Hospitality / Interior Design & Architectural Visualization — 2018 · Private Client

El Dor

A rendered hotel lounge at dusk, defined by a sweeping white curved ceiling with a glowing circular cove. Curved cream banquettes and low tables carry lit candles over dark timber floors, while a softly backlit bar glows in the background.

A fifteen-plate interior design and 3D visualization set from 2018 for El D’Or, a boutique hotel in the Cantonments area of Accra, moving from a sculptural lounge and marble lobby to dark jewel-toned guest suites.

RDVS was asked to develop the hotel’s interiors and present them as part of an architect’s pitch in Ghana. The brief called for a single strong identity across arrival, lounge and guest rooms, balancing a bright, glossy public face with intimate, restful rooms for overnight stays.

The public floors read as one continuous space. A lounge with a sweeping curved ceiling and a glowing circular cove flows into a marble lobby where a revolving door marks the entrance and a sculptural water feature with arcing jets anchors the arrival. Beyond reception, guest rooms are tucked away for quiet.

Two palettes define the hotel. Public areas use white marble with gold veining, pale carved screens, blue velvet accents and warm cove light. Guest rooms flip to dark timber and black slat walls, navy and magenta bedding, gold ring lamps and soft shag rugs, lit by globe pendants and low indirect strips.

RDVS delivered the interior design and a full set of photorealistic visualizations, from wide room views to close detail shots of styling and lighting. The images were assembled into a presentation for the architect’s client, giving a complete picture of the finished hotel before it was built.

The project was published as EL D'OR HOTEL — INTERIOR DESIGN + 3D VISUALIZATION — RDVS. DESIGN; the full set is on Behance.

A second angle of the lounge shows barrel-backed armchairs grouped around small round tables with candles, beneath the same sculptural curved ceiling and its ring of cove light. A backlit bottle display lines the far bar wall, and tall planters soften the dark wood floor.

A rendered guest room centres on a bed dressed in navy with a deep blue throw, against a floor-to-ceiling black tufted headboard wall. Two white globe pendants hang either side of an abstract teal-and-gold painting, over a grey rug on light wood floor.

A wider rendered view of the same guest room, the navy bed set before floor-to-ceiling windows with deep blue curtains and a bright city view beyond. Globe pendants and the abstract painting repeat above the black tufted headboard, with a low dark side table.

A rendered styling close-up in the guest room: a round chrome-and-glass coffee table holds a decanter and glasses, set before a white armchair and the dark headboard. A globe pendant glows at the top and an abstract painting warms the wall behind.

A rendered detail shot of the guest room’s decor, a pale framed mirror leaning near a black sculptural finial on a dark pedestal. Soft daylight and a green plant sit behind, with navy bedding blurred at the left, emphasising the room’s moody accessories.

An overhead rendered detail of a bedside, a glowing white globe lamp on a brass arm lighting a copper bowl of ornaments. The corner of the bed shows navy and white pillows against a dark textured rug, capturing the room’s warm metallic accents.

A rendered dark suite, a curved black slat wall washed with cove light behind a low daybed dressed in cream with purple cushions. A white shag rug lies on black marble floor and gold-ring table lamps glow on floating nightstands.

A rendered close detail from the dark suite, stems of pink orchids in a vase beside a glossy magenta satin cushion and a warm table lamp. The black slat wall and a bright window sit behind, focusing on the room’s rich colour and soft textures.

A rendered lounge with a tall curved wall of black vertical slats lit by a warm cove at its top. Two pendant globe lights hang over white sofas and a glass coffee table on a dark reflective floor, with an orchid accent.

A rendered dark guest room, a cream bed with purple and beige cushions against a black slat wall with cove lighting. A gold-ring table lamp glows on a floating nightstand, a white shag rug covers the dark floor, with a potted plant.

A rendered lobby lounge on polished white marble with gold veining. Blue velvet armchairs and low white tables sit beside tall white planters, a pale carved screen rises at the right, warm wood panels line the back, and a circular ceiling feature glows.