The sandstone was used for walls and columns throughout the interior public spaces of the hotel. The majority of the stone on the project features a honed finish, which highlights the patterning on the surface of the stone. Fabricating the stone panels was a challenge, as there were approximately 40 to 50 different sizes required for the design. "Pieces varied from 10 x 12 inches to 2 x 4 feet, and there was a lot of custom cutting without repetition," Gupta said. "We would have 30 pieces of one size and then 40 pieces of another as well as one-of-a-kind pieces. We actually did another project with the same architect that has 300 different sizes."
As the U.S. office of TAB India, Amsum & Ash was heavily involved in the stone specification. "We worked directly with architects and dis-tributors," Gupta said. "The first samples that they saw had a lot of white and gray spots, which they thought was first quality. But we actually found stones without any spots."