Landmark uses Thai-inspired design ideas

Landmark uses Thai-inspired design ideas

Landmark Lancaster Hotel Group seeks to differentiate itself from competitors by integrating Thai design into its Lancaster Bangkok hotel.

The hotel's architecture was selected to echo traditional local architectural elements, including silk, marble, wood and glass. The infusion of traditional motifs and colour palettes creates a five-star feel with Thai touches.

The hotel's central staircase was built with a mixture of Italian Carrara and Turkish Emperador, and the two curved sections are carved from solid blocks of marble, each weighing close to 800 kilogrammes.

Other highlights include the period-inspired lobby, featuring 2,500 pieces of pla ta pien, a Thai art form that symbolises prosperity and abundance. The floor is decorated with shiny marble in a stylised star pattern, and the dome of the atrium is 50 metres high and allows natural daylight to flood the interior.

Each room includes a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows with sweeping views of Bangkok.

The main restaurant, Siam Brasserie, is decorated in colonial style but influenced by Thai aesthetics. The restaurant has classic Thai-style windows and a brass horse statue dedicated to Tuang Sihanatkathakul, the founder of Landmark Lancaster Hotel Co. A solid brass bar gives a classic look to the hotel's modern pub.

Thais have always had a very strong connection with water, said a company spokesman, which has "become a design concept of the whole wellness floor that features a swimming pool, spa and sauna".

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