Hospitality

GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL GOES BOLD WITH BURGESS FURNITURE’S NEW A-FOLD TABLE

When it came to choosing the right furniture for its new five-star establishment in Belfast, Northern Ireland’s leading hotel group, Hastings Hotels, wanted something that was lightweight, portable and quick to install with trend-led design. UK hospitality furniture specialist Burgess offered the solution for the Grand Central Hotel with its new A-Fold table, even before… Read More >

17 July 2018

THE ALEXANDER HOTELS GROUP with Style Library Contract

Design Insider’s material focus this month is paint.  One project where selecting the perfect paint tone was paramount to the success of the interior scheme was Barnett Hill, part of The Alexander Hotel family. The Alexander Hotels family comprises of boutique hotels located throughout the Southern counties. Beautiful, historic, and individually designed destinations make for the perfect… Read More >

15 July 2018

M Bar and Grill, Twickenham

The rapidly expanding M Restaurant group has just added a new location in Twickenham with the help from BCFA member Amtico… Top London interior designer René Dekker from René Dekker Design was commissioned to take on this project by M Restaurant’s founder Martin Williams.For the flooring design, René took inspiration from a parquet pattern he… Read More >

11 July 2018

Rooftop Restaurant at 20 Stories

20 Stories, opened this spring as D&D London’s first restaurant in Manchester – located on the nineteenth floor of No1 Spinningfields, with the restaurant, bar and terrace, being billed as a ‘garden in the sky’. The concept for 20 Stories was designed by New York based architecture and interior design firm CetraRuddy, with DesignLSM being chosen by… Read More >

5 July 2018

All Star Lanes, Westfield White City

Westfield White City’s popular bowling alley has been refurbished in an all american inspired bar, diner and ten-pin gaming hall. Visitors to ‘All Star Lanes’ are now transported into a glamorous, art deco 1930s American interior scheme.  Designers Fusion by Design – an award-winning design firm – chose Egger to supply the surface Torano Marble for this interior.It… Read More >

4 July 2018

The Almoners Townhouse, A Taj Hotel

The Almoners Townhouse at St James’ Court in Westminster, has officially launched its newly renovated ‘premium’ rooms as part of a multi-million pound refurbishment. The Taj Hotel chain has a commitment to ‘reinventing tradition’, and this renovation complements the “English Classics, Reinvented” series they have been running.The award-winning interior designers, Dexter Moren Associates, alongside interior design consultant… Read More >

28 June 2018

Pigsty opens in Bristol’s Gloucester Road with interior design by Phoenix Wharf

Pigsty, a new neighbourhood restaurant and bar on Bristol’s Gloucester Road, has opened for business, with all interior design and graphics on the scheme created by Bristol-based hospitality and retail specialists Phoenix Wharf.  The 100-cover space, aimed at families, couples and group diners, offers high-quality dishes based around good quality, local produce and the company’s… Read More >

21 June 2018

Designer Q&A: Amanda Ramsey, Director at Interiors and Floor Design

The latest addition to the Hastings Hotels collection is the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast. Interiors and Floor Design, a firm based in Carryduff, N. Ireland were involved with transforming this 5-star hotels interior scheme. We heard from Amanda Ramsey, the Director, to find out about how she helped transform the building into a new 300 room,… Read More >

20 June 2018

Clayton Hotel at Dublin Airport with Skopos

This week we spent a wonderful day at BCFA Open Dublin held in the Guiness Storehouse at St James Gate in Dublin.  We will celebrate projects located in Dublin throughout June and we are thrilled to share with you BCFA member Skopos’ recent Clayton Hotel project at Dublin Airport which will launch on the 21st June…. Read More >

13 June 2018

San Francisco International Airport

Designs for San Francisco International Airport’s new Terminal One showcases Commitment to Passenger Journey Excellence New images revealing the scale and quality of the redevelopment of Terminal 1, Boarding Area B at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) have been unveiled. The release of the designs by international architecture practice Woods Bagot, in joint venture with HKS Architects, comes as… Read More >

7 June 2018

Chelsom at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London

Chelsom worked closely with internationally acclaimed Joyce Wang Studio and procurement giants Benjamin West to create a stunning custom designed lighting scheme for the refurbishment of the guestrooms, corridors and public areas of one of London’s most iconic hotels, the 5-star Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London. The elegant interior scheme was completely original and the Joyce… Read More >

30 May 2018

Hām, West Hampstead by Furniture Fusion

Located on the top of a high street in an affluential London area of West Hampstead, Hām opened its doors to the public in February 2018. Rose Tuckey, the owner of the brand new eatery, fell in love with the interior of Blandford Comptoir in Marylebone and knew this was the look and feel she wanted… Read More >

15 May 2018