Dandelyan

“The plush materials and bold colour scheme are striking”. That’s why the Mondrian London’s bar, by Design Research Studio, won the Restaurant & Bar Design Award.

Design Research Studio, Dandelyan, Mondrian London, London
Design Research Studio, under the creative direction of Tom Dixon, redeveloped the Sea Containers House to Mondrian London, a new hotel from the Morgans Hotel Group.

Built in the 1970’s, the 16 storey Sea Containers House was designed by the American architect, Warren Platner, creator of Windows on the World.

Originally designed as a luxury hotel, the building’s brief was never fulfilled and it instead was occupied as office. Among these was a shipping company Sea Container from which the building now draws its name. This maritime history and the Anglo-American relationship between Design Research Studio and Morgans Hotel Group, form the design inspiration for the project.

Design Research Studio, Dandelyan, Mondrian London, London
Design Research Studio, Dandelyan, Mondrian London, London

The hotel embodies the elegance of a transatlantic 1920’s liner. The main lobby features a giant, external and internal, copper clad wall inspired by the hull of a ship, running from outside the building and leads guests to the hotel lobby within.

The vast 1500 sqm ground floor area includes one river-side restaurant and a breakfast bar. Building on the extensive metal finishes already found in the building, a network of brass work runs throughout the hotel, feeding out to every corner, edging each bedroom door and eventually morphing into a cocktail bar on the roof top.

The roof-top bar, the Dandelyan, is edged with glass boasting views of the North and South of the city inspired by the top deck of a cruise liner. Designed with references to an ornate Art Deco-period ballroom, the bar features a statement lighting installation, adding an element of sophistication to the space.


Dandelyan, Mondrian London, London
Program: cocktail bar
Architects: Design Research Studio
Creative Direction: Tom Dixon
Client: Morgans Hotel Group
Completion: 2014

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