Studio Moren was part of the team that secured planning consent on behalf of Frogmore and C1 Capital for one of London’s largest new hotel projects – a 905-room hotel for Hilton replacing the existing 404-room Hilton London Olympia on Kensington High Street, London. Working with Elliott Wood, Applied Energy, Phil Allen Design, DP9 and Gardner Theobold, the design which retains part of the existing structure on site, is sustainability and biodiversity led. The concept offers an innovative flexible hotel room model which allows multiple connecting rooms to meet guest requirements and changing seasonal demand. Project Partner, Herbert Lui said: “The proposed hotel takes inspiration from the mansion blocks that are a typology that feature strongly throughout the royal borough and the design of the façades are a contemporary interpretation of the mansion block. The use of red brick is an appropriate choice on the hotel along the Kensington High Street frontage transitioning to buff tonalit…
Source: hospitalitynet.org , New Hotel Opening