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trends: bar design

perspectives
By Alia Akkam

drink it in
A cocktail renaissance spawns a slew of beautiful—and smartly designed—bars

Waterhouse Bar & Terrace, Brighton, England
While transforming the Hilton Brighton Metropole’s bar into the new Waterhouse Bar & Terrace—a nod to Alfred Waterhouse, the original architect of the hotel, which ﬁrst opened in 1890—Karen Mitton, senior designer at Hove, England-based DesignLSM, visited private members’ clubs and grand bistros to jog her imagination. “The brief from Hilton was to update the existing space and create an all-day bar and brasserie where guests would be comfortable meeting for lunch, dinner, or drinks,” she says. ease at the marble topped bar, underneath a mélange of low hanging pendant lights, and surrounded by wood paneled walls and soothing hues of gray and plum. For those who’d rather sip their cocktail in privacy there are cozy leather banquettes in which to perch. “The materials were carefully chosen to reﬂect a sumptuous, inviting interior,” Mitton points out. Photo by James French August 2012 Here, comfort also happens to encompass elegance. Imbibers are certainly at

Living Room Lounge & Bar, Dubai
Dubai might be in the Middle East, but its European and Asian inﬂuences can be felt at every turn. A polyglot expat community led HBA’s local ofﬁce to create the Living Room Lounge & Bar at the Grand Hyatt Dubai, featuring a central bar area complete with a sunken ﬂoor, curved feature wall, and contemporary artwork printed onto aluminum sheets. The bar counter, clad in textured metal, is a familiar motif, weaving its way through the Velvet Lounge, European Lounge, and Chinese Lounge, three distinct offshoot lairs linked together by apertures. The challenge, notes Michelle Evans, HBA’s managing associate/senior project designer, “was how to blend each culture while emphasizing its own personality. We wanted each lounge to be open to the next one, sharing and inviting each culture to see and be seen, so a series of portholes were designed to look like windows.” The Living Room, Evans adds, melds all “elements of vibrant contrasts that we see every day around us in Dubai. These were carried through in our design with bold colors featured in the richness of the fabrics and architectural ﬁnishes.” In the Velvet Lounge, magenta, purple,

and a hint of gold reference the Middle East, whereas oversized crystal and velvet chandeliers and silk panels dress up the scarlet Chinese Lounge. And a high gloss lacquer burnt orange portal welcomes guests to the European Lounge, leading them to a white-on-white scheme accented by pearlized leather.

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Hospitality Design - August 2012
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From the Editor
From the Show Director
People
Sketchbook
Trends
Competition
Interviews
Jason Wu
Kenneth Cobonpue
HD Boutique Preview
Lighting
Seating
Mirrors
Design-Driven Chefs
Tori Tori
Inbi
Brio
Churrascos
Balena
Back Space
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