book-matched marble for a boutique hotel
The Mandrake Hotel, London
The opulent interior of this boutique hotel in London’s Fitzrovia makes great use of natural stone fabricated and installed by stoneCIRCLE. Marble, granite, onyx, travertine and sintered stone were used extensively throughout the penthouse, bathrooms, washrooms and bar areas with book matching a particular feature of many of the interiors.
Polished Greylac marble was used throughout the bed and seating areas of the penthouse suite.
the penthouse
The penthouse suite has a sumptuous bedroom with book-matched Greylac marble used on the floor and continued over the bed pedestal and seating platform and then up the TV wall and headboard. The top of the dining table is also in the same marble.
Polished Mystery White was used for cladding, vanity unit and skirtings, throughout the bathing facilities which include a steam room, dual shower rooms, private and guest toilets and a spacious Jacuzzi under a retractable roof.
Book-matched Black Wave marble floor and vanity in the Mandrake suite
the mandrake suite
The bathroom floor and vanity in this room were all in book-matched polished Black Wave (also known as Silver Wave) with the rich colours complementing the copper basins and taps.
the junior suites
Honed Bianco Carrara marble was used for the vanity units and shower seats in these areas.
other guest rooms
The ensuite rooms throughout the hotel were equipped with a variety of vanity tops in different honed marbles according to the effect required: the marbles used were Nero Marquina, White Beauty, Royal Mahogany and Bianco Carrara.
the bars
The Waeska bar has a polished Madagascar Blue (also known as Labradorite Blue) granite top, the rich colours of which complement the art which adorns the walls.
Madagascar Blue bar top
A second bar, the Serge, is fitted with a polished Acquasanta marble bar top with polished Absolute Zimbabwe Black shelf inside the cocktail cabinet. Zimbabwe Black was also used for more bar tops and the top to the cutlery cabinet in the Private Dining room.
Aquasanta marble bar & Zimbabwe Black granite shelf
the courtyard
The courtyard is paved with Travertino Classico Romano, Nero Marquina and Rojo Alicante marble which was cut on one of the stoneCIRCLE waterjet cutter and then bonded to a Carrara backing for additional strength and to make it easier to install.
the reception desk
The restaurant reception desk was made of quad matched polished Breccia Pontificia which was bonded to a honeycomb backing for strength.
Nero Marquina lift floor
the lifts
The two lift floors were fitted with marble: one in polished Nero Marquina; the other a diamond chequerboard of polished Nero Marquina and Bianco Carrara marbles.
Nero Marquina and Bianco Carrara chequerboard lift floor
Inlaid marbles, granite and sintered stone in the handwash area of the hotel restrooms
the restrooms
The handwash area uses a dramatic black and white geometric design with polished Mystery White and Nero Marquina marbles on the walls and floors, and polished Estatuario sintered stone and Nero San Marcos granite in a leather finish for the basin pedestal.
The male toilets are entirely done out in polished Nero Marquina marble on the walls, floors and for the urinal dividers whilst the Ladies have polished Mystery White marble walls and floors.
project details
designer: Tala Fustok
contractor: Beck Interiors
materials: Absolute Black Zimbabwe, Acquasanta, Bianco Carrara C, Black Wave (or Silver Wave), Breccia Pontificia, Greylac, Madagascar Blue (or Labradorite Blue), Mystery White, Estuario, Nero Marquina, Nero San Marcos, Rojo Alicante, Estatuario, Royal Mahogany, Travertino Romano Classico, White Beauty