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THE RECEPTION DESKS
@ J Hotel Shanghai Tower 2020

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Reception Lobby 101st Floor

The design development of the cut and polished glass reception desks took several months and evolved through several iterations. 

The final design and glass mockups were executed by Stephen Gormley in January 2019. The three desks were completed in November 2019.

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J Hotel Reception

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101st Floor Lift Lobby 

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

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Full size foam mockup 

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Original Glass presentation mockup

Dimensions: 30 cm x 40 cm

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Raw Steel frameworks

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Fitting glass sections to the finished coated frameworks

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Joining glass sections onto frameworks

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Frameworks mounted on rotary swivel stand

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Sawing finished glass section edges

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Sawn and polished glass section

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Creating templates for glass sections

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Initial rough shaping

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Rough shaping

Shaping in progress

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Pre polish stage

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Final stage of polishing in progress

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Polishing complete ready for dismounting

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Ready for export

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Mounted to shipping platform

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Ready for packing

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ready for packing and export

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Installation completed at J Hotel Reception on the 101st floor

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