Described as a limited service hotel, and believed to be still under negotiation with an operator (one of four likely - Travelodge, Premier, Accor's Ibis brand or IHG's Holiday Inn Express)consent has been given for a six storey hotel with over 100 bedrooms which will finally repair the Parkfield streetscape. The design consists of the entrance and common areas at the street level with the bedrooms above. The last floor is set back to maintain the scale and massing of the existing street.
The contemporary elevation and treatment has full height windows to provide the maximum natural light to the bedrooms with vertical Cedar timber and render panels to reflect the character and scale of the existing domestic architecture.
First published in the DesignClub on 11th Jun 2008
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