I found an article in one of the free rush hour newspapers, before christmas which was really interesting so i ripped it out and have only just found it again. It is about a new hotel design by Reardonsmith architects, located at a golf club in the green belt, in Hersham Surrey. The design was based on a reaction to the stringent planning regulations associated with the greenbelt- that is you can not build on any new greenbelt land. It is a Hotel which is sunken into and under the landscape, which means the open landscape of the greenbelt is uninterrupted. The rooms are grouped around three sunken cloisters, allowing for the obvious problem with underground buildings - natural light filtrating the building. The project is due to be put through planning application early this year. The project looks very cool, I will be interested to hear how it gets on in going through planning.
