H10 Hotel Building, Waterloo Road London, SE1 Accommodation, Photos, Architect

H10 Hotel, London SE1 Accommodation

Waterloo Road Building Development design by Maccreanor Lavington Architects, UK

19 May 2011

H10 Hotel London

RIBA Award winner, 19 May 2011

Design: Maccreanor Lavington Architects

Address: 284-302 Waterloo Rd, London SE1 8RQ, England

Phone: 020 7928 4062

photographs © Tim Crocker

H10 Hotel London

Troubled histories almost always show in the fabric of buildings, be it the shrapnel-pitted facades of many European museums or in the form of buildings whose clients could not make up their minds. But here in Waterloo Maccreanor Lavington’s landmark four-star hotel shows little sign of having started out at the planning stage as a housing development. Given the huge constraints imposed by the junction site, that creative flexibility is all the more remarkable.

The narrowness of the site has produced a striking civic composition, clearly defining the base, middle and top of the building. A ground level cut back provides a generous pedestrian route, enlivening the street frontage and creating an overhang that shelters the glazed entrance foyer. This is a mature exercise in taming a large facade.

photograph © Hufton + Crow

H10 Hotel London

H10 Hotel – Building Information

Location: Waterloo Road, London SE1
Architect: Maccreanor Lavington
Client: H10 Hotels
Contractor: Galliford Try
Structural Engineer: Halcrow Yales
Services Engineer: Freeman Beesley
Contract Value: £ 14.5m
Date of completion: Dec 2009
Gross internal area: 15,000 sqm

Waterloo Road Accommodation images / information from Maccreanor Lavington Architects

Maccreanor Lavington Architects

RIBA Awards – London region winner

Location: 284-302 Waterloo Road, London SE1

London, England, UK