'Our architecture isn't fashionable enough for the press. They're honest, good, straightforward buildings which are a pleasure to be in. They are users'buildings rather than architects' buildings,' says Jonathan Manser of Manser Practice. Well, that's telling us. And yet the 397-bed Sterling Hotel at Heathrow Terminal 4 that started the practice on the hotel trail 20 years ago attracted both press publicity and awards - its dramatic five-storey atrium was a show-stopper, winning the Royal Fine Arts Commission/Sunday Times building of the year prize and an RIBA Award.
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