Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Cass Calder Smith, in collaboration with the restaurant consultant Adam Block, has created a new gastronomic destination at the world-renowned Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project reinvents the existing dining venues on the sixth level, where the 334-room hotel meets the local business district. The new setting, encompassing 15,000 square feet, brings South Africa’s colors, materials, and natural daylight into the center of the hotel. Locally sourced zebra wood, oak, quartzite and sandstone root the project to Johannesburg. Fire and water express the natural elements. The interior design meshes with the Sandton Sun’s new sustainable, farm-to-table food concept and brings the hotel up-to-date relative to properties in other cosmopolitan cities.
San Bar and the informal Business Lounge are open to the hotel’s soaring atrium. Adjacent is San, an all-day restaurant; VIN mmx, a fine dining restaurant; and San Market. An overhead canopy, made of stainless steel and wood, adds intimacy while maintaining the dramatic nature of the atrium space. A photographic mural, composed of hundreds of large, South African images printed on brushed aluminum, wraps the perimeter of the atrium (just above the canopy structure) enhancing continuity and the sense of place.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Type:
San/3 meal Restaurant; 3,300 sq ft
San Bar/lobby bar; 3,600 sq ft
Vin/Upscale dining venue; 2,000 sq ft
San Market & Cafe; 500 sq ft
San Business Lounge; 1,200 sq ft
Open Kitchen; 1,000 sq ft / Outdoor Dining; 1,800 sq ft
15,000 sq ft total
Completed: May 2010
Architectural Team
Design Principal: Cass Calder Smith
Project Architect: Stephanie Kinnick
Interior Design Director: Barbara Turpin-Vickroy
INTERIOR DESIGNER: SARA KLOCKE
Consultants
Restaurant Consultant: Block & Associates
Architect of Record: MDS Architecture
Interior Designer of Record: Blacksmith Interior Inspirations
Lighting: Paul Pamboukian Lighting Design
Art Installation: SHOOTE
Photography: Alfred Lor
Awards
2011 - International Hotel & Property Awards, Merit Award
