McAleer & Rushe notches up two further awards for the W Hotel
Dec 01McAleer & Rushe has garnered two further awards for the stylish W Hotel it developed and built on London’s Leicester Square.
On Tuesday night, London’s exclusive Grosvenor House hotel was the glamorous backdrop to design magazine FX’s International Awards. The W Hotel won both the Hotel Award and the Lighting Design Award.
It follows last week’s news that Spice Market London at the W Hotel London won the Restaurant Interior Design of the Year Award at the European Hotel Design Awards.
The W Hotel also won the best UK Project at MIPIM, the international property exhibition in Cannes, France.
The judges said of the Jestico + Whiles designed hotel:
“Besides the striking visual effects on the façade, stunning interiors by [Amsterdam-based designers] Concrete also assisted the hotel in the heart of the Capital’s West End to become the winner of this year’s Best Hotel Award.”
It saw off tough competition from other hotels including the Five Star Fairmont, Cairo and Le Meridien in Philadelphia.
The W Hotel also received the Lighting Design Award for the lighting concept by Morris Brill Lighting Design. Judges were particularly taken by the lighting in the glamorous WYLD bar which features a 2m- diameter mirror ball which is lit by Erco projectors to create a vivid impact from outside on the Square.
Eamonn Laverty managing director of McAleer & Rushe said:
“The array of awards that the W Hotel has now won are a fitting tribute to the hard work put in by all who were involved in the project.”