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...Homage is paid throughout to the building’s art deco roots: pastel-sorbet tones and lots of shining nickel detailing in the lobby-bar; lovely shell-shaped marble tile work in the bathrooms....
...The architect-designers have leaned heavily into vintage pieces, wild tiles and textiles and an overall late-’70s Milan vibe....
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...Hotel developers must work with what exists, placing an emphasis on conservation and restoration....
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...Its restoration, repairing cracks and detached tiles, smoothing bulges and hollows, allowing colour to shine, is launched as part of the exhibition Alexander the Great and the East, opening on May 29; the...
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