Alex Frost

Preview Hotel Entrances - WELCOME TO THE PREVIEW HOTEL . . . . . (A PICTURE REVOLUTION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF VISIONARY INNOVATIVE AND EVOCATIVE WORK) WHERE HOTEL AND CINEMA EXPERIENCE ARE FUSED TOGETHER TO CREATE A TRULY UNIQUE BOUTIQUE HOTEL. THE HOTEL FOCUSES ON LIVERPOOL’S CULTURAL AND CREATIVE PAST THAT HAS CULMINATED IN IT BEING NAMED CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2008. PREVIEW HOTEL’S AIM IS TO PROPEL THE BRITISH FILM INDUSTRY INTO THE FUTURE AND MAKE LIVERPOOL A CREATIVE HUB FOR FILM MAKING AND THE EXHIBITION OF FILM.

Preview Hotel Cinema and Bar - PREVIEW CINEMA WILL BE AT THE HEART OF THE HOTEL FORMING A CREATIVE CENTRE TO THE HOTEL THAT WILL ACT AS A FEATURE AROUND WHICH YOU CAN DISCUSS FILM. ITS FORM IS STRIKING AND INTRIGUING WITH HARSH SHARP ANGLES AND AN UNFLINCHING SHAPE. ITS SHAPE LOOKS MORE LIKE A MODERNIST SCULPTURAL FORM THAN A CINEMA. THE BAR’S SEATING AREAS ARE LOCATED ALL AROUND THE CINEMA CREATING A FOCUS THAT DOMINATES THE SPACE AND THAT IS SURE TO STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION OR TWO ABOUT THE CINEMA’S UNIQUE SHAPE.

Preview Hotel Foyer / Swimming Pool - PREVIEW HOTEL’S RECEPTION IS VERY MODERN AND MINIMALIST WITH ONLY THE MINIMAL FURNISHING. WHAT MAKES THIS AN INTRESTING SPACE IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CEILING AND ENTRANCE. THE GLASS DOORS ENCASE A LARGE SINISTER RED EYE AT ITS CENTRE WHICH LOOKS OUT ACROSS THE CITY WITH THE AUDITORIUM SHAPED ENTRANCE ACTING AS THE EYE’S FIELD OF VISION. THE EYE LOOKIS OUT AT THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL CONTINUILY WATCHING AS THE CITY PROGRESSES AND LOOKS TO THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT THE CITY WILL BECOME.

Preview Hotel Restaurant - PREVIEW HOTEL’S RESTAURANT HAS ITS OWN ENTRANCE FROM STREET LEVEL. THIS ALLOWS THE RESTAURANT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT FEEL AND AESTHETIC FROM THE REST OF THE HOTEL AND ALSO CATERS FOR CUSTOMERS WHO ARE NOT STAYING IN THE HOTEL. THE EXTERIOR OF THE RESTAURANT IS CLAD FROM FLOOR TO CEILNG IN PINK COLOURED GLASSS GIVING IT A DISTINCT SEPARATION FROM THE OTHER PARTS OF THE HOTEL AT A GLANCE. THE RESTAURANT ENTRANCE SETS THE TONE FOR THE RESTAURANT.

Preview Hotel Standard / Deluxe Room - PREVIEW HOTEL’S STANDARD ROOMS ARE MINIMILIST BUT STILL VERY COMFORTABLE AND STYLISH. THE BED IS MADE FROM MEMORY FOAM AND SITS ON THE FLOOR. A LARGE CANNOPY CURVES OVER THE BED TO CREATE THE PERFECT PLACE TO WATCH YOUR FAVOURITE FILM EITHER IN BED OR ON THE SOFA. PREVIEW HOTEL’S DELUXE ROOM HAS A SIMILAR CANNOPY HOWEVER THIS DESIGN ALLOWS PROJECTIONS ON BOTH SIDES IT ALSO FEATURES AN OPEN PLAN SUNKEN BATH THAT MEANS YOU CAN WATCH FILMS WHILST IN THE BATH.

Preview Hotel Suite - PREVIEW HOTEL’S SUITE ROOMS ARE VERY MINIMILISTIC WITH BESPOKE FURNITURE THROUGHOUT. THE BEDROOM AND LARGE BATHROOM FEATURE ONLY ONE ITEM OF FURNITURE IN THE ENTIRE ROOM. THIS CREATES A VERY DRAMATIC THEATRICAL EFFECT WHERE THE OBJECT BECOMES SOMETHING SPECIAL AND IDOLISED, WITH THE ENTIRE ROOMS ATTENTION FOCUSED ON IT. IN THIS WAY THE PIECES ARE FRAMMED BY THE ROOM RE-ENACTING THE THEATRICALL EMOTIONS YOU FEEL WHEN WATCHING FILMS.