The Jewel Hotel, W 51st Street, New York – Refining a compact interior model into a premium market position
Case Study The Jewel Hotel, W 51st Street, New York – Refining a compact interior model into a premium market position Context The Jewel Hotel sits in Midtown Manhattan, a prime location adjacent to Rockefeller Center and Fifth Avenue. The project was authored by Peter Mance during his tenure as Interiors Director at Robert Hutson […]
Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort – Strategic repositioning of a live hospitality asset in a competitive island market
Case Study Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort – Strategic repositioning of a live hospitality asset in a competitive island market Context The Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort is a large beachfront hospitality asset operating under a global brand, located within a highly sensitive coastal environment. The project involved the repositioning of the resort while remaining […]
Club Quarters, Covent Garden – Developing a commercially viable subterranean room typology
Case Study Club Quarters, Covent Garden – Developing a commercially viable subterranean room typology Context Two underused basement floors within a central London business hotel.No natural light. No conventional drainage. No established room model. The brief was not simply to “fit out” the space, but to determine whether it could become credible, revenue-generating inventory within the […]
Cotton Street, Poplar – Reconstructing a Georgian Edge within a Conservation Area
Case Study Cotton Street, Poplar – Reconstructing a Georgian Edge within a Conservation Area Context 40 Cotton Street sits within the All Saints Church Conservation Area in Poplar. The site occupies a sensitive threshold condition: Opposite the Grade II* listed All Saints Church Framing a historic Georgian square Adjacent to listed terraces on Bazely Street […]
Greenbank, Chalbury – Planning Approval in an AONB and Conservation Area
Planning Case Study Greenbank, Charlbury – Planning Approval in an AONB and Conservation Area Planning Policy and Site Context Greenbank is located on the western edge of Charlbury, within both the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the Charlbury Conservation Area. The site occupies a sensitive position in long-distance views across the Evenlode […]
Great Peter Street, Westminster
Great Peter Street, Westminster Set within the Smith Square Conservation Area, this fourth-floor apartment occupies a distinctive historic building whose late Edwardian / early Deco character was central to its appeal. Confident yet understated, the architecture carries a quiet civic presence — ordered façades, generous proportions, and a rhythm that speaks of permanence rather than display. For […]
Marriott Beach Resort, Grand Cayman
Marriott Beach Resort, Grand Cayman Grand Cayman is one of the Caribbean’s greatest getaways for sun-and-relaxation seekers. Fitting then, that the owners and the Marriott operators wanted to upgrade this venue’s guest rooms to reflect this stunning destination. Two years later we have these “radically positive” redesigned guestrooms and suites, a tribute to the great […]
Club Quarters Hotel Covent Garden, Holborn
Club Quarters Hotel Covent Garden, Holborn MAAPS’ design brief was to create adaptive, business-dedicated, executive interior guestrooms located two and three floors below ground. The new guestrooms are refined and individual spaces with high quality well-proportioned bathrooms. All are fully focused on delivering the functional and technological needs of a business executive. Nothing is superfluous. […]
Shishukunj International School, Bhuj, Gujarat, India
Shishukunj International School, Bhuj, Gujarat, India The SIS Bhuj school campus is a sustainable development within the kutch salt-marsh ecosystem of Gujarat. The school is conceived as a series of cluster modules in response to both the landscape and teaching ethos of the school. The buildings are literally built from the rock and dust of […]
Penshurst Gardens, Edgware, London
Penshurst Gardens, Edgware, London Designed for practice, performance and expression. This residential house in Penshurst Gardens, North London began its transformation not as a remodel, but as a rediscovery of what the site could be. Originally a modest two-storey dwelling in need of repair, the project revealed an opportunity to reorganise, extend and reframe the home around […]