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St Martins Lane A Morgans Original London

St Martins Lane A Morgans Original, 45 St. Martin'S Lane, London, WC2N 4HX

Rooms from £246

From its dazzling location at the hub of Covent Garden West End theatres and Trafalgar Square St Martins Lane is a dramatic and daring reinvention of the urban resort. Smart witty and sophisticated Philippe Starck's design is a brilliant collision of influences - from the modern to the baroque - that suffuses the hotel with energy vitality and magic. Entered through improbably tall luminescent yellow-glass revolving doorsthe tallest in LondonSt Martins Lane's lobby is a soaring and theatrical space that offers a provocative manipulation of dimension and proportion. Starck presents a visually stunning play on scale with oversized columns and angled niches painted a deep fluorescent yellow complemented by Portuguese limestone floors. From its acid-etched double-height yellow glass facade to its unpredictable plays on vivid color to the dramatic series of columns that appear as shining towers St Martins Lane's lobby is a triumph of color and light.