Transformation of the temple with glass fittings started in 2008 and was completed in October 2009.

The spacious bedrooms, set around huge floor lobbies, are of an imperial style, warmed by rich fabric wallcoverings and dotted through with Murano glass fittings.

Glass fittings, Marlin Lighting believes, add an extra quality to the light they emit; hence its Limburg luminaires, all of which rely on glass craftsmanship.

And although she gutted and redesigned the two bathrooms - one is a house magazine's dream, 12 by 12 feet and tiled in Mexican limestone with polished chrome and glass fittings - they didn't even repaint the rest of the apartment.