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Royalton Hotel
Royalton Hotel
44, West 44th Street, Manhattan, New York, NY, United States
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Royalton Hotel
44, West 44th Street, Manhattan, New York, NY, United States
Focus Lighting, together with Roman and Williams Design undertook the challenge of revitalizing and redesigning New York’s original boutique hotel: The Royalton. Bold design gestures create spaces as memorable and dramatic as the original design by Philip Starck. Sensuously dark lounges, luxurious materials and highly textured sculptural elements surround and entice guests to relax and absorb the rich visual environment before their eyes.
Two teakwood beaded screens flank the main entry, dramatically uplit to highlight their geometric shapes and arrangement. The textured steel façade of the fireplace is accented by light to emphasize its dimensionality and patina. The aluminum sculptural screen in the lounge, lit by accents in the ceiling, is counterpointed by a blue, leather stitched wall behind the screen, lit by hidden fixtures from below, providing a complex contrast in visual and tactile composition. Throughout the lobby, hand-blown glass pendants float in space, seeming to bathe patrons with their luminous glow while carefully concealed lighting components actually achieve this effect.
The Royalton’s signature restaurant, Brasserie 44 pays homage to Starck’s original nautically inspired lobby by using corded rope to create sculptural woven arches between warm toned wood and brass seating banquettes, reminiscent of the fine woodwork found on luxury yachts and sailboats. Hidden lighting elements behind the banquettes gently graze up the rosewood walls, illuminating dining patrons with a flattering light, and creating visual depth between the furniture and the surrounding architecture. Fixtures within the banquettes light up the rope elements anchoring them in pools of lights while the rope’s subtle texture is highlighted.
With this rebirth the Royalton continues to set the standard for boutique hospitality and continues its legacy as a cultural icon
Two teakwood beaded screens flank the main entry, dramatically uplit to highlight their geometric shapes and arrangement. The textured steel façade of the fireplace is accented by light to emphasize its dimensionality and patina. The aluminum sculptural screen in the lounge, lit by accents in the ceiling, is counterpointed by a blue, leather stitched wall behind the screen, lit by hidden fixtures from below, providing a complex contrast in visual and tactile composition. Throughout the lobby, hand-blown glass pendants float in space, seeming to bathe patrons with their luminous glow while carefully concealed lighting components actually achieve this effect.
The Royalton’s signature restaurant, Brasserie 44 pays homage to Starck’s original nautically inspired lobby by using corded rope to create sculptural woven arches between warm toned wood and brass seating banquettes, reminiscent of the fine woodwork found on luxury yachts and sailboats. Hidden lighting elements behind the banquettes gently graze up the rosewood walls, illuminating dining patrons with a flattering light, and creating visual depth between the furniture and the surrounding architecture. Fixtures within the banquettes light up the rope elements anchoring them in pools of lights while the rope’s subtle texture is highlighted.
With this rebirth the Royalton continues to set the standard for boutique hospitality and continues its legacy as a cultural icon
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