Norman Foster's curved Portland stone facade at the junction of the Strand and Aldwych is one of central London's more quietly authoritative pieces of urban architecture — a building whose elliptical corner tower and rigorously gridded fenestration have anchored this busy intersection since 2004. ME London, which took over the building in 2012 following a conversion by the Meliá Hotels group, inherited that civic confidence and pressed it into the service of a rather different ambition: a design-forward lifestyle hotel aimed at a younger, image-conscious European market. The interiors were handed to Foster + Partners collaborator and Spanish designer Jaime Hayon, whose signature oscillation between whimsy and precision runs through the public spaces. The lobby and restaurant environments visible in the images demonstrate the range he was working across — a monochrome dining room with curved white leather banquettes, polished hardwood tables, and a spectacular curved screen of stainless steel tubes that recalls a pipe organ abstracted into pure surface, set against a dramatic black-lacquered ceiling. The all-day restaurant takes a different register entirely: teal barrel chairs, rattan pendant lights, and a floor-to-ceiling tropical mural beneath the building's arched arcade windows. Guest rooms strip back to a near-clinical white — upholstered wall panels, grey carpet, and floor-to-ceiling glazing framing London roofline views — with the building's curved geometry surfacing in the tower rooms. The hotel runs to 157 rooms across ten floors.

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Located in the heart of London's Covent Garden and near to the city’s West End theatres, exclusive boutiques, top sights and the hottest restaurants and bars, ME London is one of the leading luxury hotels in the centre of London. It is contemporary and cutting edge in style and located in one of the most important tourist destinations in the world. Designed by the world-famous architects Foster + Partners, ME London offers 157 exquisitely designed, modern guestrooms including 16 suites, New York restaurant STK London, lounge bar Marconi Lounge and award-winning Radio Rooftop restaurant and terrace bar with spectacular panoramic views of London (London Eye, Trafalgar Square, Tower Bridge, Covent Garden), 7 meeting rooms with capacity for up to 300 people, a fully equipped gym, open 24 hours a day and complimentary high-speed WIFI.