W HOTEL LONDON

Location: Leicester Square, London
Status: Completed
Architect: Jestico +Whiles
Interiors: Concrete
Contractor: McAleer & Rushe

Completed in 2011, the W Hotel in London is a 192 key international luxury hotel with a cinema, destination restaurant, spa and leisure centre and 11 serviced penthouse apartments.

Situated in Leicester Square, one of London’s oldest and most famous squares, the hotel has become a landmark in the area. A relatively discreet daytime façade consisting of a twin wall façade with a glazed outer skin with a white ceramic frit transforms at nightime into a visual patterned light show via 300 colour change LEDs, designed by Jason Bruges Studio, which have been integrated into the proprietary framed aluminium inner skin.

Paul Cahillane worked on this job while working at Jestico + Whiles.