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ARCHITECTURE treat for all guests. Imbibed with local flavours, the various Suites of the new Durbar Wing prepared in peach and pale yellow and furnished in contemporary style evokes a subtle Asian mysticism, which lingers in the guest’s memory. Vis-à-vis, Club Shangri-La truly has the warmth of an autumn sunrise in the Himalayas. Most of the 270 rooms have views that look out into the beautiful Madhuban Garden - named after the legendary gardens in Vrindhavan where Lord Krishna played with his gopinis. Designed by Bill Bensley of Arcop, Canada, the landscaped garden is a hidden gem with its weeping willow, curving water body, and 30 NOV-DEC 2005 SPACES
Facing page top: Each floor of the Durbar Wing has its own exclusive lounge furnished along the lines of the Tibetan theme. Facing page below: Most of the rooms in this section of the hotel, called Superior, have Nepali decor. Left and below: A suité in the Durbar Wing having a marked difference and with a more Tibetan theme. Below: Intricate wall-mounted wood carving in a suité. As Arun Saraf says, “Every stage was designed in a context, and the hotel is a study of the evolution of architecture of Kathmandu Valley over the last 35 years.” how these various parts were acquired and restored to their original glory with new functions. The first part was where the Chimney restaurant is situated, and from where the hotel began. Another phase of the evolution of the hotel is the conversion of the central courtyard into a huge atrium by providing a roof to cover it as well as bubble elevators. Of late, the hotel has been seeing further new additions and restoration of the Lal Durbar. The design was given to Spazzio Architecture Design, a Delhi based firm. The brief included a new convention, a casino, and a business centre of the hotel to be adjusted into the old structure. The overall façade of the Lal Durbar that we view today was restored recently by architect Eric Theophile and now stands as it looked before the 1934 earthquake destroyed it. It is this façade a jogger’s track running all around including an ancient Kumari temple. The most alluring part here is a series of steps leading to a pati made in traditional Newari style with carved wooden posts and a statue of Garuda. From here, a wonderful view of the hotel, the gardens in full bloom and the crystal blue swimming pools can be viewed. A place for quiet reflection, the Madhuban Garden binds the entire hotel together. In one corner there is even an imprint of a giant footprint - surely not of the Yeti! The original Lal Durbar over time had been separated into four parts. The story of Yak &Yeti is actually the evolution of SPACES NOV-DEC 2005 31
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