Twenty-two meter long bar decorated with turquoise ceramics, brass leaf suspensions, carmine red lacquered floor, eight meter high palm trees: the Franco-Mexican architect Hugo Toro imagines a winter garden in the huge old ticket office at St Pancras station in London.
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Emotional pieces created to give the impression of having always been there.
Journey to the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
The Franco-Mexican architect Hugo Toro imagined a winter garden in the huge former ticket office of St Pancras station in London.
Michael Sinclair
Journey to the heart of London
The eight-meter-tall palm trees recreate the atmosphere of a winter garden.
Michael Sinclair
Journey to the heart of London
Parisian architect and designer Hugo Toro, and renowned owner and hotelier Harry Handelsman.
Michael Sinclair
Journey to the heart of London
Each light has been tastefully chosen in a subtle blend of vintage and modern.
Michael Sinclair
Journey to the heart of London
The Booking Office 1869 in the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
Journey to the heart of London
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Afterwork at the cocktail bar (until midnight on weekdays and one o'clock on weekends) or a gourmet break thanks to chef Patrick Powell's menu: take advantage of a weekend in London to rush there as soon as your the Eurostar.
Waiting for the opening of the outdoor terrace garden next spring...
St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, Euston Rd, NW1.
www.booking-office.co.uk/
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