and continuously topped up and reshaped by our many collaborators. Each one has been fuelled by our collective belief that art, culture and design can connect us to each other and make our lives better.

Abbas Galwani

Abigail Varney

Adam Coombs

Adam Goodrum

Adam Železný

Adriano Rosselli

Al Stark

Alana Wilson

Alfio Bonnano

Alison Coates

Alison Jackson

Alyssa McClelland

Amos Enders-Moje

Amy Coombs

Andrea Bandoni

Andrew Simpson

Angélique Peretto

Anika Ramholdt

Anita Patel

Anna Varendorff

Anna Willi Highfield

Anne Brennan

Annie Wu

ANU School of Art Glass Workshop

Arnad Hajdic

Arup

Arvind Gupta

Asefe Zeinalabedini

Assemble Papers

Australian National Botanical Gardens

Avi Amesbury

Axel Moline

Barbara Gilby

Barbara Jane Gilby

Barrie Barton

Bartolomeo Celestino

Beci Orpin

Ben Blakebrough

Benja Harney

Benny Chops

Blue Gum School

Bob Barton

Bob Earl

Bree Claffey

Brett Boardman

Bridget Bodenham

Bruce Jeffreys

Bubble

Canberra Symphony Orchestra

CBD Contracting

Cecila Fox

Chantelle Kirby

Charles Wilson

Charlie Lawler

Charlie White

Cheng Fei

Chris Barton

Chrystal Rimmer

Claire Johnson

Clear

Coco and Max

Corr Blimey

Craig Scott

Craig Tan

Dale Hardiman

Dan Flatt

Dan Honey

Dan O'Day

Dan Rule

Daniel Eatock

Daniel Emma

Dave Teer

David Aarons

David Lancashire

David Pereira

David Suckling

Dawn Press

Dear Plastic

Deep in the Woods

Dermot AsIs Sha’Non

Design Office

Dianna Snape

Don Cameron

Dove Drury Hornbuckle

Dr Pascal Molenberghs

Dylan Martorell

Earl Carter

Edward King

Edwin Odermatt

Elbow Wrkshp

Elbowrkshp

Elise Cakebread

Elliat Rich

Emily Sexton

Emma McRae

Emma Telfer

Enrico Taglietti

Eric Ahlfors

Erieta Attali

Eugene Ughetti

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Hotel Hotel

Hotel Hotel and its many manifestations will continue to live on in different forms with our continued interrogation of domesticity and the resonance of place and belonging. We currently have offices and active projects in Canberra, Melbourne, London and Athens.

Broached Commissions chair by Charles Wilson shot by Will Neill.

Hotel Hotel shot by Lisa Sorgini.

'Perfect Imperfect' exhibition shot by Will Neill.

'Brutti ma Buoni' screening at the Nishi Gallery shot by Arnad Hajdic.

'Porosity Kabari' by Trent Jansen, Ishan Khosla and Richard Goodwin shot by Lee Grant.

'Perfect Imperfect' opening night shot by Will Neill.

The grand stair shot by Tom Roe.

'The Other Moderns: Sydney's forgotten European design legacy'. Edited by Rebecca Hawcroft.

Xylouris White dinner shot by Will Neill.

Hotel Hotel reflections shot by Abigail Varney.

Nikos playing vinyls at the Xylouris White gig.

'Camp Furniture' video for Fix and Make.

Hotel Hotel shot by Lisa Sorgini.

Our latest project

Our latest project, ‘Tall Buildings: their problems and some ideas’, will take place at Melbourne Design Week. It brings our project collaborators Stephanie Macdonald, from London-based 6a architects, and Sofia von Ellrichshausen, from Chilean art and architecture studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen, to Australia to take part in a symposium on tall buildings and to deliver keynote lectures. Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria. It runs from 15 to 25 March, 2018.

Poli House, Pezo von Ellrichshausen. Image by Pezo von Ellrichshausen.

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If you’d like us at Molonglo to check in with you from time to time on thoughts and projects let us know.