This project presented the considerable challenge of transforming a dreary 1960s era department store into a contemporary hotel in the midst of a historic high street.  Standing out from the eclectic mix of Georgian, Victorian, Neoclassical, and Modern architecture, it is the Tudor buildings--the Chester Rows lining the high street and surrounding Eastgate Clock--that dominate this part of Chester.  Wishing to honor, but not repeat, this history, we studied existing proportions, colours, and components to create a new and contemporary piece that will sit comfortably alongside its older neighbours.