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Bürgenstock Resort, Lake Lucerne 

Bürgenstock Hotels & Resorts has announced the imminent opening of its 60-hectare Lake Lucerne development, featuring four hotels. Perched atop Switzerland’s Bürgenberg Mountain and spread across 30 protected buildings, the resort features a healthy living centre, two residence suites, business facilities and a 10,000m2 Alpine spa, all overlooking the lake from 500m above. Innovative planning characterises the project, with each of the hotels boasting contemporary architecture and design whilst channelling Swiss heritage and hospitality. At its heart sits the newlybuilt Bürgenstock Hotel – a 102-key property offering panoramic views of the landscape and reached by the Bürgenstock railway. Boasting refined interiors paired with locally influenced baroque architecture, its curves are wrapped in glass and copper. The 160-key Matteo Thun-designed Waldhotel – a hotel meets medical centre – sits nearby, clad in recycled local limestone and offering an expansive range of tailored treatments, whilst The Palace Hotel – originally built in 1940 – blends historical features alongside marble pillars, hardwood parquet flooring and hand-blown glass chandeliers. Lastly, Pension Taverne 1879 exudes rustic charm throughout 12 chalet-style guestrooms and 65-seat restaurant. From the outset, eco-friendliness has been at the forefront of the development. A total of CHF43 million has been invested into preserving the original buildings and surrounding landscape, whilst CHF150,000 has been dedicated to forestry, resulting in 2,283m² more forest on the mountain than before, helping to offset carbon emissions. The car-free resort is also almost entirely CO² neutral, using the lake’s water to generate hydroelectric power.

Mandarin Oriental

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has signed an agreement for a new Zaha Hadid-designed hotel and branded residences in Melbourne. Located on Collins Street in a mixed-use 185m tower, the hotel will play a part in the ongoing regeneration of the city’s Central Business District. Set to open in 2023, it will mark the group’s entry in Australia. Developed by local firm Landream, the hotel comprises 196 guestrooms designed to reflect both local culture and Mandarin Oriental’s heritage, as well as 148 residences on the upper floors. The project also features an all-day dining venue and bar, fitness centre, indoor swimming pool, meeting space and spa. “It is an honour to be working in Melbourne with Landream and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group on this unique project that takes inspiration from the finest examples of historic architecture within the Central Business District,” comments Michele Pasca di Magliano, Project Director for Zaha Hadid Architects. “The hotel’s façade reinterprets this historical detailing in a contemporary solution, introducing a delicate filigree that gently envelops the building,” he explains. “The tower’s design conveys the wide variety of interior spaces within; dividing the building’s overall volume into a series of smaller stacked vases, with each different vase housing the bespoke guestrooms, suites, residences or amenities of Mandarin Oriental’s renowned service and standards.” James Riley, Group Chief Executive of Mandarin Oriental, adds: “We are delighted with this opportunity to open our first hotel in Australia and look forward to bringing Mandarin Oriental’s legendary hospitality to Melbourne.”

Danesfield House Hotel & Spa, Buckinghamshire

Purcell UK has secured full planning and listed building consent for major alterations to Danesfield House Hotel & Spa. Surrounded by 65 acres of gardens in the heart of Buckinghamshire, the Grade II-listed country house hotel sees the addition of a purpose built conference wing and 120-seat auditorium, 17 new Garden Suites, 21 woodland lodges and a new wedding suite. Inspired by sustainable design, the creation of a concealed service yard, tennis courts and valet parking facilities under a timber vaulted living roof will enhance the overall setting, whilst underground the hotel’s services have been linked, with the system incorporating the mansion’s original vaulted cellars. Within the conference wing, the addition of 26 executive suites, three conference suites and a business centre will provide professional guests with ample space to work, with new guestrooms above to accommodate the expansion. The wing reflects the hotel’s original fabric through the incorporation of lime rendered carbon negative hemp construction, hidden under a green veil parametric timber gridshell, whilst a pergola provides shade to the suites. The wedding space encloses an existing courtyard under a timber glulam tsunami living roof, suspended in natural light around its edges, with an aisled slit of glass along its axis. A heli-pad will also be incorporated within a re-landscaped setting. Purcell’s alterations will be introduced in phases, with the hotel remaining operational throughout the process. Dating back to 1664, the site became a hotel in 1991, though has remained largely unchanged since 1901 when W. H. Romaine-Walker designed its longstanding neo-baroque structure.

Tottenham Hostpur Stadium Hotel, London

CBRE Hotels has been appointed to secure a hotel operator for a property within Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium. Slated for a 2020 opening, the 180-key hotel will feature a fine dining restaurant by the Roux family, rooftop bar, swimming pool and member’s room. Spread across a 23-storey structure, the completed hotel will mark London’s third largest conferencing, banqueting and events venue, as well as one of the London’s largest regeneration projects since the turn of the millennium. “This is an iconic project in what will be a world class sports and entertainment venue,” comments David Bailey, Senior Director, CBRE Hotels. “Such a prestigious development presents a unique opportunity for an hotelier that can match Tottenham Hotspur’s vision and ambition for this project.” Situated in North London, the new 61,559 seat stadium is set to open in 2018 and forms the centrepiece of a wider sports, leisure and entertainment destination that will host concerts, NFL games and other major sports events alongside Premier League football. It has been estimated that the project will attract over 2.5 million visitors per year. Donna-Maria Cullen, Executive Director of Tottenham Hotspur, comments: “Since embarking on this exciting journey, 1,000 new jobs in the construction, IT, hospitality, retail and sports industries have been created, single-handedly spearheading the regeneration of Tottenham. Once complete our stunning new stadium, hotel and the wider scheme will deliver significant community benefits and an unrivalled fan experience – creating a world-class sports and entertainment destination – and in our birthplace of Tottenham.”

sources: Sleeper, 09-10, 2017

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