The Peninsula Hotel in London with 8 floors and a bright façade with many windows with brass frames and brass panelling on the green balcony balustrades in the middle of London

luxurious brass façade for a new hotel

bronze-toned details for the peninsula hotel in london

The Peninsula London, located adjacent to Hyde Park and Green Park, offers stunning views of the gardens of Buckingham Palace and features 190 luxurious hotel rooms as well as exclusive private residences. The façade is distinguished by its striking details: patinated brass frames at all entrances and windows give the building a timeless elegance.
 

patinated brass details

All the unitised window elements of the façade are finished in an elegant bronze tone using both anodised aluminium and patinated brass. A notable highlight is the pattern of individual rings engraved into the window units. The frames of the canopies, which are up to 30 m wide and 8.2 m deep, are complemented by large-format glazing, enhancing the luxurious appearance of the façade.

Façade type
Unitised façade
Client
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
Engineer
WSP
Architect
Hopkins Architects
Awards

MUSE Hotel Award for Architectural Design 2024
LIV Hospitality Design Award for Architectural Design Hotel – Luxury 2023
BREEAM Excellent

 

Rough, patinated brass façade panel with a pattern of applied, smooth circles or rings
Inner courtyard of the Peninsula Hotel in London with patinated brass window frames on the light-coloured façade and a glass canopy with a patinated brass frame, green plants and a grey, recessed top floor
5 seele employees in black T-shirts produce the brass frames for the windows of the Peninsula Hotel in London in seele's brightly lit workshop. The anodised brass frames rest on height-adjustable tables
The Peninsula's construction site, while part of the canopy with the inscription ‘PEN’ at the main entrance made of anodised brass and glass printed with golden dots is being installed. The roof is raised on chains, with the building in the background with a semi-concealed seele slogan

seele’s expertise in material craftsmanship enhances the brass features

Copper alloys such as bronze and brass play a central role in façade construction, valued for their durability and refined aesthetic. seele has mastered not only the processing of these premium materials but also special techniques like patination and surface treatment. 

Utilising advanced joining techniques such as welding, brazing and innovative methods like friction stir welding and laser deposition welding, seele realises complex and aesthetically demanding projects with brass façades. Through precise material coordination and surface treatments such as grinding and patination, seele creates brass façade systems that are visually striking, durable and resilient.
 

more projects with brass features

seele’s expertise enables the development of complex façade systems that meet the highest aesthetic and functional standards. Other projects such as the Eaton Centre Bridge in Toronto, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art demonstrate seele’s ability to execute innovative solutions for contemporary brass façades.

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Unitised façade of anodised aluminium and glazing on floors 2 to 5 — mullion-transom façade of patinated brass on ground floor — window elements of patinated brass on floor 1 — canopies of patinated brass for the exterior and courtyard

21,751 sqm
bronze-toned façade elements
9,050 sqm
anodised aluminium elements
1,338 sqm
mullion-transom façade and canopies of patinated brass
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