Translucent onyx for Stanley’s rooftop

Hotels and Restaurants
Written By Marco Fazio

A softly illuminated onyx bar for Stanley’s rooftop at The Chesterfield Mayfair

 
Chocolate Onyx bar by stoneCIRCLE at The Chesterfield Mayfair - photo Marco Joe Fazio Creatives
 

For Stanley’s, the rooftop dining and drinks destination at The Chesterfield Mayfair, stoneCIRCLE was commissioned to fabricate and install a fully clad onyx bar, designed to bring warmth, elegance and quiet theatre to one of London’s most refined hospitality settings.

 

The bar desk features rounded corners and is clad in Chocolate Onyx across the front, side elevations and top surface. Working closely with the design team, we integrated a dimmable internal lighting system to enhance the stone's natural translucency. As evening falls, the bar emits a soft glow, revealing the fine crystalline structure within the onyx and transforming a functional hospitality feature into an atmospheric centrepiece.

 

The dimmable internal lighting system allows bringing to life the natural veins of this Chocolate Onyx bar.

 

Projects of this nature demand precision at every stage. The design required careful material selection, accurate templating, detailed fabrication and meticulous installation to ensure the onyx performed effectively, both visually and functionally, in a demanding hotel environment. The rounded detailing gives the bar a softer, more sculptural presence, while the full stone cladding creates continuity across the surface and frontage.

Our work in luxury hospitality often involves balancing craft, technology and collaboration. At The Chesterfield Mayfair, this meant working alongside designers and project managers to realise a highly considered feature that feels effortless in its finished form. Behind that simplicity lies the careful coordination of stone selection, lighting, fabrication tolerances and hand-finishing.

 
Chocolate Onyx bar by stoneCIRCLE at The Chesterfield Mayfair - photo Marco Joe Fazio Creatives
 

The completed bar brings together the natural beauty of onyx and the technical precision required for contemporary hospitality interiors: refined by day, quietly luminous by night.

 

The integrated dimmable lighting system allows the Chocolate Onyx to shift from a natural stone surface to a softly glowing focal point.

 

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 project details

  • client: The Chesterfield Mayfair

  • location: Stanley’s rooftop, London

  • material: Chocolate Onyx

  • scope: Fabrication and installation of a fully clad bar desk

  • features: Rounded corners, onyx front and top, integrated dimmable lighting

  • sector: Luxury hospitality

  • photography + content strategy: Marco Joe Fazio Creatives © all rights reserved

 
Marco Fazio

Marco Joe Fazio is Chief Creative Officer and Director of Photography at space+style™ by Marco Joe Fazio Ltd, where he leads visual storytelling, photography, cinematography and content strategy for clients across hospitality, food & drink, fashion, architecture and design.

Born and raised in Tuscany, Italy, Marco discovered photography at an early age through traditional film and darkroom printing. Before becoming a full-time photographer, he spent two decades working in architecture, interior architecture and lighting design, founding an award-winning practice and leading multidisciplinary teams on projects for international fashion brands.

After moving to London in 2008, Marco became a Chartered Architect with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), combining his architectural background with a distinctive photographic approach that connects people, spaces and brands through visual storytelling.

His work has been recognised with the Fellowship of the British Institute of Professional Photography (FBIPP), together with the prestigious Peter Grugeon Award for Best Fellowship of the Year in 2016. He is also a member of the Association of Photographers (AOP).

Today, Marco specialises in creating strategic visual content for luxury hospitality, boutique hotels, restaurants, drinks brands, interior designers and manufacturers. His work combines commercial photography, cinematography and brand storytelling to help businesses communicate their expertise, craftsmanship and identity through compelling visual narratives.

Alongside his visual practice, Marco brings more than a decade of experience in music composition and sound engineering, enabling him to create bespoke soundtracks and immersive sound design that complement his film productions.

Education and mentoring remain central to his professional practice. He founded the telling [fashion] stories workshop series and lectures in photography and visual communication at London South Bank University (LSBU), supporting the next generation of creative professionals.

The combination of architecture, photography, filmmaking and music gives Marco a distinctive multidisciplinary perspective, allowing him to create work that is visually refined, emotionally engaging and strategically aligned with each client's brand.

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