Central Hotel , Dublin

The concept of the project is to conserve, renovate and re-imagine this key city centre hotel which has operated on this site since the mid 1800s. It was built in 1887 and has gone through many changes over the years.

The Victorian hotel is in an excellent location within the city: on a vibrant corner where it has a prominent location and dedicated clientele. The Library Bar is a favourite among Dubliners and the client recognizes a need for this type of space in the city. The owners have a vision to upgrade the hotel and with this to provide new rooms - 129 bedrooms in total in the hotel - in the city which are of a high quality. The approach to providing this is to execute the development in a series of carefully gauged incremental additions and adjustments which are in line with the ethos of the hotel, with development in this part of the city and which will have a limited impact on the surroundings.

The project involves the reconfiguration of all floors of the hotel with light touch adjustments, the main content of which is an overhaul of the vertical circulation as well as the provision of safe means of egress and upgrading for fire safety and universal access. The works will involve a general upgrade of the building to bring it in to alignment with contemporary standards both regulatory and in hotel standards. The intent is to upgrade to a high-end lifestyle hotel that acts as a Social and Cultural Hub for Dublin as well as a hotel, thus enhancing the standard of accommodation in the city.