The Great Eastern Hotel refurbishment involved the ‘scooping out’ of the middle of the building, relocating the entrance and vertical cores, the construction of three new floors at the roof level. Eleven new floors were created in the middle of the building.

There were also a number of listed interiors within the project that provided further challenges for the design team.

dpa worked closely with the architects and interior designers to help produce a fully co-ordinated scheme throughout all public areas of the hotel. The final project involved both standard and custom designed luminaires.