The Ritz Carlton opens first hotel in Budapest

16 June 2016

The Ritz Carlton opens first hotel in Budapest

B3 Designers create the Deak St. Kitchen & Kupola Lounge café within the Ritz Carlton hotel.

How were you commissioned?:
We were commissioned by Marriott International who own the Ritz Carlton brand.

What was the brief from the client and how much were they involved?:
To create the standalone restaurant Deak St. Kitchen and Kupola Lounge café within the Ritz Carlton hotel - a destinational restaurant that is popular with both hotel guests and locals.

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How did the brief affect the materials and design choices?:
The client wanted a design that was casual and on par with offers from other cities across the world, yet embodied the elegance and classic style of the Ritz Carlton Hotel. The materials we selected allowed both those identities to be achieved in the space.

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How did your previous experience help you with this project?:
We had previously worked with Marriott International on other hotel/restaurant projects as interior, branding and F&B consultants. Our experience designing some of London's most loved restaurants has certainly helped when creating these unique, classic spaces.

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Can you explain the layout of the project:
The main restaurant, Deak St. Kitchen, is accessible from street level as well as from inside the hotel. The exterior entrance has an inviting terrace seating area, leading into the restaurant, patrons have the option of fixed banquettes or sitting at a dining tables. While there are a few columns adorned with antique mirror, all patrons will benefit from views of the show kitchen and feature bar. The cafe lounge, Kupola lounge, connects from both the hotel and Deak Street Kitchen. The large open plan layout is divided up by grouped seating spiralling under the soaring dome ceiling.

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What problems or challenges did you face?:
Converting an under used hotel breakfast room into a destinational restaurant that is popular with both hotel guests and locals. Adjoining the restaurant is the lounge café, Kupola Lounge. The lounge takes its name from the soaring dome ceiling feature which dominates the large space. As most of the building's internal architecture is protected, B3 Designers strove to celebrate these features by creating an internal skin mirroring the classic architecture by choosing elegant furniture with a timeless material pallet of rose gold, marble, velvet and walnut.

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What do you feel were the most unusual design elements of the project?:
We think the combination of current design, historic artwork and protected architectural features within the building create a special feeling of time and heritage.

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How do you think this project is pushing design forward? What makes it special?:
We are very pleased by the restaurant's ability to draw patrons in from street level, the sense of independence it has achieved, which is something hoteliers often tell us they struggle with. Achieving this sense of independence, is what will push F&B within hotel design forward.

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Suppliers Please provide details of product names and suppliers where possible.:
Erlacher made most of the elements FF&E was made in Turkey by MOB The project managers Feuring took over all of this part and managed Flooring - Havwoods Versailles Antique Oiled Rustic Grade 20x800x800mm Distressed Engineered Flooring RELIK Reclaimed Venetian 1 Lagoon Oak 19x120x600mm Natural Oiled Engineered Chevron T&G Flooring (we laid in a Hungarian point formation) Bespoke Carpet (Kupola)- ege carpets Tiles - Floor tiles- Solus / Kitchen wall tiles- Solus Cast white bronze ingots- Fired Earth Wall Finishes - Wallpaper- Timorous Beasties Furniture - dining seats - All by MOB Furniture - tables - All by MOB Furniture - banquettes - Erlacher Finishes - Erlacher matched Finishes - fabric - Erlacher matched Art Curation - B3 layout/finalised but sourced by Eszter Bircsak.

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