Dale & Patricia Keller are American interior designers, recognized for their work in the fields of architecture and interior designe. Dale Allen Keller (1929-2016) was the founder of Dale Keller & Associates Ltd. Pte, previously based in Hong Kong, New York City, and London. They also operated an office in Athens, Greece for a time.

Dale and Patricia Keller were respectively the president and chief designer of Dale Keller & Assiociates, Inc. They built up the world's largest interior design firm specializing in the hospitality industry. Since the mid-1950s they have worked on a range of major projects in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Middle East and worldwide.

After they designed the Marunouchi Hotel, Okura Hotel, Tokyo Hilton in Japan, followed by the Hong Kong Hilton, they were acknowledged as experts in high-end modern hotel design. They rode the wave of new hotel construction after World War II, mostly in Asia and later in the Middle East.

They were considered the giants in the field of hotel design for many years. They focused on hospitality interiors, which also included some work on night clubs. Projects that gave them a lot of personal satisfaction were the restoration of the Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay, and the Manila Hotel, Philippines. Both buildings were on the brink of demolition. The Kellers were able to convince the public that the beautiful buildings could again be viable commercial entities. Most of the Kellers work was in the modernist vein, but what they were known for was bringing a sense of carefully studied cultural identity to their projects. They won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 for their contribution to hospitality design.

They retired to Bellevue, Washington.

Biography Dale Keller was born on March 13, 1929, in Seattle, United States. Before graduating from University of Washington majoring in Interior Design under Professor Hope Lucille Foote, he decided to study architecture at the University of Tokyo in 1953 under Kenzō Tange where he studied the history of Japanese and Chinese architecture. He had studied the Japanese language for a year in Washington in preparation. He said that becoming fluent in Japanese came to him relatively easily.

Patricia Keller was born on May 18, 1926. She also graduated from University of Washington majoring in Interior Design under Professor Hope Lucille Foote. After graduation, Patricia Keller had her own business. She worked for different several major designers – Arthur Morgan in Seattle, Raymond Loewy in Paris Bernadotte and Bjorn in Copenhagen. She was accepted as a student in Copenhagen's furniture academy. In 1956, she met Dale in Tokyo while on a round-the-world tour. She speaks French.

Dale and Patricia Keller married and the couple had two sons: Mark Keller (born in Tokyo) and Andrew Keller (born in Hong Kong).

1962 - Dale Keller establish his 1st design firm in Hong Kong, Dale Keller & Associates Ltd. He worked alongside Patricia Keller as Chief Designer in the firm, at various times having as many as 30 staff members. The office staff were mostly trained as architects. Their office was a multinational business, with people coming to them from across Asia.

Works 1954 - Dale Keller's first job was collaborating with Bill Shrauger on Pacific House. It was a design and sales organization set up to design and manufacture in the country that exported many characteristic items.

1954 - Dale and Patricia early design works were mostly factories, banks, and offices for an oil company. These included National Cash Register Factory in Japan and Fuji Bank in Japan.

1961 - The first job together for Patricia and Dale Keller was the Marunouchi Hotel - Tokyo, followed soon after by the Okura Hotel and the Tokyo Hilton.

1961 - Listed as number one in interior design magazine list of Giants in Hotel Design

1965 - Appointed for first luxury resort to be built in Asia (Bali Hyatt – Sanur beach Indonesia which won many design awards).

1976 – Opening of restored and expanded Manila Hotel. It won many awards worldwide.

The Kellers were invited to design the interior of a new palace in Brunei by the sultan. The palace is listed in the Guinness World Records as the largest palace in the world.

1972 - The Kellers study Chinese rug production in China

1979 - They designed the first modern hotel in China – Fragrant Hill. For the first three years, they worked with I.M.Pei architects to create the Chinese-style hotel built around the remains of a garden built for Kangxi Emperor in the 1700s.

