Perched a-top of the Queen Elizabeth Concert Hall in central London during 2012 will be a new small hotel with some of the best Thames views in London.
The idea entitled “A Room For London”, is for a boat shaped hotel to be set on top of the concert hall during 2012 as part of the Olympic celebrations and should appear as if the tidal Thames has simply marooned it there.
At least that’s what David Kohn Architects hope their new creation will appear to be when it’s built later this year. The “hotel” which has an as yet unspecified number of rooms, does include a few oddities however.
1) Guests are requested to hoist the flag when in residence and lower it when visiting the city.
2) Guests are also requested to keep a diary of their stay, presumably including details of what it’s like to be perched above the Thames.
3) Finally guests should not require too much privacy as the location is already one of the busiest places in London and will no doubt attract an even greater interest when the temporary boat hotel is up and running.
For those wishing to take in the view rather than venture into the capital, the hotel will include a large library of works about London.
Tickets for the hotel boat will go on sale in January although as it has yet to be built, details are still a little sketchy. Watch this space…
Picture 1 of “A Room For London” (all open in new window)
Picture 2 of “A Room for London”
Picture 3 of “A Room for London”
For now there is plenty of more conventional hotel accommodation in London.
