Swire Properties is planning to open its newest hotel, The Opposite House, in the summer of 2008 in Beijing's Sanlitun area.

"Our goal is to create different and surprising experiences that challenge the norm and complement the lives of our customers,” said Brian Williams, managing director of Swire Hotels. "We feel we will achieve that with The Opposite House in Beijing, our first hotel."

The Opposite House is the first of a number of hotels being developed in China, Hong Kong and the UK by Swire Hotels, a new initiative from Swire Properties, which will all be highly distinctive hotels, individually named and each uniquely designed by world renowned architects and designers. The Opposite House will be the first hotel by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, whose work includes some of the most innovative retail and commercial spaces in Japan.

The hotel's 99 rooms will include 10 spacious suites which will be among the largest in Beijing with more than half being over 70 square meters. All guest rooms will have natural wooden floors and subtle touches of Chinese decor.

The name, The Opposite House, is derived from a translation of a Chinese word, which historically described the building located opposite the main house in a courtyard where esteemed guests would stay. The name also reflects the hotel's southern location within the courtyard design of The Village at Sanlitun, the new retail and entertainment complex which will raise the bar for international luxury brand shopping and innovative places to eat and drink in Beijing.

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