The Beaumont Hotel is a Grade II listed luxury hotel in Mayfair, London, United Kingdom. One of its rooms was designed by Antony Gormley as a public sculpture.
Location
The hotel is located at 8 Balderton Street, Mayfair, near Brown Hart Gardens. It has 73 rooms, including 23 studios and suites, and opened in September 2014. [1]
History
The building was erected as a garage [2] in 1925–1926 by the architects Wimperis and Simpson on behalf of Macy's Ltd. [1] [3]
Historic England note that "the façade is remarkably ambitious for a car park of this date", as well as "its importance in the evolution of the multi-storey car park as a distinctive C20 building type". [3]
The building was Grade II listed by Historic England in 2009. [3]
In 2014, Antony Gormley designed a room as a public sculpture. [2] [4]
References
- ^ a b "The Beaumont". The Beaumont. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ a b Owen Hatherley, Antony Gormley's Mayfair metamorphosis, The Guardian, 11 June 2014
- ^ a b c "8, Balderton Street". Historic England. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ Jonathan Jones, Antony Gormley's £2,500 Room without a view – review, The Guardian, 10 June 2014
External links
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