Penang boutique hotel up for prestigious design prize

Heritage row: The facade of the Loke Thye Kee Residences maintains details from the buildings’ past. Photos: Ministry of Design/Edward Hendricks

It rekindles the romantic bygone era of Penang in the 1900s, and is a marriage between historic Straits Chinese architecture and modern luxuries.

Completed last year, the Loke Thye Kee Residences is an exclusive boutique hotel comprising five suites situated within a row of restored heritage shophouses along Penang Road in George Town.