interiors – bars & restaurants
Spiritland
A new restaurant and bar for music lovers has opened in London’s Royal Festival Hall with an interior theme that gives a nod to the performing arts.
SPIRITLAND has opened its latest and largest location in London, a 180-cover restaurant in Royal Festival Hall. Founded by Paul Noble, Dominic Lake
and Patrick Clayton-Malone, Spiritland was created as a way for people to engage with the music they love. It features one of the world’s best sound systems that allows people to hear music as the artist intended. The venue for music lovers gained
international recognition following the 2016 opening of its café, radio studio and listening lounge in King’s Cross and subsequent headphone shop in Mayfair. Spiritland Royal Festival Hall has almost
three times the capacity of the King’s Cross location, and offers an early-morning to late night celebration of food, drink and music culture in Europe’s largest centre for the arts with a 2am license. The interior of the new venue has been
designed by Spiritland’s creative director Patrick Clayton-Malone. Previous to his current role at Spiritland, Patrick was co- founder and head of design at restaurant Canteen, establishing Very Good & Proper to design and manufacture Canteen’s products. In a departure from the familiar 1970s
Japanese HiFi references that have inspired the interior of Spiritland King’s Cross, the Royal Festival Hall restaurant gives a nod to the performing arts with an atmospheric, theatrical interior intended to comfort diners well into the small hours. The quality of sound in the room is as
considered as everything else in the Spiritland approach. Bespoke velvet curtains
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from the atelier to London’s West End add ceremony to the space, while furniture by Very Good and Proper, and terrazzo by Max Lamb for Dzek, embellish the bar with touches of modernism that tie in with the surroundings. Rounded booths in leather and custom ceiling and wall panels create a distinct ‘sonic architecture’ to enhance the world-class offering of food, drink and music across genres. “We've endeavoured to create a space that
combines a sense of intimacy with its own unique acoustic signature, a temple to music. Inspired by 1970's iconic talk show sets and landmark sound studios, Spiritland Royal Festival Hall is focused on bringing a unique experience to the Southbank’s cultural landscape," says Clayton-Malone. Spiritland worked with longtime
collaborators Living Voice, the Nottinghamshire-based custom speaker workshop, whose vintage Air Partner speakers have been reconceived for the space. As makers of what is hailed as the most high-specification, bespoke audio equipment in the world, Living Voice, who co-designed the speakers for the King’s Cross space with Spiritland, extend the listening experience to the new restaurant and anchor the room with a pair of rare iconic speakers.
www.spiritland.com
Images: Andrew Meredith
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