Beverly Hilton Hotel Foyer Interior Wall of Golden Art

An earlier version of this article appeared in Building Stone Mag .

Located at the crossroads of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevard, the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills is one of the tallest buildings in the city. The hotel, which boasts a Streamline Moderne pattern, is the brand's first new build on the West Declension and its second hotel in California.

"The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills is an urban oasis that combines modern luxury with timeless design. This building welcomes visitors to Beverly Hills in a completely new mode," said Pierre-Yves Rochon, founder and global design director at Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR) in Paris and Chicago. "The outside design honors the Golden Age of Hollywood and the architectural history of Los Angeles. Its grade is harmonious with its surroundings, just it is also very visible and striking. Information technology reminds us of the 1930s curved buildings in Los Angeles. The Streamline Moderne pattern is sleek, clad in limestone, and transitions well to the interiors. The volumes, curved edges, and Art Deco-inspired furniture pieces continue to create the hotel's identity."

The exterior architecture pattern of the 207,641-square-human foot holding was led by PYR in collaboration with architectural firms Perkins and Will and Gensler. A collaborative effort from outset to end, the $200 million undertaking spared no expense, equally evidenced by its impressive Portuguese limestone-clad exterior and the interior spaces dressed in marble, granite, travertine, and onyx.

"The interior blueprint challenge at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills was to create a globe-class design dissimilar any other hotel in Fifty.A.," Rochon said. "It needed to entreatment to both international travelers and locals. We created this environment by celebrating large volumes, elegance, and artisanship, which can be appreciated by all. It too has a uniquely Southern California experience—it is light, open, airy, and has an effortless and comfy fashion. It has 'Old Hollywood' glamour."

"The sense of cinematic glamour begins with the dramatic inflow to the porte-cochère with a sweeping bronze canopy," the designer explained. "Guests are welcomed through bronze doors adorned with Lalique crystal pulls. A soaring entry antechamber is framed past two tall statuary zodiac screens and anchored by a awe-inspiring bronze chandelier. Intimate adjacent alcoves allow for a private check-in and concierge feel, while a floor-to-ceiling glossy onyx fireplace warms the lounge only beyond. The sophistication of the public areas is enhanced by the refined quality of craftsmanship in the FF&E [article of furniture, fixtures and equipment] programme, including a carefully curated collection of fine art works, Lalique gold leaf backed crystal panels, paw-selected Italian marbles and custom furnishings from around the world."

Natural Rock Adds Glamour and Intrigue

Photo courtesy of PICCO Engineering.

1 of the well-nigh striking features of the hotel can be seen in the 2-story entrance hall, where a 17-foot   onyx fireplace sets the perfect backdrop for a massive, custom-designed bronze and crystal chandelier. Across the antechamber in the chief waiting expanse a trio of marbles was used to create a clean, contemporary floor blueprint. A base of operations of Calacatta Oro marble is accented past sparse bronze inserts, creating a repetitive rectangular design throughout the space. The Calacatta Oro marble frames an inner blueprint composed of Crema Marfil and Amarelo Negrais marble, which are bordered past thin strips of Accented Blackness granite.

The hotel provides an intimate hospitality feel, with only xviii rooms on each flooring—119 deluxe rooms and 51 suites. "The atmosphere is exciting, vibrant, and total of life. We created a repose backdrop of creams and beiges absolute by absurd celadons and gilt caramels, and sleek black lacquer finishes. This palette also continues into the standard guestrooms, which creates a cohesive guest experience," Rochon said.

