Luxury insect hotels in London

A unique architectural competition sees the development of five luxury insect hotels across the London’s public gardens. The five hotel designs have been shortlisted as part of ‘Beyond the Hive’, a competition launched by British Land and The City of London Corporation to celebrate 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity.Members of the public will be able to see the final constructed hotels on this site and vote for their favourite design between the 19th and 28th June.The hotels have been designed to attract stag beetles, solitary bees, butterflies, spiders, lacewings, and ladybirds, and will be constructed at Bunhill Fields, West Smithfield, Postman’s Park, St Dunstan’s in the East and Cleary Garden.
The shortlisted designs and teams are as follows:
Hotel A: The Bumblebee City Nesters