New Southwark Hotel, South London Accommodation Building, Images, English Architecture
New Marlborough Yard, Southwark Hotel
Accommodation Building Development in London for Frogmore ? design by Dexter Moren Associates
29 Mar 2018
New Marlborough Yard, Southwark Hotel Building
Location: Waterloo, South London, England, UK
Design: Dexter Moren Associates
Pocket park centrepiece for new Southwark hotel
Award-winning architects, Dexter Moren Associates, on behalf of client Frogmore, have achieved planning permission for a 274 key hotel on a disused brownfield site in the heart of Waterloo. The 9141 m2 new build development will include a ground floor restaurant, fronting onto an inviting public courtyard and pocket park.
images courtesy of Dexter Moren Associates, architects
Nestling between Waterloo Station and Tate Modern, in the heart of the London Borough of Southwark, the mid-market hotel will have two separate blocks of accommodation connected via an elegant light weight glazed bridge link. A public route between the blocks (the re-instatement of the lost Marlborough Street) leads through to a verdant pocket park and New Marlborough Yard, designed in the spirit of other ?discoverable’ courtyard spaces such as Ham Yard, St Christopher’s Place and Shepherd Market.
The pocket park will incorporate seating, sculpture and abundant planting to offer respite and a sense of place within the hubbub of city life. Diverse tree species will provide shade and create a c...