Beaumont Hotel, London
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Beaumont". The Beaumont. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Owen Hatherley, Antony Gormley's Mayfair metamorphosis, The Guardian, 11 June 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "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
