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OPPOSITE PAGE: Large pouffes upholstered in baroque black and gold are by Limburg-based Le Couchon ABOVE LEFT: The Taste Restaurant features
specially sourced cement tiles from Morocco and lighting by Kreon ABOVE CENTRE: The lobby reception desk is clad in mosiac tiling
thing was finding, and defining, that concept.” the teaspoons to the loo paper – there is contrast overlooks the stressed canopy of the agora below and
Interpreting the machismo-mining environment led too, “like the whites of the coalminers’ eyes showing some unremarkable residential blocks. Within are a
in part to the angularity of the vast bulk of the new through their coal dusted faces, the hotel could never mellow yellow restaurant, lit with bunches of golden-
building, an L-shaped construction set around a raised be all black”, explains Cornoedus. Red splashes of hued globe pendant metal lamp shades, and a raised
courtyard. Here, offsetting the dark brick mass, are furnishings on the mezzanine lounge overlooking the podium of footbaths. Centre stage is the Badhuis
the graceful curves of a huge tensile black awning by restaurant with its gold gauze curtains provide subtle (bath house) that includes two saunas (65˚C and
Velum, yet another Belgian manufacturer. contrast. 90˚C), between which is a crushed ice dispenser, plus
Strong materials are used. Broad stained wood The hotel’s black yin is countered by the white yang a real Turkish hamam with heated treatment slab or
floorboards, the Moroccan tiles, iron plate lining of the top floor Sense spa. Over 700m
2
and with six sicaklik. The Ottoman inspired rasul massages on the
the lifts, metallic-effect floor mosaic defining the treatment rooms, some of which include thoughtful sculptural chocolate-brown treatment table are hard
guestroom bathrooms. Textures are also varied: woven relaxation niches, the spa is a calm space stretching to beat.
vinyl flooring, the ridged Arte wall covering, matt and over the entire top floor. The wide terrace, shaded All guestrooms are separated from the street by a
gloss paint finishes, cowhide upholstery. by metal louvers and accessed by large, centrally wide corridor lined with the woven vinyl carpet. Even
And whilst black is the predominant colour – from pivoted glass doors along the glazed exterior wall, the smaller rooms at 29m
2
are amply sized if a little
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