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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.

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". 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.

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 >

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