A LABOUR OF LOVE
Visiting the Raffles Hotel after its renovation is a bit of a disorienting affair. It looks the same, but different. The eyes notice that it is brighter and fresher, while the mind struggles to remember what it looked like in the past. The lawns look identical, but was the layout of the lobby like this before? And where was the Writers Bar originally located?
Edmond Bakos, the Managing Director and Partner of Champalimaud Design, which helmed the renovation of the
