"There are no hotels that stand out in Bucharest"

The hotels in Bucharest built on old communist structures, do not stand out in terms of architecture and design, believes Yasmine Mahmoudieh, architect and owner of design company Mahmoudieh Design, which has designed hotels affiliated to international chains such as Wyndham Hotels, Radisson SAS in Berlin, and Kempinski Hotel in Germany. “In Bucharest, there are no hotels that stand out. They don’t follow a particular architectural trend or design. Most replicate models of international hotels, without a Romanian touch. They should add something new, but so far, I haven’t noticed anything like this when it comes to Romanian hotels,” said Mahmoudieh. She believes, on a scale from 0 to 10, hotels in Bucharest are placed at 1 in terms of design and architecture. According to the Mahmoudieh Design representative, the only hotel with a more “contemporary” design is Radisson SAS, but the hotel fails to be “anything out of the ordinary”.