PROJECT GALLERY
PROJECT GALLERY
Interior Design Today presents the Project Gallery, a selection of interior spaces that have been designed from scratch or renovated and restored to stunning effect. In this issue we have a collection of designs that really think outside the proverbial box. We begin with a journey to New York to embrace the Chinese style of Hakkasan as designed by Giles and Boissier. Private dining and bespoke cut marble are all part of the package at this notable restaurant space. Back in the UK, two Hampstead properties have undergone quite the transformation, boasting renovated basements and a salubrious design, courtesy of Folio Design. PENSON reveal their latest concepts for internet giants Google, with an interactive working space for the Google technology engineers. MET Studio, experiential designers, have brought Hong Kong’s City Gallery to life by creatively designing its exhibition space to maximum effect, and finally, the Radisson Blu MOA has had the graven treatment, linking cities and embracing a refined and relaxed retail culture.
A TRIP THROUGH CHINA
Hakkasan New York is a luxurious 11,000 square foot venue located in midtown Manhattan at 311 West 43rd Street. The Michelin starred restaurant was designed by Paris based architect team Gilles & Boissier. The Hakkasan New York design reflects the brand’s global philosophy with subtle edits to the interior décor, which includes a new motif and deep blue colour scheme with red and pink undertones, tailored to New York sensibilities. The restaurant is 11,000 square feet with seating for 200 guests with semi-private dining areas. The marble used in the space was sourced from a single block in a quarry in Carrara, Italy, fabricated and installed by Artisan Stoneworks (Deer Park, NY). The restaurant’s stone Ling Ling screens and other stone features are produced from 4,885 feet of Calacatta finished marble slabs, carved by a water jet machine. The restaurant’s signature cage is sourced from white oak harvested in Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Blue and red-hued frosted glass, semi-transparent glass, and mirrors have been installed throughout the space. Gilles & Boissier commented on the space, "Entry is via a long corridor: minimalist, opaque and plainly cast in marble. At its end there is life, the wooden cage animated from day till night by a multitude of ambience and action - a modern hutong house containing a variety of spaces, linked together by a long bar as the major element that is anchored by a metallic wall as its backdrop. The deep blue glass enveloping the kitchen acts as a lantern, emanating a halo of energy and humanity from beyond: glimpsed through the transparency of the wooden and marble panels of the cage, the imagery plays like dentelle lace on a sensual body, a feminine sensation mixing with the strong and massive architecture. A single glance can capture a wealth of different emotions and ambiences, like a snapshot of pure life that builds up frame by frame into a movie, taking you on a trip to a fantastic China.”
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