Bratislava | 2001
HOTEL CARLTON
/Mirror cocktail bar – a mirror hall and bar from 1913. Space reconstruction and restoration in the neo-baroque and art nouveau style. National cultural monument.
The history of the famous hotel at this important place by the Danube begins in 1913. The businessman Henrich Prűger, a consultant for modern hotel industry (also for the Titanic), created the large Carlton hotel complex here by rebuilding older hotels according to American designs. Prosperous hotel was visited and visited by important personalities of the time, politicians, musicians, artists, e.g. A. Einstein, A. Nobel, F.D. Roosevelt, T.G. Masaryk, T.A. Edison and others. It was a place of associations, receptions, balls. The hotel was rebuilt again in 1931 according to the projects of M. N. Harminac and finally underwent a general renovation in 2001.
IMPLEMENTATION
The subject of a complete reconstruction, which was carried out by f. NOVOTA ART was a representative space of the so-called Hall of Mirrors and its vestibule – bar from 1913. This “pavilion” with upper natural lighting in the vault has the thematic leitmotif Light, with the allegory of the planet Venus (Morgenstern, Zornička). At the time of the reconstruction, this part no longer existed. It was necessary to create a complete replica of the original space on the basis of historical archival photo documentation, art-historical knowledge and on the basis of fragments of stucco decoration. It was a very demanding technical preparation and artistic-craftsmanship. We used precise processes of welded steel, wooden structures, reinforced large segments of gypsum castings for the vault, created relief stucco decoration, assembly, retouching, painting. The original color was also reconstructed in the range of green, gold dust and ecru tone. According to the investor’s decision, the walls were decorated in red tones in the system of architectural division.