The guestrooms gloat a archetype California style, with floor-to-ceiling windows that open onto oversized private balconies. Each blazon of room promotes a unlike colour scheme, from the standard rooms to the presidential suite. The king-sized rooms embrace a blue theme, with patterned rugs and complementary accents, while the queen-sized rooms take on a gilt theme. Suites are distinguished by chocolate brown and cream outfitting. All bathrooms are clad in marble, waterjet-cutting into geometric patterns for the floors and walls. 12×24 inch pieces of Bianco Dolomiti marble were installed on the walls of the bathrooms and showers, separated by ane 1/2 inch vertical bands of Amarelo Negrais marble. The floors in the king- and queen-sized rooms feature an intricate stone medallion, with intermixed squares of Bianco Dolomiti and Crema Marfil marble, framed past 1 1/2 inch strips of Amarelo Negrais marble. In the suites, Bianco Dolomiti, Crema Marfil, and Amarelo Negrais are used to create a unique flower-like pattern on the floor. Crema Marfil was used for the tub surrounds to provide a cohesive look.

In the villas, Calacatta Oro marble was used on the floors. These rooms were designed using hints of celadon, a pale shade of green, with white and foam accents. The bathrooms, which combine all color shades through the use of rock and tile, as well feature geometric-inspired floor medallions. The walls share the same stone design as the queen- and king-sized rooms, with 12- x 24 inch pieces of Calacatta Oro in place of Bianco Dolomiti marble, while the floors showcase triangular and circular pieces of waterjet-cut Noir St. Laurent and Crema Marfil marble that is framed by the 1 1/two inch bands of Amarelo Negrais marble. In the shower, Calcacatta Oro was used for the shower demote and Crema Marfil graces the floors, along with square pieces of Noir St. Laurent marble framed by strips of Amarelo Negrais marble.

The 3,215-square-foot presidential suite, which includes a ane,459-square-foot terrace, combines shades of gilt and cream with Noir St. Laurent marble floors to create something imperial and 1-of-a-kind. The Noir St. Laurent is featured throughout the unabridged suite'due south floors and was carried into the bath, where it was used aslope sparse bands of Amarelo Negrais marble to create a rectangular-inspired design. Big-format pieces of the same white onyx used for the lobby fireplace were also applied on these walls and the tub surround for an upscale look and feel. The presidential suite's bathroom features floor to ceiling windows that offer dramatic views of the Hollywood Hills.

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An Intricate Installation

A talented team of professionals was enlisted to fabricate and install the hotel'southward intricate rock bathroom features. The polished 1 i/2 inch bands of Amarelo Negrais marble required a keen eye to ensure design perfection.

"This item created a 180-degree continuum that wrapped the bathroom in a warm yellow hue," said Solomon Aryeh, possessor of SMG Rock Company, Inc. "This intricate item that was achieved in the fabrication process was an important design element that lent the bath an elevated feel. Every one of the wall bands was installed to line upwards with i another horizontally and vertically, with some walls containing upward to vii bands that faded into the door surround. This included bands lining upwardly directly with the lather niche and a horizontal line particular on the light fixtures."

Because of the client'due south loftier standards, Aryeh and his team had to maintain tight tolerances to ensure blueprint accuracy. "To attain the lining up of the joints in the bathroom, the framing of the room had to exist verbal with tolerances no more 1/8 inch," he explained. "Our chore was to piece of work hand-in-hand with the framer to maintain the design integrity requiring walls to be plumb and installed in perfect square. Stone tiles were installed in a thinset system that required the mortar bed to be no more than 3/sixteen inch thick, as there was no room to build up the tiles or room for adjustments. A thicker mortar bed would off-set the joints from one finish of the bath to the other, completely compromising the pattern."

With several mock-ups completed during the design procedure and hundreds of dry lays assembled onsite prior to the install, the designers and installers successfully worked together for about 4 years to construct the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills.

Since its completion, the hotel has received numerous national and international accolades, including a Natural Stone Institute Pinnacle Accolade in the Commericial Interior category.

"The reaction has been very positive from the possessor, Hilton, and the City of Beverly Hills," Rochon said. "The building has profoundly elevated the character of the site. It complements its adjacent sister hotel, the Beverly Hilton.  It is true to the urban center'due south heritage of Hollywood glamour."

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Source: https://usenaturalstone.org/using-natural-stone-to-create-old-hollywood-glamour-in-a-new-beverly-hills-hotel/

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