Hospitality architects
Hotels, pubs and clubs that trade better
Hotels, resorts, pubs, clubs, restaurants and cafés across South East Queensland and NSW, from new business hotels to refurbishments that revitalise a venue while it keeps trading.
hhh architects designs and refurbishes hotels, resorts, pubs, clubs, restaurants and cafés across South East Queensland and NSW. Work includes the Broadbeach Bowls Club refurbishment for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, the Kingscliff Beach Hotel, Twin Towns, Sails Port Macquarie and the award-winning Woodroffe Hotel in Southport.
Hospitality & Retail
The environment is part of the offer
New entertainment and hospitality precincts across South East Queensland give patrons more choice than ever, and they are more aware of the places they spend their leisure time. The challenge is to create accessible, generous and inviting spaces for dining, drinking and staying.
A venue's environment is as vital to its success as the menu, the service and the rooms. Good hospitality architecture optimises operations while creating the vibe, views and atmosphere people come back for. We have seen clients quadruple food and beverage turnover after a successful renovation.
With over 40 years of hospitality work for developers, operators and business owners, our portfolio spans pubs, clubs and taverns, sports and gaming, conference and wedding venues, auditoriums, gyms and wellness, destination restaurants, cafés, national chains, drive-thrus and airline lounges.
What we design
Every kind of venue
Pubs, clubs and taverns
Gaming, sports betting, bars and bistros, planned around the five income streams: gaming, food, beverage, entertainment and accommodation.
Hotels and resorts
Business and boutique hotels, new generation hostels, resorts, serviced apartments and suites.
Restaurants, cafés and chains
Destination restaurants and cafés, plus more than 200 McDonald's projects across Eastern Australia.
Function, conference and wedding venues
Including the riverfront wedding chapel and conference facility at Sails Port Macquarie.
Auditoriums and entertainment
The Twin Towns auditorium, refitted with tiered seating, acoustics, lighting and new foyers.
Short-stay refurbishments
Private home and penthouse refurbishments and fit-outs for short-term rental.
Featured projects
Hospitality & Retail projects
Broadbeach Bowls Club
Broadbeach · The 40-year-old club was the venue for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games lawn bowls event.
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Kingscliff Beach Hotel
Kingscliff · Built in 1932, the two-storey nondescript structure of the Kingscliff Beach Hotel suffered over the past 80 years from insensitive...
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Woodroffe Hotel
Southport · This was the first project approved under the Southport PDA (Priority Development Area).
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Twin Towns
Tweed Heads · Hamilton Hayes Henderson were asked by Twin Towns to create a modern counterpoint and statement for the club as it entered the new...
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Sails Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie · The 30 year old resort commenced major refurbishment works in 2013, with the first stage completed in 2014, and second stage scheduled for...
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Coolangatta Sands Hotel
Coolangatta · This tired 1900’s pub was transformed into a modern back packer’s hostel, featuring new bar and bistro, modern accommodation upstairs with...
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Paradise Centre Stage 2
Surfers Paradise · Part of the largest comprehensive mixed use commercial development in the heart of Surfers Paradise.
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Pelermans Hotel
Nerang · Nestled in the Rainforest adjoining the Nerang River, the thermal centre and hotel is designed to create the ideal health retreat away from...
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McDonald's
Eastern Australia · HHH provided architecture, décor and lead consultant services to McDonalds on over 200 project commencing with the fit out within the new...
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Awards in this sector
- Woodroffe Hotel: 2018 Master Builders Queensland Housing and Construction Awards, Tourism and Leisure Facilities up to $10 million
Full project list
More of our work
Projects from our archive, beyond the featured case studies above.
Hospitality project list (24)
Insights
Further reading
How Redesigning Can Improve Your Bar's Efficiency
Do you own or run a bar, hotel, pub or tavern? There’s one thing that all these venues have in common: staffing is expensive!
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Select-Service Boutique Hotels, Designed for Efficiency & Profitability
Are you a developer or owner of hotels? The great news is that you now have more flexibility and opportunity to design and build hotels that are...
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Refurbishing the Broadbeach Bowls Club for the Commonwealth Games
The HHH Architects team was recently charged with refurbishing the Broadbeach Bowls Club, a popular icon of the Gold Coast and a thriving social hub...
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Asked and answered
Can a venue keep trading during a refurbishment?
Yes. By planning ahead and dividing the work into stages, trading can continue. The Broadbeach Bowls Club traded throughout its refurbishment, which was stripped back to its floor, frame and roof.
How can a redesign improve profitability?
Common fixes include combining two bars into one to reduce staffing, and rebalancing the layout across gaming, food, beverage, entertainment and accommodation. Read how redesigning can improve your bar's efficiency.
Do you design select-service and boutique hotels?
Yes. The Woodroffe Hotel in Southport is a 107-room business hotel with a café and small function spaces, designed for efficiency and profitability. It won a 2018 Master Builders Queensland award.
Do you design hospitality venues in NSW?
Yes. NSW work includes Twin Towns in Tweed Heads, the Kingscliff Beach Hotel, and Sails Resort, Rydges and Zebu Bar & Grill in Port Macquarie.
Next step
Tell us about your project.
New build, refurbishment or a site you are thinking of buying: start with a conversation with our directors about the brief, the site and what it could yield.
Contact
Start with a conversation
Tell us about the site and what you have in mind, and one of our directors will come back to you to talk it through.