{"id":224293,"date":"2024-04-04T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&p=224293"},"modified":"2024-04-02T15:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T19:36:32","slug":"walk-through-the-royal-hotel-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/walk-through-the-royal-hotel-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"A Centuries-Old Structure is Transformed into a Bustling Hotel in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the dining room, sculpted fins of acoustic board and custom ceramic pendant fixtures evoke a dew-dappled mushroom. Photography by Graydon Herriott.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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April 4, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Wilson Barlow<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Centuries-Old Structure is Transformed into a Bustling Hotel in Canada<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Considering this property\u2019s state when it was sold a decade ago, some would have thought the 1881 building unsalvageable. The structure was dilapidated and waterlogged, with caved-in ceilings and staircases covered in green moss. But its new owner, a family of local real-estate developers, wasn\u2019t ready to give up, and Giannone Petricone Architects<\/a> was up for the challenge of restoring it to its former glory.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Royal embraces its roots as a Victorian railway hotel by \u201cisolating, abstracting, and reinserting quintessential tropes to create a new narrative,\u201d says Pina Petricone, the Toronto firm\u2019s cofounder and principal with Ralph Giannone. Just look above the dining room\u2019s custom white oak harvest table, where the original ceiling rosette was replaced with an installation of acoustic-board fins and translucent ceramic pendant fixtures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How The Royal Hotel Melds Past and Present<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The top two floors of the 1881 building\u2019s facade are original, while the main level is entirely new. Photography by Jeff McNeill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The effect conjures the underside of a mushroom dripping with morning dew, nodding to the area\u2019s agricultural spirit. Another reminder of the site\u2019s history: A building once used as a stable for guests\u2019 horses was transformed into the Annex, which houses an additional five suites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thematic constant is textiles; more specifically, Victorian-era tartans. \u201cThese references were inspired by the various wallcoverings and carpeting still present during our first walk-through,\u201d Giannone adds. They were reinterpreted as custom carpets and other fabrics, but a more novel application is the designers\u2019 experiments with \u201cpetrified textiles,\u201d like the custom tartan stone mosaics in guest bathrooms and the parlor\u2019s CNC-sculpted fireplace surround that evokes starched white linen. The designers even playfully referenced the hotel\u2019s formerly downtrodden state with millwork that \u201cexposes\u201d wall studs, tiles offset to mimic an out-of-place rug, and rippled ceiling effects that look almost like puddles. These elements make the Royal Hotel something simultaneously frozen in time and utterly contemporary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the dining room, sculpted fins of acoustic board and custom ceramic pendant fixtures evoke a dew-dappled mushroom. Photography by Graydon Herriott.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Golden Raddix marble slab backdrops the Royal Gala suite\u2019s double-sided fireplace. Photography by Doublespace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The custom stone tile pattern emulates a Victorian tartan textile on a guest bathroom\u2019s wall and floor. Photography by Doublespace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The same motif perks up a corridor\u2019s Axminster runner, its coloration harmonizing with the white-oak paneling. Photography by Greg Pacek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A fumed-oak wall reminiscent of Victorian-era dressing screens encloses the Empire Suite\u2019s soaking tub. Photography by Doublespace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A starched tablecloth inspired the parlor fireplace surround; Bocci ceiling fixtures and air vents channel pond ripples. Photography by Doublespace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The property\u2019s horse barn was converted into the Annex, clad in Kebony wood and topped with a zinc roof. Photography by Doublespace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A landscaped garden terrace of red-clay brick extends from the dining room. Photography by Jeff McNeill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Powder-coated steel panels distinguish a staircase in the Annex of The Royal Hotel in Picton, Canada, by Giannone Petricone Architects. Photography by Doublespace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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An Annex suite is one of five in the structure. Photography by Graydon Herriott.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n