The re-use and extension of a listed modernist building in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter to create a hotel.

The external fabric of the listed building is restored, windows and screens are renewed in bronze and a simple canopy is constructed in line with modernist precedent, signalling the public entrance.

The new addition is derived from the original, emphasising it's rhythm and proportion, in grey brick with concrete expression of floor edge, creating a simple repeated pattern of voids. Where these light bedrooms, bronze panels provide the requisite privacy. The use of brick piers as the expression of the vertical structure at once implies a subservience to the original building but also acknowledges the tradition of structural brick warehouses in Belfast, and references the spirit of the modern movement, handsomely retained in the existing building.

A new brick walled outdoor space completes the composition, and serves as a central garden courtyard.