The Mandrake Hotel, London
The opulent interior of this boutique hotel in London’s Fitzrovia was designed by Tala Fustok. It 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.
The Penthouse Suite
Polished Greylac marble was used throughout the bed and seating areas of the penthouse suite.
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.
Other Guest Bathrooms
The bathroom floor and vanity in the Mandrake Suite were all in book-matched polished Black Wave (also known as Silver Wave) with the rich colours complementing the copper basins and taps.
Honed Bianco Carrara marble was used for the vanity units and shower seats in the junior suites and the ensuite rooms throughout the hotel were equipped with a variety of vanity tops in different honed marbles according to the effect required.
The Bars
The Waeska bar has a polished Madagascar Blue granite top, the rich colours of which complement the art which adorns the walls.
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.
Other Public Areas
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 restaurant reception desk was made of quad matched polished Breccia Pontificia which was bonded to a honeycomb backing for strength, and the two lift floors were fitted with marble.
The handwash area of the restrooms 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.