Queensferry Lodge Hotel
Edinburgh

Project Value: £1 million
Client: Regal & Corus Hotels

The Hotel site is on the north shore of the River Forth adjacent to the Forth Road Bridge and there are incredible views to the South which take in the Rail and Road Bridges.

When the Client purchased the existing hotel the bedrooms contained within it did not address the spectacular scenery, so in commissioning the Practice to extend the existing facilities with 47 bedrooms our brief in addition to the standard requirements was to allow guests to appreciate the external environment when in their rooms. This was achieved by completely glazing the entire front wall of each bedroom and providing an inward opening door in this wall allowing residents the ability to experience the external atmosphere as if on a ship.

In order to erect the extended facility as quickly as possible it was decided to utilise a modular building system which consisted of a module of two bedrooms with a central corridor. These were fabricated and completely finished in Yorkshire, transported by articulated lorry and positioned in-situ then the electrics were connected and the external cladding applied. The substructure and drainage was completed in August and the remainder of the contract 12 weeks thereafter.

Photo © Keith Hunter