High point of their career – The Aman and the Four season Resort in Bali. They were able to put in their long experience and love for Balinese culture. S Keller's worked as design consultants to help create the prince Maurice resort, Mauritius and the Lemura resort and golf hotel in the Seychellas.

1999 – they won the 1999 lifetime achievement award as hotel designers. The award was presented to them at a gala dinner at the Dorchester Hotel in London on December 6, 1999.

Below are lists of work done by Dale Keller & Assiociates Inc. :

HOTEL INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECTS PROJECTS COMPLETION YEAR LOCATION Sheraton Hotel 1973 Australia, Perth Kingsgate Hyatt Hotel 1973 Australia, Sydney Bahrain Sheraton Hotel 1982 Bahrain, Manama Fragrant Hill Hotel 1983 China, Beijing Jinling Hotel 1983 China, Nanjing Jinling Hotel (Interior Renovation) 1996 China, Nanjing Mandarin Hotel 1987 China, Guilin Jin Jiang Tower Hotel 1988 China, Shanghai Hyatt Regency 1990 China, Xian Swiss Hotel 1991 China, Beijing Xinjiang Grand Hotel (Holiday Inn) 1991 China, Ürümqi Beijing Hilton Hotel 1992 China, Beijing Kempinski Hotel 1992 China, Beijing Shangri-La Shenzhen Hotel 1993 China, Shenzhen Grosvenor House - Jin Jiang 1995 China, Shanghai Cypress Hotel - Jin Jiang 1997 China, Shanghai Pacific Hotel - Jin Jiang 1998 China, Shanghai Jin Jiang Hotel - Pudong 2000 China, Shanghai Radisson Plaza State Guest Hotel 2000 China, Beijing Annabelle Hotel 1985 Cyprus, Paphos Hyatt El Salam 1989 Egypt, Cairo Semiramis InterContinental Hotel 1992 Egypt, Cairo Nice Hyatt Hotel 1979 France, Nice Porto Caras Resort Complex 1980 Greece, Halkadiki Atheaneum InterContinental Hotel 1982 Greece, Athens Guam Hilton Hotel 1972 Guam Hong Kong Hilton Hotel (demolished 1997) 1963 Hong Kong Hong Kong Hyatt Regency Hotel 1970 Hong Kong Furama Hotel (demolished 2003) 1973 Hong Kong Holiday Inn Hotel, Golden Mile 1975 Hong Kong Hong Kong Sheraton Hotel 1975 Hong Kong New World Hotel 1979 Hong Kong Regent of Hong Kong Hotel 1981 Hong Kong Grand Plaza Hotel 1988 Hong Kong Prudential Hotel & Graphics 1990 Hong Kong Ellipsis (apartment hotel) 2002 Hong Kong Akbar Hotel 1971 India, New Delhi Taj Mahal Hotel 1972 India, Bombay Oberoi Hotel 1972 India, Bombay Taj Coromandel Hotel 1974 India, Madras Ashok Hotel 1983 India, New Delhi Bali Hyatt Hotel 1973 Indonesia, Bali Hotel Borobudur InterContinental 1974 Indonesia, Jakarta Sari Pacific Hotel 1977 Indonesia, Jakarta Hyatt Bumi Hotel 1980 Indonesia, Surabaya Aman Resorts 1993 Indonesia, Bali Four Season Resort 1993 Indonesia, Bali Hotel and Casino Resort 1977 Iran, Kish Islan Hyatt Crown Hotel 1978 Iran, Tehran Marunoichi Hotel 1961 Japan, Tokyo Okura Hotel 1963 Japan, Tokyo Tokyo Hilton Hotel 1963 Japan, Tokyo Okinawa Hilton Hotel 1972 Japan, Okinawa Ibusuki Kanko Hotel 1972 Japan, Ibusuki Hayashida Onsen Hotel 1973 Japan, Kirishima Kagoshima Kanko Hotel 1973 Japan, Kasoshima New Otani Hotel 1986 Japan, Osaka Hyatt Regency Hotel 1983 Macau Hotel Royal 1983 Macau Kuala Lumpur Hilton Hotel 1972 Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Hyatt Hotel 1980 