Okura Hotel to Reopen with Replica of Iconic Lobby www.spoon-tamago.com

the new Hotel Okura’s lobby is a replica of it’s former | all photos by Satoshi NagareWhen Tokyo’s Okura Hotel announced that their main wing would be demolished in 2015 and be rebuilt, there was public outcry over the loss of the hotel’s iconic, modernist lobby.
But the hotel promised to “faithfully reproduce” the former lobby and now, with an opening date set for September 12, it appears that the hotel has made good on that promise.
At a press preview this week, the hotel unveiled their new buildings and lobby designed by architect Yoshio Taniguchi, the son of Yoshiro Taniguchi who designed the original hotel.
Many elements were brought over from the old lobby like the tables, which were re-lacquered, and the chairs, which were re-upholstered.
Remarkably, the iconic lanterns have been converted to energy-efficient LEDs but have been engineered to expel the exact same tone of light as their predecessors.