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(Above) Plan of the ground floor of the new hotel, show- ing the layout of the car park to the north and north-west of the building.
(Below) Plan of the first floor. On the second and third floors, the residents' dining room is replaced by suites of two rooms with a private bathroom and
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The hotel consists basically of two sections the public and service rooms to the south-west, and the four-storeyed
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is paved with Italian marble. gularly shaped lounge, which is located on three different levels, runs through the building from the reception area at the front to the main restaurant and terrace at the back. From this lounge at its lowest level, which is covered entirely with a green carpet, opens the bar and the restaurant. Both the bar and the lounge furniture are upholstered in various shades of green, brown and rust red, while both areas have light green walls. The bar contains а Formica covered counter with a mosaic tile front, and an attractive stone fireplace which will be a comfortable gathering place during the cold season.
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The large oval shaped restaurant accommodate 140 people; its shape was influenced by the contours of the site and by the desire on the part of the architect to take the maximum advantage of the really magnificent views. Almost one half of the wall circumference is formed by full-length windows, part of which give access to the balcony which is protected by a wrought iron railing and part is open to the terrace leading down to the lawn.
The restaurant has a white plaster ceil- ing with modern Danish lighting fittings. There is a full-length glazed wall be- tween the lounge and the restaurant with ап inset teak frame to the double en- trance doors, The teak furniture is up- holstered in dark green and gold, which colours are repeated in the bold-pattern- ed curtains covering most of the un- glazed walls; the wall adjacent to the service doors is of white plaster with teak fillets. The whole decorative effect 15 most striking and attractive.
Just off the main restaurant is a small air-conditioned private restaurant with light cream coloured walls; this is in- tended for private parties of about 25 people. There is a separate service door from the pantry to serve this dining
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The kitchen is surprisingly large and well equipped and, because of its airiness and comfortable working space, should be a pleasant place for the staff to work in. The kitchen was planned by the аг- chitect in close co-operation with the
well known hotelier, Mr. A. K. Dimond. Other service rooms are provided in the kitchen wing with servants' quarters on the floor above.
The bedroom wing runs from south- west to north-east, with corridors along its north-west side. Above the ground floor, these corridors have vertical louver- ed walls, the louvers being of reinforced concrete. These provide excellent cross- ventilation and exclude the hot afternoon Protection against the possibility of small children getting out is afforded by trellis work and Hower boxes. Glass louvers are set in the walls between the corridors and bathrooms,
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bedroom wing to the north-east. From Entrance to the hotel is into a trian- each of the two upper floors there are the entrance, an immediate impression of gular shaped foyer, with a waiting lounge two double rooms, two single rooms and space and size is gained from the vista and the reception counter. The outside three suites. All bedrooms and suites presented through the lounge and the wall of the waiting lounge and foyer have their own bathrooms and all are air- main dining room, with glimpses of the adjoining the entrance is composed al- conditioned. Each suite consists of two hills and landscape in the background. most entirely of glass, while the threshold rooms and a bathroom, and may be let
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