Elements: (3) Styles of Upholstered Banquettes, Irrigated Brass Plant Wall Fixtures, Wood and Brass Cabinetry and Millwork, Backlit Glass Block Bar, Turf Wall Cladding
Type of Space: Hotel and Restaurant
Designer: Tinker Ma and Client
General Contractor: J&J Contractors
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Year: 2016 and 2018
Photography: Reed McCoy, Tomas Donoso and Range Projects
The prompt was "mid century modern meets Miami". The result is truly something one of a kind.
Working with Seija Ojanpera, owner and visionary of The Dwell Hotel in collaboration with Tinker Ma, we designed and built the retro-modern banquettes and brass framed plant walls throughout the restaurant. Mid-century notes of walnut, colorful Naugahyde and velvet, and brass tipped spindle legs set the tone. The elegant, polished brass plant walls soften the hotel's Civil War-era stone walls. We kept them green with minimal maintenance using hidden, timed, water circulation systems.
We were later called upon to help facilitate a rebrand of the restaurant from Terra Mae to the Solarium. We built a back lit glass and stone bar, walnut and brass casework and shelving, and clad some walls with lush, green, astroturf.
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