This December, Hotel Designs is profiling the individuals who made it into The Brit List 2019. We continue by referencing part two of The Brit List Architects of 2019 (in alphabetical order)…
The Brit List 2019 is Hotel Designs’ annual nationwide search to identify the top 25 designers, top 25 architects and top 25 hoteliers who are operating in Britain. The Judges, which are made up of experts in all pockets of the industry, gathered to decided who was eligible to make this year’s list.
The industry’s leading figures then gathered on November 21 at Patch East London, where The Brit List 2019 was unveiled and the individual winners were announced.
Following from The Brit List Designers of 2019 Part One, Part Two and Part Three, here are the remaining The Brit List Architects of 2019…
Mark Bruce, Main Board Director – EPR Architects
Since being on The Brit List 2018, Mark Bruce has led the completion of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, which breathes new life into the Edwardian building in London that was once used by the Ministry of Defence. The sensitive exterior retention and basement excavation, and two-storey roof extension, transformed the building into a 153-key luxury lifestyle hotel whilst being respectful of the original brick and stone façade features and sensitive to the surrounding listed buildings.
Michele Salvi, Associate – Zaha Hadid Architects
The Morpheus opened in 2018 as the world’s first free-form high-rise exoskeleton hotel. The project architect – and the man responsible for many of the decisions in conceiving and creating it – was Michele Salvi, an associate at Zaha Hadid Architects.
Salvi is currently working on the architecture project for Australia’s first Mandarin Oriental, a 196-key hotel, slated to open in 2023, that will be sheltered within a new high-rise based in Melbourne.
Nicholas de Klerk, Associate Architect – Aukett Swanke
Nicholas de Klerk is a thoughtful and forward-thinking architect. He has a keen interest in strategy and logistics, particularly on redevelopment projects where heritage and new development need refinement and fine balance. His focus is on hospitality projects and he has built up a highly regarded reputation within the sector, through thought leadership, R&D, participation in panel discussions and conferences, as well as through his design work, as a knowledgeable and inventive architect.
Nikolas Travasaros, Founding Partner/Director – Divercity Architects
Nikolas Travasaros is the founding partner of Divercity Architects (Athens and London) and director of Divercity Architects (London). He studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens (1999) and received a Master of Architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (2000). As well as managing Divercity Architects’ growing team, Travasaros leads the design process on all the practice’s projects, overseeing initial design to completion of construction.
Projects include: Aegon Mykonos, Gracce Santorini and W Algarge, which is currently onthe boards.
Richard Holland, Director/Co-Founder – Holland Harvey Architects
Richard Holland was one of the masterminds behind the planning and completion of Inhabit Hotel in London, a new boutique eco hotel,sheltering 90 well-appointed rooms. What is arguably most interestingabout this project is the fact that the building’s listed qualities did not prevent the hotel’s build from being sustainably designed.
Holland has extensive experience in a wide variety of architectural andurban design projects, and has also tutored at the University of Shefield, critiquing post-graduate students during the technology module of their Masters studies.
Ross Perkin, Co-founder – Emil Eve Architects
Ross Perkin is an architect with extensive experience in environmental design and conservation.
Perkin has extensive experience of collaborative practice and has completed work on a visitor centre at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park with Clare Lilley and Feilden Fowles Architects.
Recently, Perkin led his team to complete the spa inside Taj Hotel London. Located in the Victorian cellars of the luxury Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences, the spa facilities include a glowing vitality pool wrapping around the hotel’s historic brick walls, a steamroll clad in continuous milled sections of Carrera marble and a sauna created from solid sections of thermally treated Alder wood.
Sarah Matheou, Architect – Simpson Haugh
The studio Simpson Haugh describes Sarah Matheou as having: “a broad experience across pre- and post-planning design stages, throughout which she has shown a conscientious manner and tenacity for resolving issues.” Recently, the project architect completed One Blackfriars and Buckingham Gate, following being recognised as a Hotel Designs 30 under 30.
Simon Kincaid, Partner – Conran and Partners
With more than 15 years’ professional experience, 10 of which at Conran and Partners, Simon Kincaid has been involved in a great depth of high-profile projects adding value by both developing design proposals and managing teams through all work stages across residential and hospitality projects. His hospitality experience includes working on hotels, restaurants and private members clubs in the UK, Europe and across Asia.
Simon Whittaker, Associate – Orms (Winner: Architect of the Year 2019)
Simon Whittaker joined Orms in 2003, and became an Associate in 2013.He has worked on a wide range of projects in the commercial, education and leisure sectors and clients include Great Portland Estates, Crosstree Real Estate, British Land, Derwent London and Duchy of Lancaster. The firm has recently completed its work on The Standard London, which is the brand’s first hotel outside of America. The hotel, with its distinctly modern shell, is a thriving addition to the London hospitality scene, which has a unique perspective opposite St Pancras Station.
Tom Lindblom, Hospitality Leader/Principal – Gensler*
Interviewed by Hotel Designs this year, Tom Lindblom is a Hospitality Leader and a studio director in Gensler’s London office with more than 25 years’ experience on a variety of projects, including Four Seasons Kuwait,St Regis Langkawi, and is working on the completion of Hilton Woking. In addition to his role at Gensler, Lindblom teaches and lectures on architecture, lighting design, and museum design at universities in the U.S. and London.
*Tom Lindblom has recently relocated to Costa Rica, but is still working for the architecture firm Gensler.
