The Savoy Hotel in London's Strand is, without doubt, one of the
most famous hotels in the world and its 3-year, £100m refurbishment
and restoration is nearing completion. Reardon Smith Architects
specified 496 doorsets and 152 special head architraves from the
UK’s leading performance doorset manufacturer Leaderflush Shapland –
which will play their part in re-affirming the extraordinary
heritage of this iconic hotel.
World-renowned interior designer Pierre Yves Rochon has developed
schemes to impart new glamour and luxury, echoing the very finest of
1920s Art Deco combined with an Edwardian-inspired, classic English
style, both synonymous with The Savoy.
A team of over 1000 craftsmen, artists and artisans has worked
tirelessly to create the interiors including the legendary American
Bar, the river front restaurant 12 authentic Art Deco guestrooms,
268 guestrooms and a 16 room royal suite.
Leaderflush Shapland supplied doorsets from their Designer and
Extended Performance ranges constructed using Enduracor – an
engineered performance doorset core which is both versatile and
stable. In a recent independent test, EnduraCor was shown to be one
hundred times more durable than multi-layered chipboard, achieving
1,000 more impacts than required by EN1192 Class 4. Doorsets were
specified to meet various performance characteristics of up to 60
minutes fire resistance and sound reduction levels up to 40 RwdB
with some doors having VN1 Vision panels.
Art deco style doors with applied mouldings are in stained sycamore
veneer to the corridor side and painted to the room side.
Traditional style doors with applied mouldings are finished in
stained mahogany veneer laid to replicate a traditional joinery door
and special art deco maple architraves have been stained and
polished to replicate the originals that were made around 90 years
ago.
Leaderflush Shapland, the UK’s largest performance door and doorset
manufacturer, combines long experience and a tradition of
craftsmanship with the most efficient production techniques to
ensure that every hotel door meets or exceeds expectations.
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