Malaysia, Kuantan Hyatt Hotel 1981 Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu Subang View Hotel 1982 Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Prince Maurice Resort 1999 Mauritius Soaltee Oberoi Hotel 1979 Nepal, Kathmandu Lahore Hilton Hotel 1977 Pakistan, Lahore Karachi InterContinental Hotel 1977 Pakistan, Karachi Lahore InterContinental Hotel 1980 Pakistan, Lahore Peshawar InterContinental Hotel 1980 Pakistan, Peshawar Rawalpindi InterContinental Hotel 1980 Pakistan, Rawalpindi Karachi Hilton Hotel 1981 Pakistan, Karachi Manila Hotel 1976 Philippines, Manila Manila Hyatt Hotel 1976 Philippines, Manila Philippine Plaza Hotel 1976 Philippines, Manila Regent Of Manila Hotel 1977 Philippines, Manila Shangri-La Mactan Island Resort 1992 Philippines, Cebu Manila Peninsula Hotel (renovation) 1996/2000 Philippines, Manila Doha Sheraton Hotel 1982 Qatar, Doha Dammam Oberai Hotel 1979 Qatar, Dammam Jeddah Hyatt Hotel 1980 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Marriott Hotel II 1980 Qatar, Riyadh Riyadh Hyatt Hotel 1981 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Red Sea Palace Hotel 1982 Qatar, Jeddah Limuria Resort of Praslin 2000 Seychelles, Praslin Ming Court Hotel 1970 Singapore Singapore Hilton Hotel 1970 Singapore Summit Hotel 1971 Singapore Oberoi Imperial Hotel 1971 Singapore Hotel Malaysia 1976 Singapore Singapore Hyatt Hotel 1977 Singapore The Pan Pacific Hotel 1987 Singapore Chosun Beach Hotel 1947 South Korea, Busan Seoul Plaza Hotel 1986 South Korea, Seoul Kyong-ju Hilton Hotel 1992 South Korea, Kyong-ju Gran Hotel La Florida 2001/2004 Spain, Barcelona Lanka Oberoi Hotel 1974 Sri Lanka, Colombo Khartoum Hilton 1974 Sudan, Khartoum Damascus Sheraton Hotel 1978 Syria, Damascus El Cham Hotel 1982 Syria, Damascus Ambassador Hotel 1966 Taiwan, Taipei Shangri-La Hotel 1981 Taiwan, Taipei Bangkok Sheraton Hotel 1969 Thailand, Bangkok Rama Hyatt Hotel 1980 Thailand, Bangkok President Hotel 1971 Thailand, Bangkok Hotel Indra 1974 Thailand, Bangkok New York Grand Hyatt Hotel 1980 United States, New York St.Regis Hotel 1981 United States, New York RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS PROJECTS COMPLETION YEAR LOCATION Hirschman Villa 1982 Switzerland, Zurich Commissioned Sculptor Robert Erskine Basil Residence 1980 Greece, Athens Angelakis Residence 1983 Greece, Athens Hydra House 1980 Greece, Hydra Harilela Family Residence 1970 Hong Kong Apartment 102, Sunning Court 1985 Hong Kong Apartment 903, Sunning Court 1986 Hong Kong The De Clercq's House, Tai Tam 1986 Hong Kong Penthouse - Poshan Road 1970 Hong Kong Caspian Sea Villa 1971 Iran Pent House 1971 Iran Al Sulaiman Residence 1979 Jeddah Jubail Camp 10, Residential Development 1979 Saudi Arabia Hirschman Jr, Residence 1982 Switzerland, Zurich Emmanuel Residence 1982 United Kingdom, London Tavoulareas Residence 1982 United Kingdom, London Basil Residence 1980 United Kingdom, London Al- Sulaiman Residence 1980 London Dakota Apartment 1985 United States, New York Executive Penthouse, Olympic Tower 1979 United States, New York

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