Hotels and Leisure
Introduction to PRP
PRP is one of the world’s largest multidisciplinary architectural practices. We are committed to providing a first class service through working closely with our clients and by striving for continuous improvement in our designs and the services we offer. Our approach has always been to put people first – our clients, communities, end users and all stakeholders involved in the development process. These values are embedded in our design philosophy and underpin our relationships with our colleagues and staff.
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Residential New Communities Urban Regeneration Specialist Housing Mixed Use Student Accommodation Hotels & Resorts Retail Healthcare Education Workspace International
Architecture Masterplanning Urban Design Sustainable Design Renovation Landscape Interiors Planning Project Management Consultation Environmental Research & Development Graphic Design Model Making
We are passionate about place-making in the built environment, whilst responding to environmental issues, new opportunities and to change.
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Introduction Selected Projects Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria Velika Plaza, Montenegro Oxford Street, P.R.China Olympic University Plaza, Sochi, Russia The Marriott Park, Abu Dhabi, UAE Wembley Arena, London, UK Edinburgh Hotel, Scotland, UK Pyatigorsk, Russia Gdynia Waterfront Hotel, Poland Gelendzhik, Russia
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Introduction Hotel and leisure design is about creating experiences, we consider every aspect of the project in detail, from the site through to the interior design
Wembley Arena, London, UK
Best International Entertainment Venue 2007 Wembley Arena
The Marriott Park, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Velika Plaza, Montenegro
The hotel and leisure sector is constantly evolving, adding new segments such as the boutique hotel, the golf resort, the apart-hotel and the destination resort. Architectural and interior design is vital to create a memorable experience, and sustainable design is increasingly important in mitigating the impact of travel and tourism on fragile environments. PRP has designed numerous hotel and leisure facilities, from city centre business hotels to luxury resorts, in climates ranging from temperate to tropical. Our integrated teams of architects, interior designers, masterplanners, urban designers and landscape architects can design for any scale of development and for the most complex and sensitive locations. Our environmental team ensures an appropriately sustainable response to local environments.
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Pyatigorsk, Russia A new health resort integrating high quality hotel facilities with medical centres and leisure facilities
Whether we are designing a small boutique hotel in a city centre or a multi-storey waterfront resort, we apply a rigorous approach to design. We consider every aspect of the project in detail – starting with the site and the opportunity it presents, assessing the impact on ecology and environment – through to the interior design, furniture and ambience. We work with clients to assess tourism demand and provide site assessments to inform our architectural, environmental and landscape response, and we can also assist in the development of new brands and products. We work with our clients to develop sustainable tourism and social development plans that are aligned to regional plans and tourism investment programmes.
Selected projects
Bab Ezzouar Algiers, Algeria Architecture Landscape Architecture Environmental Services
Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria
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Bab Ezzouar translates as ‘gateway for travellers’; the design concept for this mixed use development is derived from the name itself, where a 5 star business hotel acts as a portal or doorway to the city of Algiers. This multi-faceted scheme comprises a 300 bed luxury hotel with serviced apartments, convention centre, shopping mall and retail plazas, exclusive residential apartments and penthouses, cultural centre and ancillary entertainment facilities such as restaurants, cafes and a sports and wellness centre.
Drawing on the traditional planning principles of Arabian architecture, with specific focus on passive design strategies, the proposal celebrates a rich and sensitive heritage with contemporary inflections and state of the art technology. The design creates interconnecting courtyards lined with water channels, intricate rectilinear geometries, micro-climatically receptive use of wooden screens or mashrabiya, narrow shaded corridors and wind catching niches.
Velika Plaza Montenegro Architecture Masterplanning Landscape Architecture Environmental Services
A world-class resort destination designed to preserve and enhance the local ecology and natural resources, and to generate a social and economic legacy for the local community. Velika Plaza is a unique stretch of coastline spanning some 15km to the north of Montenegro. The proposals centre around two major new towns, Porto Milena and Velika Plaza Town, and four additional small settlements and will provide for around 45,000 inhabitants and visitors.
