The World of Hospitality Issue 53 | Page 25

HOTELS & RESORTS
• Dover Yard , a signature cocktail bar and lounge featuring a locally-sourced drinks programme
• Neighbours , a lively daytime café and evening bar
• Wellness area on the first floor , where guests can work out in an uplifting space as well as enjoy the Mayfair-specific treatments by longtime partner Bamford Wellness Spa .
Opting for reconstruction over new construction , this urban oasis , built to BREEAM Excellent standards , utilised 80 % of the existing structure , which was repurposed to minimise adverseenvironmental impact . Through biophilia-inspired design and practices , nature is intertwined into everything at 1 Hotels , and celebrating sustainability is intrinsic to 1 Hotel Mayfair ’ s design , layout , creativity , culture , storytelling and service . Over 500sqm of living green-trellised exterior walls transform former hard surfaces into natural vertical landscapes . All 181 guest rooms feature moss walls , British Oak flooring andWelsh slate bathroom vanities . More than 200 plant species and 1,300 individual plants can be found across the property , from the living walls to the planting beds in the bedrooms .
In keeping with the brand ’ s mission-driven ethos , 1 Hotel Mayfair has partnered with contemporary artists to convey important messages on humankind ’ s impact on our natural environments , including specially commissioned pieces suchas :
• ‘ Flow ’ by marine-plastic artist SteveMcPherson
• Kate McGwire ’ s feather installation atop the bar counter at Dover Yard
• The leafy lobby chandelier created from air plants by artist Patrick Nadeau
• Herbert Golser ’ s ‘ 1 ’ sign , made exclusively from wood .
Encouraging guests to explore the city emission-free , the Audi e-tron , the official Electronic Vehicle of 1 Hotels , is available daily for guests to enjoy .
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