hotel uses gas from a central system to generate
hot water instead of conventional geysers. Per-
formance glazing has been used on some of the
façades to reduce the mechanical loads. The
hotel is fully fitted with low flow brassware and
dual flush toilets.
hotel, 20 West, that was initially designed as
an apartment block consisting of two bedroom
apartments and later converted to a hotel through
an interconnecting door system that made it viable
to get two rental incomes per two bedroom
apartment instead of one.
Sustainable Elements
Like the other hotels in the group, sustainable
elements that impact on the experience and cost
of guests was utilised in this development. The
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Architectural Style
The Architects interpretation for this contemporary
hotel group is to revolutionise the conventional
hotel where all punch out windows lined up and
the building looked like a box. Asymmetry is
the key. In all their developments for The
Capital group the architects have now created
an architectural language of elongated vertical
floating panels with large opening windows that
maximise the natural light and ventilation into
the rooms that is not the norm for conventional
hotels. Complementing this is the use of multiple
shades of grey that will now become the brand
for The Hotel Group.
Through the use of massive extents of glazing
to all rooms, natural daylight and maximum views
across Menlyn has been created. The careful
modulation of glazing and vertical floating panels
offset on every second level create an apparent
asymmetrical configuration of the façades that
results in a striking play of rectangular forms.
This typical modulation is injected with special
glass corners, higher roofs and concrete vertical
elements that further enhance the façades.
The hotel consists of ground floor plus 6 storeys.
The ground floor consists of the multifunction con-
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