Gold Leaf and Mosaic: Arrival Lobby with Palatial Vocabulary

The hotel lobby ceiling is a series of pointed arches, with the intrados covered in tiny golden glass mosaics. Each piece has a slightly different angle, causing the entire ceiling to shimmer when light sweeps across it. The columns are circular, clad in white carved plaster, with capitals featuring layered stalactite-like decorations. The flooring is waterjet-cut multi-colored marble inlay, with an Islamic geometric pattern of octagonal stars, and a central circular floral motif 6 meters in diameter. Several large, intricately carved metal lanterns are suspended in the space at varying heights. Avoid: modern minimalist lines, single-color stone flooring, flat ceilings, using glossy electroplated gold instead of mosaic or gold leaf.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

飯店大廳的天花是一連串的尖拱,拱腹貼滿細小的金色玻璃馬賽克,每一片的角度略有差異,所以光線掃過時整片天花會閃動。柱是圓形的,包覆白色的雕花石膏,柱頭是層層疊出的鐘乳石狀裝飾。地坪是水刀切割的多色大理石拼花,圖案是八角星的伊斯蘭幾何,中央有一個直徑 6 公尺的圓形花飾。空間裡懸掛數盞金屬鏤空的燈籠,尺寸極大,高度不一。避免:使用現代簡約的線條、地坪鋪單色石材、天花做成平頂、金色使用亮面電鍍而非馬賽克或金葉。