John Pawson's vision for Tel Aviv's W Hotel

British designer John Pawson has revealed his plans to convert an old convent and hospital in Tel Aviv’s Jaffa port into a hotel and apartment complex for the W hotel brand.








Interior being renovated for the new W Hotel – photograph by Eldad Rafaeli
The hotel bar will be set in the chapel of the former school and will feature stained glass windows, arched ceilings and decorative plaster work, including a small molded dove.

Column detail to be preserved – photograph by Amit Geron
Renderings are by Alex Morris.