



Project Partner
Ivan Harbour
Project Leads
Louise Palomba
Paul Thompson
Job Sheets
English
Date
2006-2016
Client
The Berkeley Hotel
Location
London, UK
Canopy Area
300m²
The Berkeley Hotel has the charm and character of an English country residence, well-loved and looked after. As essentially residential in character the Hotel is a sequence of connected spaces and rooms with a comfortable and familiar scale and ambience.
The new entrance canopy, with glazed pavilions flanking the entrance doors, extends the Blue Bar and the Collins Room.
The practice’s work is defined by a clear structural approach which is evident in the composition. The canopy is supported by a series of expressed carbon fibre beams formed to describe their structural diagram. The beams and glazing system is supported by the existing building and a series of stainless steel columns - the composition is set out on a stone base. The glazing for the canopy and flank walls has a honeycomb insert which reflects light at night and allows for a sense of light, shadow
and movement beyond, giving veiled views through the glass. The stone base integrates steps, a rising platform and series of sculpted timber fins forming a protective screen. This entrance design uses traditional and new materials and their composition is unique to The Berkeley.
The Iconic Blue Bar with its memorable interior is retained and the Collins Room has been refurbished with a new interior concept by Robert Angell Design International. With the addition of a new glazed pavilion to each space, their frontage is renewed and gives presence to the street. Internally the spaces feel more integrated and have a more settled sense of space.
Throughout the works the hotel remained operational, reinvigorating this grand dame of hotels for the future.
Date
2006-2016
Client
The Berkeley Hotel
Location
London, UK
Area
Canopy Area
300m²
Structural Engineer
Expedition Engineering
Services Engineer
Ernest Griffin & Son
Quantity Surveyor
Rainey & Best
Lighting Consultant
Speirs & Major
Landscape Architect
Gillespies
Contractor
Mastercraft
Façade Consultant
Arup Façades
Access Consultant
Vin Goodwin Associates
Manufacturer
Bellapart
Team
Eleanora Bressie
Torsten Burkhart
Davide Costa
Benjamin Darras
Tessa Derry
Fregus Dinwiddie
Rowena Fuller
Lennart Grut
Dan Hanna
Ivan Harbour
Claire Hughes
Alex Kaiser
Amo Kalsi
Faidra Matziaraki
David Merllie
Louise Palomba
Will Wimshurst
Alison Oktay
Andrew Partridge
Michiko Sumi
Paul Thompson
Simon Tonks
Laura Vega
Project Partner
Ivan Harbour
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