New boutique hotel set to regenerate Tobacco Dock

26 January 2012 15:36:40 GMT

Dexter Moren Associates' design for a destination led hotel and aparthotel at East London's Tobacco Dock has been granted planning consent by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Working with international developers Al Mubaraka the project forms the first stage of a wider masterplan which will regenerate this important part of London.

Fronting The Highway between Chigwell Hill and Wapping Lane the new development will include a 242 room full service boutique hotel and 63 apartments with a hotel bar, restaurant and cafe spilling out to a publicly accessible piazza.

A dramatic six storey entrance atrium will provide a strong visual connection between the Grade I listed St Georges-in-the-East Church Tower and the Tobacco Dock entrance.

The hotel facade design takes inspiration from the areas industrial warehouse aesthetic and uses traditional brick detailing and metal windows. The aparthotel is differentiated through the use of terracotta cladding in a matching hue.

In keeping with the history of the site the concept for the hotel interiors references the Docks' original use as a warehouse distributing tobacco, wines, wool, and animal skins.

Construction is expected to commence this year.

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