Project Team

design: SJB Interiors
audio
: BE Productions

The Commodore Hotel on Blues Point Road in North Sydney is an institution of a venue for the area. It has always had one of the best courtyards around – big and open, high off the street and under the dappled light of plane trees, it’s unbeatable. Inside however, it’s floundered. It never really worked for the winter months and lacked a sense of intimacy.

Over time, the Commodore had also become a little stale and was just part of the streetscape of Blues Point Road without any real presence. Locals tended to overlook it. The venue was in bad need of an injection of energy.

HK AUDIO il8.1

Very compact vocal full-range cabinet with exceptional phase linearity, speech intelligibility, and dynamic range. Can be used either as a fullrange enclosure without controller or as a mid/high module in combination with a subwoofer, such as the compact HK Audio IL 112 Sub or IL 115 Sub.

CMI


SJB had the venue repainted a vivid green and hung dozens of bamboo lanterns up high through the trees. Suddenly from the street it looked alive again. The courtyard furniture was all replaced with black steel chairs and solid timber tables.

Perennials Sunflower Col Graphite

By collaborating with leading designers and accomplished artists, Perennials creates high-performance, 100% solution-dyed outdoor acrylics that are both beautiful and creative.

South Pacific Fabrics


Inside, a lounge area was created with the walls wallpapered with arthouse bookshelves and a new marble fireplace. Black timber cuban chairs in tan leather, a new tribal graphic carpet and the a white shiplapped timber ceiling has given the interior a personality of it’s own.

The original kidney shaped bar has been retained and refinished with green mosaic tiles and above it hangs oversized woven rubber pendant lights from Gervasoni. In the bistro room has a 1950’s overtone with pastel green painted wall boarding and period pub posters of the North Sydney Bears and the North Sydney Olympic Pool.

This was a renovation to bring some openness and locality to The Commodore Hotel. It’s a place with colour and personality and finally a place for all seasons.

The venue also upgraded their audio systems using HK and One Systems.

Mark McAvoy of BE Productions was appointed by the Commodore to manage the installation, which included HK Audio IL8.1 cabinets for the front bar and One Systems’ brilliantly engineered 108IM weatherproof speakers for outside. The brief also called for a zoned solution involving the gaming area, function rooms and restrooms which was ably handled using a combination of dB Technologies and DSPPA amplifiers and celing mount speakers.

Comet

Low voltage spot with an integral transformer for track or single point mounting. Dimmable with suitable dimmer. Compact low voltage spot for use with 20 - 50W MR16 lamps.

Masson for Light