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A Liverpool architect has secured three major contract wins in Birmingham. FCH has been appointed to work on the new Marco Pierre White restaurant in The Cube, and will also work on the restoration of two vacant 1960’s buildings in the city.

FCH will create the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar and Grill on the 25th floor of The Cube. The restaurant forms part of a £10m hotel and luxury health spa which will be created across the floor. The arcitecht has also been appointed to create a new Indigo Hotel on the top three floors of The Cube, and a health spa in the basement of the building.

The biggest project of the three is the £30m investment to transform Birmingham’s Cumberland House in city centre Broad Street into a 285-bed hotel.

Built as a speculative office tower in the 1960s, it was formerly used as council offices before being vacated seven years ago.

The building is being given a complete internal refit and will open in the summer of 2012 as a new Hampton by Hilton Hotel. The developer on the scheme is Birmingham-based Office Villages.

Adam Hall, of FCH, said: “By the time we have finished the building will have become an impressive landmark in the city centre. It is a perfect location for a hotel because it is so close to everything in the city centre.”

The conversion of another Birmingham city centre building, Snow Hill Plaza, has been added to FCH’s portfolio. The scheme will see the creation of a 224-bedroom Holiday Inn Express, as well as a new-build conference and banqueting suite.

The Snow Hill scheme is a development by Sanguine Hospitality and Bruntwood, whilst the hotel, restaurant and health spa at The Cube is a Sanguine Hospitality development. Sanguine will also be operating the Hampton by Hilton hotel at the Broad Street development.