CASE STUDY - MICHAEL NUGENT LTD
HARDROCKHOTEL - DUBLIN
A ROCK STAR ADDITION TO A VIP PROJECT PORTFOLIO BY MICHAEL NUGENT LTD... IRELAND’SFUNKIESTHOTEL
M ichael Nugent Ltd hits the Hard Rock Hotel in Dublin. The company played a central role in creating this latest icon in Dublin’s flourishing hospitality scene, and as the M&E contractor on the project, the team worked closely with the client, Tifco, Caldwell Consulting, architect Consarc and main contractor John Paul Construction to transform and link two heritage buildings into Ireland’s funkiest new hotel. Squeezed into a complex and confined inner-city site on Lord Edward Street, in Dublin’s City Centre, this €52m project involved the refurbishment of the existing three-storey, right notes to deliver a stellar electrical installation at the new Listed redbrick Exchange Building. This property dates back to 1912 and was previously the location for the
Parliament Hotel. It also involved entirely rebuilding the adjacent seven- storey Fashion House along with constructing a glass link bridge that connects both buildings. Style-wise, the hotel retains the red brick façades of its original buildings, but completely reimagines the interiors, with other displays from Hard Rock International’s legendary Florida ‘Vault’ including cymbals that once belonged to The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts, and Hozier’s first-ever electric guitar. The four star Hard Rock Hotel features 120 bedrooms, a bar, restaurants and a merchandise shop, and its jewel in the crown – a fifth-floor penthouse boasting a four-poster bed, a handwritten letter by Van Morrison to guitarist Mick Cox and a private, rooftop terrace where guests can
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