Sofitel London St James completes refurb of six signature suites

Sofitel London St James has completed the refurbishment of six signature suites by Paris-based interior architecture studio Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR). 

Four prestige suites are now open and available to book, with the final two flagship suites, Suite 70 and The Opera Suite, set to launch in January 2026.   

Pierre-Yves Rochon’s studio has “long been a close friend and collaborator” of Sofitel, and is said to have respected the property’s history and French legacy while “weaving in the bold aesthetic of the 1970s”. 

Focused around Klein blue and Wimbledon green colour block schemes, these light-filled corner suites, with front row views over Pall Mall and Waterloo Place, the four prestige suites feature original modern art, aquatints, and miniature libraries of coffee table books. 

Their furnishings include padded suede wallcoverings layered with leather bedheads, and bespoke marbled furniture alongside a dividing wall of mirrored glass. 

In January 2026, the two flagship suites will complete the collection. Suite 70 will be a “bold manifesto of 1970s style”, complete with an Arne Jacobsen Egg chair, orange tones, a vinyl record player with a curated library of albums, a musician’s trunk reinvented as a minibar and a library of art and photography books.

The Opera Suite, the largest in the hotel, will feature pale oak and natural tones, with a private in-suite bar inspired by London’s exclusive members’ clubs.

Each suite also features wireless bedside charging and smart lighting controls as well as marble bathrooms stocked with Diptyque amenities, a Nespresso machine and Smeg kettle.  

Marie-Paule Nowlis, general manager of Sofitel London St James, said: “This is more than a redesign, it is a reinvention. With Pierre-Yves Rochon, we have created suites that embody French sophistication and heritage while expressing the cosmopolitan spirit of London today. Each suite is a destination in its own right, where guests can experience style, culture and story driven design at the very highest level.” 

Pierre-Yves Rochon Studio added: “I hope the Prestige suites bring back the thrill of the seventies, its energy. That sense of freedom, of irreverence, of dressing differently, thinking differently. I wanted it to feel like London at its most rebellious. You come in, and for a moment, the space feels suspended like an echo of the city’s creative pulse.”