On the upper floors, the hotel is organised on a standard guest room module, with reception, amenity and support facilities at ground floor. A key feature of the design is the façade which is a simple rhythm of brickwork and windows, engineered to a high acoustic standard to minimise the noise from Heathrow air traffic. 

The hotel opened to the public in January 2020.

IBIS Styles London Heathrow is a new build 125 room hotel, one of a number of hotels in the budget to mid market range that pla have designed for The Splendid Hospitality Group. Configured to the IBIS Styles brand standard, it caters for the expanding business and leisure market centred on Heathrow.

Front of house design: Matthews Mee

All photography © Philip Vile