Aloft London Excel
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has opened the first Aloft Hotel in the UK at ExCeL London. The Aloft London Excel has been designed by Jestico + Whiles, the architects behind the highly successful W London? Leicester Square which opened earlier this year.

Developed by London ExCeL?s parent company, ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National ExhibitionsCompany) and constructed by McAleer&Rushe, Jestico + Whiles? innovative design for the architecture and interiors provides 252 guest bedrooms; an exciting ?w XYZ MBA?; are:charge fitness suite with gym and SplashSMpool; re:fuel by AloftSMa one?stop, 24?hourgrab?and?go food and beverage area; five ?Tactic? meeting rooms; together with a new restaurant concept restaurant ?FEDE? separately operated by Elior. The central spine of the hotel has been finished with a bespoke, double?glazed cladding, which features a translucent ceramic frit pattern and solid back?painted spandrel panels. Inspired by the illusion of depth seen in some of Bridget Riley?s paintings, abstract horizontal stripes fritted onto the glass have been designed to emphasize the flow of the building. This creates an unusual interplay of movement and depth when combined with the undulating colors of the crescent wings.

The building?s ?serpentine? layering reduces internal corridor lengths and brings natural daylight into the central lift core lobby whilst addressing the site restrictions generated by complex service infrastructure surrounding the exhibition ...