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Born in Johannesburg and now based in London, Dexter Moren,
founding director of Dexter Moren Associates (DMA) says: “The
Tsogo Sun Hotel Complex in Cape Town is a return to my country
of birth and the design reflects a merge of the best in global
architectural trends with a quintessential African feel.”
Moren adds: “The site is a prime location in the city bowl with inter-
esting heritage challenges. Our design, which has been approved by the
city, specifically responds to the streetscape of the heritage-rich location.”
The hotel will have 500-rooms, 300 of which will be 3-star and 200 of
which will be 4-star. The top of the hotel will have a distinctive profile that
works with the taller scale of buildings fronting Strand Street. The middle
will reflect the rhythm and proportions of the typical Bree and Buiten-
gracht Street buildings. While the base has been designed for the
pedestrian, with canopies, active frontages and typical street block
diversity. The new design is sensitive to the Tothill building and the
neighbouring Lutheran Church complex.
Dexter Moren Associates were selected by Green Willow
Properties (who own the site that the hotel will be built on) after
participating in a design competition. With over 30 years’ experi-
ence Moren has worked with the majority of leading brands in the
UK, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Current projects include
Gansevoort Shoreditch, Hilton London Bankside, The Westin City of
London and the InterContinental Lisbon.
Hotel projects in Africa by Dexter Moren Associates include:
Sunrise Hills Luxury Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria; Golf Park Hotel, Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania; Mpaka Road, Nairobi, Kenya; InterContinental
Resort, Pongwe, Zanzibar; Alswani Resort Hotel & Villas, Libya;
Dunas Resort, Cape Verde.
Moren concludes: ““Since demolition, the site has been cleared
and the basement levels are currently being dug out. Completion is
planned for the September 2017".
Cape Town’s
LATEST HOTEL
The London based architectural
firm, Dexter Moren Associates,
has been selected to design the
new hotel to be built on the site
of the demolished Tulip Hotel
and Conference Centre in Cape
Town’s city centre. The new
hotel will be a Tsogo Sun Hotel
brand.
Dexter Moren, founding director of
Dexter Moren Associates.
About Dexter Moren Associates
Dexter Moren Associates is an award-winning architecture
and interior design practice of 50 people specialising in
hospitality and hotels. With a design-led ethos of ‘creating
places people want to stay’ the practice has, over the last
23 years, established a reputation as one of London’s leading
hotel and leisure architects.
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