Jubilee Hotel

This project has breathed new life into one of Brisbane’s most iconic boom-era hotels (formerly fondly known as the ‘Jube’) while equally creating, through its pavilion extension, a new type of pub experience – that of an ‘urban room’ in the city. The restoration was undertaken by Blight Rayner with heritage architect Ivan McDonald to Burra Charter principles, as well as with great care by artisan tradespeople. The expansion is contemporary both inside and out, enriching experience of place by diversity and preserving the iconic identity of the original hotel building. The project demonstrates how, through considered design, a pub from a bygone era can be extended, in both its external and internal fabric, to respond to contemporary urban lifestyles generating what is evidently immense public popularity.