From the Resene News – issue Winter 2000

5-star finish - Ibis Wellington
Ibis, part of the hotel and tourism group Accor, has set new standards in the international 3-star hotel category in Wellington.

Its central location, funky exterior coatings and larger accommodation space makes New Zealand's first Ibis hotel differ from the 500 Ibis hotels worldwide.

Located on the corner of Featherston and Panama Streets, the former National Mutual Insurance building has been extensively re-clad inside and out. Its exterior facade features GRC panels painted in two similar metallic tones - Resene Blast Grey AB00 and AB20 separated by vertical bands painted in Resene Lumbersider tinted to Jaguar.

Resene Sandtex tinted to a specially mixed colour has been applied in a random manner to the walls on nine floors of accommodation and the ground floor reception, bar and restaurant."This is great stuff", says project leader for Fletcher Interiors Grant O'Toole." If we had not used Sandtex, we would have had to finish the walls to a level 5 finish because the natural lighting would have exaggerated even minor surface irregularities. Sandtex is also very easy to touch up."

Architect: Devine Erby Mazlin
Building Contractor: Fletcher Interiors
Owner: Accor Asia Pacific
Painting Contractor: Kensington & Associates Ltd

 
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