| It's a serious problem at many hotels offering the | | | | Unique Materials |
| lure of an entertaining nightlife. Customers come to | | | | To complete this project, the design teams first had |
| play but they leave to eat. It's not enough to serve | | | | to source no less than 20 different types of rare |
| up tasty dishes, savvy hotels also need to provide | | | | stone, which included book-matched Calacatta marble, |
| the right atmosphere. After all, 'atmosphere is | | | | Azul Macauba marble wall panels, chiseled and flamed |
| everything.' Lodging establishments looking to retain | | | | Pompei granite, Lava stone and custom mosaics, |
| the appetites and wallets of their customers, need | | | | among others. To satisfy this need, the stones were |
| only to look to a trendy hotel/resort in New Jersey | | | | imported from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Chile and China. |
| for the answer. | | | | The project also called for 20,000 square feet of |
| In July of 2003, the most resplendent ornament on | | | | stone. |
| the Atlantic City scene was unveiled; The Borgata | | | | Challenges |
| Hotel Casino and Spa. Like a peacock among pigeons, | | | | With respect to design, working with stone, or any |
| this luxurious Northeastern landmark has stood | | | | natural material, can become quite challenging. Colors |
| elegantly in full plumage, welcoming visitors from all | | | | and patterns are completely unique from stone to |
| around the world. Boardwalk or bayside, The Borgata | | | | stone. For establishments that seek an abundance of |
| offers an experience unlike any of its new neighbors. | | | | style and color choices, working with a firm that has |
| But after adding a group of 5-star restaurants, there | | | | access to quarries in various parts of the world is |
| was a need to enhance the dining experience for | | | | paramount. |
| these fine eateries and other leisure areas. The | | | | A walk to one of the restaurants reveals Coffee |
| answer was etched in stone. The decision was made | | | | Brown granite and White Arabescato marble |
| to hire several high-profile design teams to implement | | | | elegantly bathing both floor and wall, creating an |
| natural stone floors, walls, service counters, kitchen | | | | impeccably epicurean dining atmosphere. At another |
| countertops and bathroom vanities. From an | | | | eatery, floors are done in chiseled and flamed Pompei |
| aesthetic perspective, using natural stone for walls | | | | granite and the restroom walls are lined in an |
| and floors would significantly increase the beauty and | | | | elaborate, and very rare, custom wood and ceramic |
| prestige of the restaurants, and offer a dining | | | | mosaic. |
| experience unlike anything else in the city. | | | | |