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Minggu, 04 Juni 2017

Rafayel on the Left Bank is a luxury eco hotel at Falcon Wharf, Battersea, London occupying four floors of a 17 floor building.

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The four-floor eco hotel at Falcon Wharf, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth was converted from vacant offices in an early 2000s building and riverside engineered by George Wimpey and designed by architect James Burland. The 17-storey building is composed of a range of varied height part-blue-clad curved towers culminating in a right-angle end. The and is beside the River Thames, 100â€"m north of the London Heliport. At the 2006 What? House Awards, the Falcon Wharf complex was awarded the “Bronze” prize in the “Best Apartment Category”. In 2007 Falcon Wharf was joint winner at the British Home Awards in the category of “Apartment Building of the Year â€" 2007”.

The Rafayal was fitted out and modified by East Anglia Development according to the designs of Latis Limited, architectural designers. The hotel opened in December, 2009.

Facilities



source : www.roomforromance.com

Rafayel on the Left Bank comprises 65 bedrooms, conference facilities (with free use of an overhead projector), penthouse, spa, gym, moorings, restaurant, brasserie, champagne bar, bakery and florist. The hotel is insulated from the other use in the block by including a full plant level between the commercial and residential levels.

Sustainable development attributes



source : allincinc.com

Its planned design was enhanced by owner Iqbal Latif with the intention of creating an environmentally sustainable 5-star hotel, a shuttle service to a Sloane Square tube station and ample cycle parking.

In partnership with companies such as Philips the hotel has installed energy-efficient lighting and air-conditioning systems and has eliminated the use of plastics. The hotel claims that these initiatives, when combined with rainwater harvesting, landscaping and other green systems, will reduce the carbon emission of each hotel room by 75% from the London average.


External links



source : room5.trivago.co.uk

  • Website for Hotel Rafayel on the Left Bank
  • Blog for Hotel Rafayel on the Left Bank
  • Website of LATIS limited

Sources



source : allincinc.com



source : rafayelshotel.blogspot.com

 
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