Das Stue

Class: Deluxe

Style: Cutting edge

Rooms: 81

*** Das Stue will be opening summer 2012. Please check back for updates. ***

Das Stue is the inaugural hotel of the Spanish Whim Hotels group. Originally built in the 1930’s, Das Stue’s diplomatic legacy is evident in the heritage building’s stately architecture and modernist façade, designed by German architect Johann Emil Schaudt (1871-1957) and inspired by Danish classicism. Located in Berlin’s diplomatic quarter, Das Stue was renovated to invoke a calming ambiance, with open spaces and contemporary minimalist design. The Potsdam-based firm Axthelm Architects added a new wing to the building’s back courtyard, which is clad in a floral patterned photo concrete surface acting as an elegant counterbalance to the rough dressed stone of the main building. Axthelm also restructured the hotel’s interior to fluidly integrate shared spaces such as the lobby, cocktail bar and restaurant.

Das Stue’s daylight spa, which opens its doors to the courtyard when the first rays of sunlight emerge, offers three treatment rooms, an indoor swimming pool, as well as a glass sauna and gym. In addition to the wellness center, two intimate library lounges offer guests a private and elegant retreat to relax both mind and body.

Each of the 81 guestrooms is outfitted in subdued modern décor that emphasizes polished surfaces and rich fabrics. The rooms are designed to recall the open spaces of villa environments, complemented by high ceilings, hardwood floors and views of the adjacent Tiergarten; 14 rooms feature terraces and balconies. Das Stue has also incorporated eco-friendly heating amenities, furthering the hotel’s concept of bringing together the historic, the modern and the contemporary in a remarkable and replenishing symbiosis.