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Art'otel on board for Battersea Power Station hotel development
POSTED 20 Oct 2015 . BY Kim Megson
The hotel is set to feature an infinity pool offering views of the London skyline Credit: Battersea Power Station Development Company
Lifestyle hotel operator art’otel has signed a deal to operate the 160-room hotel at the heart of London’s £8bn (US$10bn, €8.8bn) redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.
The hotel will sit within a building designed by Foster + Partners. Progress is being overseen by the Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC) and the hotel will be managed by art’otel’s parent company, PPHE Hotel Group, when it opens in early 2019.
Art’otel beat off competition from a number of leading hotel brands from around the world to secure the contract. BPSDC chose the brand for its “art-inspired vision”, which envisaged the hotel featuring public galleries, lounges and cafes showcasing artworks from around the world.
BPSDC has revealed that skyline floors in the hotel will provide panoramic views leading up to the roof garden, which has been designed by James Corner Field Operations – the creative team behind the New York High Line. Here, a dramatic rooftop pool will allow swimmers to take in views of the power station’s iconic chimneys and the surrounding London skyline.
Announcing the agreement with art’otel, Rob Tincknell, CEO of BPSDC, said: “We are incredibly excited to be announcing this important transaction and for it to be with such an innovative hotel company … art’otel was a standout winner, a brand unlike anything we have seen in London to date, and it is particularly fitting for it to have art at the very heart of the brand and the hotel itself.”
Boris Ivesha, president and CEO of PPHE Hotel Group, echoed the excitement building around the development of Battersea Power Station. He said: “As a company we take pride in opening hotels, restaurants and bars in areas which are embarking on new urban and community journeys and the Battersea Power Station project is a spectacular example of this.”
The hotel – which will be named the ‘art’otel london battersea power station’ – is a key component of Phase 3 of the Battersea development, designed by Foster + Partners and Gehry Partners. Phase 3 also comprises Electric Boulevard – a new pedestrian high street that will be the main gateway to the entire development – 1,300 residential homes, a new London Underground Station and a community hub known as The Prospect.
The overall development of Battersea Power Station is based on a masterplan provided by architect Rafael Viñoly. It is the largest single development project in London since Canary Wharf.
A double height bar and restaurant will offer panoramic views of the London skyline Credit: Battersea Power Station Development Company
Electric Boulevard with Foster + Partners' 'Battersea Roof Gardens' (L) and Gehry Partners' 'Prospect Place' (R) Credit: Battersea Power Station Development Company
LDA Design's Battersea Power Station park will feature event lawns, festival spaces and terraced gardens running alongside the River Thames
Credit: LDA Design
Gehry Partners' Prospect Place and Prospect Park Credit: Battersea Power Station Development Company
The phase three plans include Frank Gehry's distinctive 'flower building' Credit: Battersea Power Station Development Company
PROJECT PROFILE: Battersea Power Station Rafael Viñoly’s £8bn (US$13bn, €10bn) masterplan for Battersea Power Station, London.
Location: London , United Kingdom
Budget: £8bn (US$13bn, €10bn)
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Art'otel on board for Battersea Power Station hotel development
POSTED 20 Oct 2015 . BY Kim Megson
The hotel is set to feature an infinity pool offering views of the London skyline Credit: Battersea Power Station Development Company
Lifestyle hotel operator art’otel has signed a deal to operate the 160-room hotel at the heart of London’s £8bn (US$10bn, €8.8bn) redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.
The hotel will sit within a building designed by Foster + Partners. Progress is being overseen by the Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC) and the hotel will be managed by art’otel’s parent company, PPHE Hotel Group, when it opens in early 2019.
Art’otel beat off competition from a number of leading hotel brands from around the world to secure the contract. BPSDC chose the brand for its “art-inspired vision”, which envisaged the hotel featuring public galleries, lounges and cafes showcasing artworks from around the world.
BPSDC has revealed that skyline floors in the hotel will provide panoramic views leading up to the roof garden, which has been designed by James Corner Field Operations – the creative team behind the New York High Line. Here, a dramatic rooftop pool will allow swimmers to take in views of the power station’s iconic chimneys and the surrounding London skyline.
Announcing the agreement with art’otel, Rob Tincknell, CEO of BPSDC, said: “We are incredibly excited to be announcing this important transaction and for it to be with such an innovative hotel company … art’otel was a standout winner, a brand unlike anything we have seen in London to date, and it is particularly fitting for it to have art at the very heart of the brand and the hotel itself.”
Boris Ivesha, president and CEO of PPHE Hotel Group, echoed the excitement building around the development of Battersea Power Station. He said: “As a company we take pride in opening hotels, restaurants and bars in areas which are embarking on new urban and community journeys and the Battersea Power Station project is a spectacular example of this.”
The hotel – which will be named the ‘art’otel london battersea power station’ – is a key component of Phase 3 of the Battersea development, designed by Foster + Partners and Gehry Partners. Phase 3 also comprises Electric Boulevard – a new pedestrian high street that will be the main gateway to the entire development – 1,300 residential homes, a new London Underground Station and a community hub known as The Prospect.
The overall development of Battersea Power Station is based on a masterplan provided by architect Rafael Viñoly. It is the largest single development project in London since Canary Wharf.
A double height bar and restaurant will offer panoramic views of the London skyline Credit: Battersea Power Station Development Company
Electric Boulevard with Foster + Partners' 'Battersea Roof Gardens' (L) and Gehry Partners' 'Prospect Place' (R) Credit: Battersea Power Station Development Company
LDA Design's Battersea Power Station park will feature event lawns, festival spaces and terraced gardens running alongside the River Thames
Credit: LDA Design
Gehry Partners' Prospect Place and Prospect Park Credit: Battersea Power Station Development Company
The phase three plans include Frank Gehry's distinctive 'flower building' Credit: Battersea Power Station Development Company
Arup’s Glass sky pool will be suspended ten storeys above London POSTED 19 Aug 2015. BY Liz Terry Developer Ballymore today announced a world’s first - a glass sky pool spanning two apartment
blocks in its Nine Elms urban regeneration development next to Battersea Power Station in London.
LDA Design unveils public park with coal-themed furniture for Battersea Power Station POSTED 10 Jun 2015. BY Jason Holland A new public park at London’s Battersea Power Station development will include industrial
furniture in a nod to the site's past, as well as event lawns, festival spaces and terraced
gardens running alongside the River Thames.
A new survey of UK and international spa practitioners shows that stress, burnout and
wellbeing concerns have caused one in three respondents to consider leaving the industry.
The UK's four Chief Medical Officers have published a refreshed edition of Physical activity
guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' report, updating the evidence that underpins the nation's
physical activity recommendations and placing greater emphasis on strength, balance, reducing
sedentary behaviour and, for the first time, supporting people taking weight loss medications.
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