Mondrian Singapore Duxton

Mondrian Singapore Duxton, Ennismore's first Southeast Asian hotel under the brand, opened in stages through the first half of 2023 before its formal grand-opening announcement on 12 July 2023. The 302-room property combines a new tower with restored Duxton Hill shophouses, designed by Los Angeles-based Studio Carter and anchored by Dario Cecchini's Bottega di Carna and a six-metre KAWS sculpture.

The place

The hotel occupies a corner of Duxton Hill, a compact grid of two- and three-storey conservation shophouses in Tanjong Pagar, a few minutes' walk from the Central Business District and Chinatown. The neighbourhood built its reputation on nightlife and dining rather than hotels — Duxton Hill has long had a colourful history as a red-light and opium-trade district before its conservation-era conversion into bars, cafés and boutiques — and this is the first hotel of this scale and brand profile to open directly on it.

The concept

Los Angeles-based Studio Carter, led by Robbyn Carter, designed the property from the ground up around what the brand calls 'deconstructed shophouse chic': rather than a literal restoration, the design breaks the shophouse's proportions, shutters and roof forms into stylised, contemporary references, applied across a low-rise conserved block and a new tower built behind and above it. The 302 rooms and suites include a run of Shophouse Suites carved out of the conserved section, alongside standard rooms in the new tower with 360-degree skyline views from the upper floors. The property carries a curated art collection mixing Singaporean and international names — Ian Davenport and Dawn Ng among them — anchored by a six-metre KAWS sculpture installed as the hotel's centrepiece, its first public display in Asia.

Dining & wellness

Bottega di Carna, the flagship restaurant, is run by Dario Cecchini — the Tuscan butcher known for his showmanship — serving Italian meat-forward dishes from an open kitchen at lobby level. Jungle Ballroom is a tropical cocktail bar reached through a secret tunnel; Christina's operates as an artisan-goods space by day and a wine bar by night; and Canyon Club, the rooftop bar and pool, leans on a 1970s Hollywood theme with cabanas and skyline views.