Velika Plaza, Montenegro
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At the heart of the vision is a desire to protect and enhance the ecology of the destination. World-class facilities such as a marina, specialist sports and leisure facilities, golf courses, hotels, spa, conference centre, casino and hospitality academy will position Velika Plaza as an international holiday destination.
Oxford Street Chongqing, P.R.China
Oxford Street is fast becoming a vibrant hub in one of China’s fastest growing cities. It reflects the ambitious economic, environmental and social goals for the region.
Architecture Masterplanning Interior Design Environmental Services
The development comprises six towers, two of which incorporate hotels and four of which are residential. The two hotels add a significant component to a mixed use quarter offering leisure, residential and retail elements. The development makes a positive contribution to the former industrial zone, responding to the river valley and adjacent wooded hillside. Contributing to the client’s aspiration for an exemplar sustainable development, the tower buildings incorporate a series of aerial gardens that bring naturally tempered air to sections of the buildings.
Oxford Street, Chongqing, P.R.China . Olympic University Plaza, Sochi, Russia
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Olympic University Plaza Sochi, Russia Architecture Masterplanning Interior Design Environmental Services
Located on the Black Sea, the development of the Olympic University Plaza includes a new University Sports Business faculty, two hotels, a 750 seat conference centre, student housing and 250 apartments with retail units, cafes and bars fronting the promenade and beach. The University faculty buildings and two hotels are arranged in a cross formation with the conference centre at the heart. The University faculty will accommodate 500 post-graduate students along with student housing. The hotels, a 200 bed 4 star hotel and 150 bed 5 star hotel, benefit from dramatic sea views. The apartment buildings also maximise their setting amongst the pine trees overlooking the beach front.
The Marriott Park Abu Dhabi, UAE Architecture Landscape Architecture Environmental Services
The Park is a new sustainable mixed use development located at one of the key entrances to Abu Dhabi Island. It is one of the first projects to be designed in line with Abu Dhabi’s new Estidama sustainability programme. The hotel and office components are separated by a dramatic eleven storey atrium with galleries running the length of the structure. The 20,000 sq.m office space is functional and pragmatic with a rectilinear form. It responds to neighbouring Khalifa Park with the symbolic reflection of the trees in the elevation. The 250 room Marriott hotel is imaginative and symbolic using a combination of traditional Islamic geometric patterns and the undulating forms of sand dunes as the inspiration for its textured, irregularly-geometric form.
The Marriott Park, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Wembley Arena London, UK Architecture Interior Design Building Surveying
PRP completed the refurbishment and interior re-orientation of this iconic, Grade II listed, 12,500 seater entertainment venue as part of the Wembley City Regeneration Masterplan. In revitalising this treasured building a new feature restaurant and bar have been created overlooking the impressive double height foyer. The scheme remains sympathetic to the original concrete structure and provides an elegant and understated design solution in keeping with the existing context. The Arena has hosted, amongst others, acts such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, ABBA and Christina Aguilera and will be hosting badminton and gymnastic events for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Wembley Arena, London, UK . Edinburgh Hotel, Scotland, UK
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Edinburgh Hotel Scotland, UK Architecture Masterplanning Interior Design Environmental Services
This 220 room 5 star luxury hotel is the first of seven ‘Pearls’ to be restored in what is known as Edinburgh’s ‘String of Pearls’. It forms part of Edinburgh City Council’s masterplan for the rejuvenation and reactivation of the city’s most famous shopping thoroughfare. Situated at the western end of Princes Street, this prominent hotel is being refurbished for the Jumeirah Group. It will include high-end retail units at both the ground and first floor level. The design celebrates the former 1920s Art Deco department store by retaining the existing façade. Additional guest rooms rise within a glass envelope several stories above the existing properties and the building culminates in a spectacular top floor restaurant with views across the city.
