HOTEL REVIEW
ABOVE: South Place is the first hotel to specify Hypnos’ new ‘Lansdowne Latex’ mattresses which include a ‘silver’ infused mattress cover to create a differentiated sleeping experience. Guestrooms also feature Shark Chair by René Holten for Artifort, and Muuto side tables ABOVE RIGHT: Allies & Morrison’s carefully crafted ground floor plan allows the hotel to interact with its local neighbourhood
extend to the staff uniforms, created by DS
Dundee, specialists in British tailoring based in London’s East End.
This is the third hotel completed by architects Allies & Morrison this year, alongside the Alila Bangalore, in India; and the Premier Inn Southwark. Conceived as two layers, the façade incorporates thermal insulation with glass against a dark, warm- coloured metal, which play off one another in response to function and light. “We have designed the façades to strengthen and elaborate the building’s basic composition and to respond to its immediate context,” Vicky Thornton, Associate Director at Allies & Morrison, says. “We hope the hotel will be not only a sustainable addition to the neighborhood as a result, but also improve the unity of the streetscape.”
D&D evidently see the restaurants and
bars as central to the success of South Place. “This is a hotel created by restaurateurs,” explains General Manager Bruce Robertson.
“Where other hoteliers might see an opportunity to put in more bedrooms, we are more interested in bringing the building to life with vibrant public areas. We have 80 guestrooms but there are probably three to four hundred people going through the public areas each day so they will define the hotel.” Judging by Sleeper’s visit, just a few weeks into opening, 3 South Place has certainly captured the attention of local office workers – the restaurant and bar areas were buzzing at lunchtime. But Robertson is conscious that the hotel cannot rely on the proximity of local businesses alone. “It would be easy to become an accommodation annexe for one of the big banks, and Monday to Thursday corporate business will be the driver. But hopefully we can build a late night scene as well.” To this end he has brought in DJ Teamy
from his home town of Glasgow to inject some life into the bar in the evenings, as well as Nathan Dixon-Jones, formerly of Shoreditch House, to run the bar operation.
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South Place Hotel 3 South Place, London, EC2M 2AF, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 3503 0000
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„ 80 guestrooms (inc. one suite) ‰ Angler, 3 South Place Secret Garden Atrium bar Gym, Spa + Wellness (including sauna, steam room and treatment room)
+ 5 meeting and private dining rooms, games room
Developer / Owner: Frogmore Operator: D&D London Architect: Allies & Morrison Interior Design: Conran & Partners Lighting Design: Hoare Lea Lighting (Concept design and specification) Executed by NG Bailey Project Management & QS: Gardiner & Theobald M&E, Lighting & Acoustics Consultant: Hoare Lea Structural Engineer: Waterman Structures Main Contractor: McLaren M&E Sub-Contractor: NG Bailey
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