Extension to Apex City of London Hotel

Conversion of a Grade II listed office building to form an additional 54 bedrooms, meeting rooms, break out space, social space and enlarged gymnasium to the Apex City of London Hotel, previously designed by Ian Springford Architects and opened in November 2005.

Following the success of the original Apex City of London Hotel completed in 2005, Apex Hotels purchased the neighbouring office building in 2006. The new building comprised of two interconnected buildings; a Grade II listed office building and a 1950’s office building built at the same time as the original Hotel.

The project involved splitting the building into two parts, consolidating the office use in the listed part of the building and resolving access and fire escape issues between the buildings.

An additional 2 floors of bedrooms were added to the 1950’s building and an extension added between the two buildings to form a new lift, stair core and additional bedrooms.
   
Part of the ground floor of the Hotel was remodelled to create additional break out space, enhanced meeting rooms and an enlarged gymnasium as well as resolving the level differences between the two buildings and ensure DDA compliance was achieved throughout.

All work was carried out while the offices and hotel remained in use and trading.

Images taken by Peter Guthrie.