Situated at the threshold between Crown Towers Hotel Lobby, retail and entertainment precinct, Crown’s Atrium Bar takes centre stage.

Bates Smart were commissioned to refurbish their original design of 15 years past and inject new life into the elevated bar creating a fresh, colour saturated contemporary aesthetic.

Though only 230 sqm, the Atrium Bar interior has a big, bold and audacious personality. Frequented by patrons attending events at the Palladium ballroom, the Atrium Bar fulfills the role of glamorous meeting place both pre and post function.

Bordering the spectacular double height volume of the Monte Carlo gaming room, the elevated bar is ‘held’ by cast crystal screens.

Creating a glistening, transparent barrier between the bar patron and the passer by, the screens convey an invitation to enter the space. Custom carpets impart saturated colour and pattern making.

Overhead lighting hoops create a further sense of theatricality and the intimacy of perceived reduced volume of space. Along with the screens they establish place in a ‘room’ without walls.

The Atrium Bar is an example of a finely crafted, bespoke interior. Bates Smart’s key challenge was to insert a memorable and visually strong aesthetic into an existing space without physical boundaries and boasting a multitude of competing visual distractions.

The lighting scheme is energy efficient, being almost entirely LED, with fixtures precisely selected and positioned to reveal the texture and tone of the material palette and to achieve maximum theatricality. The drama of the lighting scheme reaches its crescendo over the bar where a highly decorative crystal embellished lighting hoop complements the glittering back bar composition.