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The Karl Lagerfeld
Macau · Karl Lagerfeld · Grand Luxury
The Karl Lagerfeld is the only hotel in the world entirely designed by the late fashion icon, the final project he personally directed before his death in February 2019, every pattern, material, and furniture piece selected or conceived by him. The 271-room tower opened in August 2021 inside Grand Lisboa Palace: moon-gate room dividers, Jingdezhen porcelain, and a Book Lounge stocked with 4,000 volumes from his own Paris bookshops.
- 271 rooms
- Opened 2021
- Neighborhood: Cotai
- Architect: Karl Lagerfeld
- Interiors: completed by his studio)
About The Karl Lagerfeld
- Lagerfeld hand-picked every element of all 271 rooms, down to the bathrobes and bedsheets, and designed headboards from the coin-shaped hats of Ming Dynasty figures. He died in February 2019; his studio finished the house.
- The lobby's KARL Kameo, Lagerfeld's head on the reception wall, is built from more than a thousand keys. Next door, the Book Lounge holds 4,000 volumes he chose from his Paris shops.
- He personally commissioned sculptures from Marcel Wanders and Jean-Michel Othoniel, so the tower reads as much as a private collection as a hotel.
History
The only hotel in the world designed entirely by Karl Lagerfeld, the last project he personally directed before his death in 2019. It opened in August 2021 as part of SJM's Grand Lisboa Palace on Rua de Tenis in Cotai: 271 rooms, a Book Lounge drawn from his Paris bookshops, and a studio finish completed after he died.
The setting
The Karl Lagerfeld stands on Rua de Tenis in Cotai within the Grand Lisboa Palace Resort — opened in 2023 as the world's only hotel entirely designed by Karl Lagerfeld. The 271-room tower blends chinoiserie motifs with Western art déco across an art-filled lobby, kaleidoscopic library, and rock-star-worthy guest rooms conceived by Lagerfeld himself. The resort's 100-plus boutiques — anchored by Piaget, Balenciaga, and the Karl Lagerfeld namesake brand — and the Jardim Secreto garden are immediately adjacent. The Venetian Macao is 27 minutes by transit and the Cotai Strip 28 minutes away, while Macau International Airport is just five minutes from the resort.
Restaurants and bars
- Mesa by José Avillez (shared) — Restaurant · Portuguese · Chef José Avillez
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Casino access
- Lagerfeld art collection
- Luxury retail
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
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