The Bell
An interior lobby precedent by Ste Marie showcasing rich textural contrasts between green marble, patterned rugs, and warm brass details.
- What we like about this project
- The dramatic shift from polished speckled stone flooring to a highly geometric green-and-white patterned carpet.
Materials
- green-marble
- leather
- brass
- timber
- terrazzo
Visual identifiers
- green-marble-wall
- patterned-rug
- leather-lounge-chair
- brass-reception-desk
Style tags
- mid-century-modern
- luxurious
- hospitality
Visual tags
- hospitality
- lounge
- rich-materials
- custom-furniture
- ambient-lighting
- Geometry
- Long, low-ceilinged horizontal volume anchored by a central seating lounge and a reception desk set back against a marble-clad feature wall.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with non-loadbearing partition walls and stone cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive single-story floor plate with a low, finished ceiling giving an intimate, club-like horizontal proportion.
- Lighting
- Warm ambient illumination from integrated ceiling coves, vertical brass sconces, and task lamps casting soft glows on horizontal surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Sophisticated, warm, and club-like atmosphere created by dark tones and layered lighting.
- Environmental context
- Interior commercial lobby with large stone walls and soft lighting typical of a high-end hospitality or corporate environment.
- Spatial experience
- The deep reception lounge offers a sequence of intimate seating clusters over patterned flooring, balanced by an expansive polished stone floor on the left.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal zoning set up by the continuous carpet pattern, marble wall joints, and alignment of vertical brass light fixtures.
- Style reading
- Mid-century modern inspired hospitality interior
- Program
- Commercial or hotel lobby lounge
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- green-marble, leather, brass, timber, terrazzo
- Visual identifiers
- green-marble-wall, patterned-rug, leather-lounge-chair, brass-reception-desk
- Style tags
- mid-century-modern, luxurious, hospitality
- Visual tags
- hospitality, lounge, rich-materials, custom-furniture, ambient-lighting
- Geometry
- Long, low-ceilinged horizontal volume anchored by a central seating lounge and a reception desk set back against a marble-clad feature wall.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with non-loadbearing partition walls and stone cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive single-story floor plate with a low, finished ceiling giving an intimate, club-like horizontal proportion.
- Lighting
- Warm ambient illumination from integrated ceiling coves, vertical brass sconces, and task lamps casting soft glows on horizontal surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Sophisticated, warm, and club-like atmosphere created by dark tones and layered lighting.
- Environmental context
- Interior commercial lobby with large stone walls and soft lighting typical of a high-end hospitality or corporate environment.
- Spatial experience
- The deep reception lounge offers a sequence of intimate seating clusters over patterned flooring, balanced by an expansive polished stone floor on the left.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal zoning set up by the continuous carpet pattern, marble wall joints, and alignment of vertical brass light fixtures.
- Style reading
- Mid-century modern inspired hospitality interior
- Program
- Commercial or hotel lobby lounge
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior