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Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism

Designing for leisure is a specialised field. Architects understand how to reconcile all the conflicting requirements and create the effect of quality, comfort and luxury at the minimum of cost. And how to arrange public areas to give the maximum flexibility to meet the requirements for various uses, - such as dinners, weddings, conferences, seminars and exhibitions etc.

They also understand the importance of wear- resistant materials, detailing, furnishings and decorations. Time spent in maintenance can be lost revenue.

All planning and design has to meet the many Regulations - fire, health, safety, security and so on, - and an allowance has to be made for possible later improvements to keep up with a changing market, improved standards, the local competition and changing regulations.

Bedrooms need to be designed to achieve the maximum number of bed-spaces, but arranged for comfort and convenience; and with flexibility providing for conversion to suites, and between eg business seminar, family or tourism use at different times of the week or year.

An Architect will also give special attention to staffing aspects. Layouts will be designed to allow easy bed-making and servicing of rooms. Kitchen and service areas will be designed for economy of movement, - and for convenience and agreeable conditions, so reducing the hidden costs of staff turnover.

We can help you with

Feasibility Studies to test the potential of sites, location, premises, - cash flow projections.

Presentation of applications in the most favourable light to Planning and grant-aiding authorities. Negotiating to meet Building, Fire. and Health regulations to take maximum advantage of local officers' discretion - based on our practical experience on other cases.

Planning skills to arrange for flexibility of public spaces to gain maximum revenue, and to allow for fluctuations and changes in the market. Planning bedrooms to give maximum occupancy whilst retaining comfort standards.

Our experience includes

Ranges from the refurbishment of public areas in a large south-coast resort hotel to the conversion of farm out-buildings in Wales to a then 5-crown hotel serving business travellers and tourists at different times.

Includes Planning Permissions for extensions to Listed buildings to suit eg Victorian stucco, and Gothic Revival. Obtaining the largest tourist board grant ever given at the time; design for health and fitness facilities; for the insertion of modern en-suite bathrooms without disturbing timber beams; scheme for the conversion of a large Victorian country house to a multi-purpose hotel including training centre for complementary medicine and crafts; and even for a harem as an alternative to health farm scheme on a 75 acre site near Windsor.