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Hotels and Leisure

Introduction to PRP

www.prparchitects.co.uk

PRP is one of the world’s largest multi-

disciplinary 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.

We are passionate about place-making in

the built environment, whilst responding to

environmental issues, new opportunities

and to change.

ServicesArchitecture

Masterplanning

Urban Design

Sustainable Design

Renovation

Landscape

Interiors

Planning

Project Management

Consultation

Environmental

Research & Development

Graphic Design

Model Making

SectorsResidential

New Communities

Urban Regeneration

Specialist Housing

Mixed Use

Student Accommodation

Hotels & Resorts

Retail

Healthcare

Education

Workspace

International

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Contents

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

Services and Sectors

Project and Office Locations

Primary Contacts

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Introduction

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.

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

Best International entertainment Venue 2007Wembley Arena

The Marriott Park, Abu Dhabi, UAE Velika Plaza, MontenegroWembley Arena, London, UK

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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.

Pyatigorsk, Russia A new health resort integrating high quality hotel facilities with medical centres and leisure facilities

Selected projects

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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.

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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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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

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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.

Edinburgh Hotel Scotland, UK

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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.

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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.

Gdynia Waterfront Hotel Poland

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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.

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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

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PRP Project Locations

PRP Office Locations

Primary Contacts

Michael Graham Director (London / Moscow)

Tel: +44 20 7653 3569

Mobile: +44 7970 600 131

[email protected]

Andy von Bradsky Chairman

Tel: +44 20 7653 3424

Mobile: +44 7850 102 165

[email protected]

Richard Tremeer Director (London)

Tel: +44 20 7653 3547

Mobile: +44 7738 022 936

[email protected]

Stuart Carr Associate Director

Tel: +44 20 7653 3435

Mobile: +44 7713 877 029

[email protected]

PRP Office Contacts

LondonPRP

10 Lindsey Street

Smithfield

London EC1A 9HP

Tel: +44 20 7653 1200

Fax: +44 20 7653 1201

[email protected]

EdinburghPRP

4 Darnaway Street

Edinburgh

EH3 6DW

Tel: +44 131 220 5960

Fax: +44 20 7653 1201

[email protected]

MoscowPRP

Office 411, Building 1

2 Bersenevskiy Pereulok

Moscow, Russia 119072

Tel: +7 (495) 775 35 27

Fax: +44 20 7653 1201

[email protected]

SurreyPRP

Ferry Works, Summer Road

Thames Ditton

Surrey KT7 0QJ

Tel: +44 20 8339 3600

Fax: +44 20 8339 3636

[email protected]

Abu DhabiPRP | Architects International

288, St 26 (King Khalid St)

Al Bateen, P.O. Box 62922

Abu Dhabi UAE

Tel: +971 (0)2 6666 070

Fax: +971 (0)2 6669 800

[email protected]

ManchesterPRP

Century House

11 St. Peter’s Square

Manchester M2 3DN

Tel: +44 161 242 8950

Fax: +44 161 242 8955

[email protected]

ChinaPRP

108 He Jing Tower, Min Zu Road

Jie Fang Bei, Yu Zhong District

Chongqing 400010

Tel: +86 150 8689 6778

Fax: +44 20 7653 1201

[email protected]

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