Pyatigorsk Russia Architecture Masterplanning
The mineral waters in the city of Pyatigorsk are known for their healing properties and have long attracted people, from all over southern Russia, seeking treatment and recuperative holidays. The 42ha site, located on the lower slopes of Mount Mashuk in Pyatigorsk, aims to create a new health resort integrating high quality hotel facilities with medical centres employing the latest technologies. The leisure facilities include indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a gym, tennis and five-a-side football pitches. The masterplan centres around a new public square which will be the focal point for all visiting the resort. The schemes orientation takes advantage of the mountainside location and the associated clean air and cooling breezes.
Pyatigorsk, Russia . Gdynia Waterfront Hotel, Poland
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Gdynia Waterfront Hotel Poland Architecture
Gdynia is an historic 1930s naval, trade and industrial port city. Over the last 20 years the city has transformed and reinvented this area into a leisure, arts and tourist destination. Gdynia Waterfront is an invited competition heralding this reinvention. PRP’s entry creates a distinctive conference centre and hotel design which is adjoined through a large glass central lobby. A new civic square, cafes, restaurants and boutiques create a lively dockside setting. The contrasting stone hues of the hotel and office block reference the historic port city of Gdansk nearby and the ‘modernist’ architecture of Gdynia itself. The facade design provides a sustainable solution to the internal environment, employing passive design principles.
Gelendzhik Russia Architecture Masterplanning
Set in a heavily wooded site on the Black Sea coastline, Gelendzhik resort will be the first of its kind in Russia. The new holiday resort will be developed solely for 18-to-25 year olds as an exclusive members club. The resort design will be sensitive to its natural environment, with a central new village located in clearings within the woodland. Accommodation will be located in ‘camps’ that provide a variety of living spaces and facilities for the young visitors to maximise their social experiences. An old ferris wheel on the site will be brought back to use and set alongside an outdoor area which will stage music concerts. A cable car that crosses the site will link the resort to the nearby beach and the mountainside behind.
Gelendzhik, Russia
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Hotels and Leisure Services and Sectors Services Tailor-made solutions for each project Integrated interior design with architectural teams to provide a complete solution for clients Bespoke furniture design
Our experience includes: Hotels Conference Centres Resorts Retail
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Project and Office Locations
PRP Project Locations PRP Office Locations
Primary Contacts
Michael Graham Director (London / Moscow)
Richard Tremeer Director (London)
Tel: +44 20 7653 3569 Mobile: +44 7970 600 131 michael.graham@prparchitects.co.uk
Tel: +44 20 7653 3547 Mobile: +44 7738 022 936 richard.tremeer@prparchitects.co.uk
Stuart Carr Associate Director
Andy von Bradsky Chairman
Tel: +44 20 7653 3435 Mobile: +44 7713 877 029 stuart.carr@prparchitects.co.uk
Tel: +44 20 7653 3424 Mobile: +44 7850 102 165 andy.vonbradsky@prparchitects.co.uk
PRP Office Contacts
London
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Manchester
PRP 10 Lindsey Street Smithfield London EC1A 9HP
PRP Ferry Works, Summer Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0QJ
PRP Century House 11 St. Peter’s Square Manchester M2 3DN
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Edinburgh
Abu Dhabi
China
PRP 4 Darnaway Street Edinburgh EH3 6DW
PRP | Architects International 288, St 26 (King Khalid St) Al Bateen, P.O. Box 62922 Abu Dhabi UAE
PRP 108 He Jing Tower, Min Zu Road Jie Fang Bei, Yu Zhong District Chongqing 400010
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Moscow PRP Office 411, Building 1 2 Bersenevskiy Pereulok Moscow, Russia 119072 Tel: +7 (495) 775 35 27 Fax: +44 20 7653 1201 ru.prp@prparchitects.co.uk
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