Extension to Salthouse Harbour Hotel,

Completed in 2003, the stylish boutique Salthouse Harbour hotel was an instant success, and became a symbol of the regeneration of the ‘Ipswich Waterfront’. To extend their operation onto a neighbouring site the client asked for as many bedrooms as possible on the upper floors and a generous Lobby and Reception on the Ground Floor, extending the existing restaurant.

There is no overall framework design in place for the Ipswich waterfront; each application is given very close scrutiny by many local bodies in addition to the planning authority. Effective consultation with these and English Heritage has produced a building which according to Concrete Quarterly (Autumn 2009) ‘is crisp and robust and the cuboid shape relates well with the industrial quayside’s architecture’.