The building is located within a 0.4 hectare site at the junction of the Alphie Byrne Road and East Wall Road, occupying a key node adjacent to the River Tolka as one enters the Dublin Docklands from the north. The buildings footprint has been deisgned into its context with a series of gentle angles addressing both the riverside and the opposing street.  This creates a strong vertical profile to the resultant form.  The resultant slenderness profile of the buildings facades is further enhanced by the layered fenestration of external building elements.

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A ground and first floor podium contains the public amenities of the hotel including a bar and library. It is wrapped in a brick plinth to match the material of the adjacent residential blocks.  The upper levels are clad in a complementary aluminium facade system that combines ivory coloured fins and gold coloured spandrals.

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The site was previously an under utilised brownfield site at a key location within the Dublin Dockland district.  The site was subsequently transformed by the delivery of the hotel and high density apartments.   In order to achieve this high level of efficient site use, the arrangment of the buildings within the 0.4 hectare site footprint had to be carefully considered both in relation to their context and to one another. 

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The hotel lies perpendicular to the residential buildings with a pedestrian street formed at ground level that provides direct access to the Tolka, opening the site up to the public and making new connections within the local city fabric.