Linehouse Completes Interiors of Jen Hangzhou, Built Around Old Factories
Design firm Linehouse has completed the interiors of the Jen hotel in Hangzhou, China, according to Dezeen, which reported the project on 5 November 2026.
The hotel is owned by the Shangri-La Hotel Group. It stands on the bank of the Dongxin River, with two former industrial factory compounds on either side. Shangri-La first announced the Hangzhou hotel in Hong Kong on 5 August 2026, and the group says it began offering early access in June 2026.
The 18-floor building was designed by the architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, known as KPF. It uses steel, grey brick and glass to echo the site's industrial past. KPF's project aimed to create a sense of place unique to Hangzhou, using the fragments of factory life that remain.
Linehouse's interiors take the same starting point. The ground-floor lobby has earth-toned marble, oak panelling and relaxed seating. Patchwork patterns on the marble floor, along with a custom rug, were drawn from the street layout and tile patterns of the surrounding neighbourhood.
At the entrance, a textured artwork by the artist Elsa Jeandedieu shows an abstract version of the bridges and canal near the hotel. Linehouse says the interior draws on local craft and picks up the industrial materials of the old factories.
All of the hotel's social spaces sit on the sixth floor. These include a restaurant, a bar and function rooms. The OpenHouse restaurant has a timber ceiling inspired by sunmao, a traditional Chinese wood-joining technique. Koan Bar is a triple-height room with a black metal staircase that winds up to a terrace on the floor above.
Shangri-La's website lists 176 guestrooms and suites at the hotel. Linehouse gives the project's total area as 12,850 square metres.
For guests, the result is a hotel whose lobby, restaurant and bar carry the district's brick, bridges and workshop history into the building. For the people who worked on it, the project is the latest in a Hangzhou stretch of former factories given a new use.
