citizenM shoreditch

Designed in collaboration with London-based EllisMiller, the architecture is a raw, industrial nod to the site’s history as a brick railway viaduct. A heavy two-storey steel base mimics the exact proportions, width, and rhythmic repetition of the active viaduct north of the hotel.

Eight storeys of prefabricated room modules sit atop the steel base. Large exterior frames group the room windows together, breaking down the building's scale while echoing classic East London warehouse brickwork.

A striking, ground-floor entrance pulls pedestrians off the street, anchored by a vibrant, full-height mural by AVAF that bleeds straight into Shoreditch’s legendary street art culture.

The citizenM lobby is raised from the street and located on the first floor level. The lobby is enclosed by a large floor to ceiling glass façade that offers a great view over the Holywell Court square. The entrance on the ground floor level is marked and covered by the overhanging first floor lobby.Arriving on the first floor guests have a clear view of the entire space, including the typical citizenM cabinet that runs along the lobby and guides them to the check-in, a lounge bookcase bench, collectionM, the bar and canteenM with large communal tables. A see-through fireplace within a freestanding cabinet on the other side creates two living rooms adjacent to the covered outside balcony. This balcony has a balustrade table which offers a great view of Shoreditch playful features; four brightly graffitied tube trains with monthly changing art that peek over the brick walls opposite.