The spa experience is an essential offering for luxury hotels and the Novotel London Canary Wharf Hotel, which boasts spectacular views across the London skyline, commissioned London Swimming Pool Company (LSPC) to complete this sumptuous swimming pool and a saunarium which provides both a sauna and steam room in one.  These facilities are accompanied by a gym and provide the hotel’s wide spectrum of clients with all they need to exercise, relax and pamper themselves during their stay.

Built on the ground floor, rather than the basement, to create an airy ambience, the rectangular concrete pool shell had already been formed by the main contractor.  LSPC then completed all other aspects of the pool including the tiling and the plantroom which involved devising ingenious pipework that was run from the pool shell into the plantroom without disrupting the previously constructed shell!

The contemporary level-deck pool is 10 metres long x 5 metres wide and 1.5m deep.  The pool is finished in aqua blue porcelain tiles; it has a bespoke stainless steel handrail and a counter current unit which allows bathers to swim against ‘the tide’ providing exhilarating exercise.  The pièce de résistance is the pool’s feature wall which incorporates two waterfalls that cascade water into the pool, treating bathers to soothing showers.  The pool surround, which was supplied by the main contractor, is made of 150 mm x 150 mm Porcelain tiles that resemble natural wood.

The ‘magical’ pool hall features cool grey/white walls, ceiling and colonnades; a charming leaf motif design along two walls plus an eye-catching light display on the wall at the end of the pool and on the ceiling.  These cast strips of light on the pool water and complement the Eva Optic underwater pool lighting.

Partner: Leach Rhodes Walker Architects

InterContinental London – The O2 has added a large main pool, spa pool, and a steam and sauna room, to complement its gym, massage and therapy rooms.  The facilities allow the hotel to offer the entire spa experience from swimming and exercise to relaxation and treatments.  

The award-winning pool and spa have been built on the ground floor, rather than the basement, to ensure the spa is light and airy.  The bespoke design includes a 17 x 7 metres and 1.2 metres deep pool with a waterfall that cascades from the pool and spa dividing wall.

The smaller spa pool is a bespoke concrete design measuring 4.4 x 2.7 metres with a lounger at each end of the central bench. The loungers have bubble trays which give full air massage, and the bench has both back and calf water/air mixture jets for relaxing massages.  Two AstralPool neck-jet water cannons send bursts of water into the spa pool.

The pool interior has been finished with Waxman Ceramic blue mosaic tiles, and underwater lighting is by Eva Optic.  To complete the tranquil atmosphere, the pool and spa surround has been finished with large format porcelain tiles in a creamy colour.

The pool/spa plantroom is equipped with Astral Arctic filters and Badu pumps which maintain pool functionality at optimum performance.  An automatic backwash system was retrofitted to make backwashing easy.

Awards: SPATA Gold Award – Inground Commercial Spas & Wellness, SPATA Bronze Award – Commercial Pool of the Year 
Partner: Main Contractor: Grove Developments

An extremely challenging specification that required the pool to be built underneath the railway arches of Cannon Street Station.  Stunning effects were achieved when combining water, mosaic and original brickwork in the pool area at the original Cannons Health club.

Award: SPATA Millennium (2000) Certificate of Merit – Best Leisure Centre