Corinthia Hotel - London

Corinthia Hotel London is being built on the site of the Metropole, an imposing Victorian building, originally built as a hotel in 1885, on a city block location between Whitehall Place, Northumberland Avenue and Great Scotland Yard, overlooking Trafalgar Square and the River Thames. The Victorian exterior houses elegant and contemporary interiors set around an inner foyer and garden, two restaurants, a luxury spa, cocktail bar, boardroom meeting facilities and a grand ballroom. There will be 294 guestrooms, including 45 suites. The two-bedroom Royal Suite, at more than 470m2, is claimed to be the largest in London. The hotel’s bedrooms, averaging 45m2 in size, are also amongst the largest in London.

The original architect for the development was John Seifert Architects, now trading as Sigma. Interior design is led by GA Design International, which is also creating the hotel’s 2,140m2 ESPA spa over four levels, as well as the suites, public spaces and one of the two restaurants. Designer David Collins, is creating the hotel’s bar, Bassoon, and Massimo’s restaurant (above). The interior design aims to deliver “a mix of sophisticated luxury and residential style.”

Corinthia Hotels is also due to open the Corinthia Taormina Golf Resort in Sicily, Italy in 2012, adding to its existing portfolio of hotels in Budapest, Prague, St Petersburg, Malta, Tripoli and Lisbon.