Margraf for over a century, has been at the side of internationally renowned architects in the creation of outstanding works in Italy and abroad, becoming a symbol of the excellence of “made in Italy” in the world: from the Italian Art Deco buildings of the fifties to the futuristic Beijing Airport designed by Norman Foster Since the beginning, in the distant 1906, Industria Marmi Vicentini supplied the material and the professionalism for the realisatin of important projects, such as the building of the Banca d’Italia in Milan, the Governor’s Building in Cairo, the Coca Cola Building in Atlanta, the IBM Tower in Georgia, the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center in New York, the Main Tower of the Canary Wharf in London and the new Four Seasons Hotel of Baku.
Today there is an increasing number of hotels, prestigious private residences and public places that are realised with the natural stone and marbles of Margraf.
The most recent creation is the Double Tree by Hilton in Zagreb. The first hotel opened in Croatia by the American chain. Avant-garde design for a building that is laid out on 10 floors, with152 rooms, 6 apartments, 1 restaurant, a lounge bar, a business centre and a SPA. Here, Margraf’s natural stone plays the role of the protagonist, creating an elegant and refined atmosphere in all of the environments: from the Grigio Tao marble of the common areas, from the elevators to the lobby, where, in addition to the floor covering, it was used as the covering of a modern and comfortable fireplace, to the Bottiicino Semiclassico marbleof the common baths, up to the Nero Marquinia marble present in the baths of the rooms, the apartments and in the finishing of the doors.
Excellence, exclusiveness and eternity are the characteristics that have made Margraf marbles famous in the world.
Marbles used:
Grigio Tao
- Honed finish, 60 x 60 cm, thickness 2 cm, for the flooring of the hallway, of the public areas on the ground floor and on the second floor, of the public baths and of the elevators. Quantity 280 m2;
- Honed finish, 120 x 60 cm, thickness 2 cm for the coverings of the public baths. Quantity: 32 m2;
- Polished finish, cut to measure, cm, thickness 3 cm for the counters of the public baths;
- Honed finish, cut to measure, thickness 2 cm for the fireplace of the reception and welcoming zone.
Botticino Semiclassico
- modular marble, polished finish, 61 x 30.5 cm, thickness 1 cm for the wall covering of the public baths.
Nero Marquina
- Honed finish for the floors of the baths and counters of the rooms. Quantity: 60 m2.
Hotel: Double Tree by Hilton (Hilton Worldwide)
Address: Vukovarska Avenija 269a, Zagreb, Croatia
Category: 4 + stars
Description: building constituted of 17 floors
Developer: B. P. Pluto d.o.o., Zagreb
Project: Green Gold Center, shopping and business center with hotel
Total investment: 80 million Euro of which about 30 million Euro for the hotel
