This design proposes an addition to the Avari Hotel in Lahore, Pakistan of 200 rooms, as well as a new business center, ballroom, conference rooms, fitness center, two restaurants (including a performance area), bar/café, shopping wing, expansive lobby, and supporting back-of-the-house services. Lahore, one of Pakistan’s wealthiest cities, is the historic and cultural center of the Punjab region. It is also one of Pakistan’s most socially liberal, intellectual, and cosmopolitan cities with origins that reach into its Mongol past. It is the capital of the province of Punjab, also known as the 'City of Gardens' because of its many parks and gardens. Pakistan's major Urdu film industry Lollywood is based here at the "Cultural Heart of Pakistan." As such, the hotel and its complex generally cater not only to a Pakistani clientele but also to international visitors.

ACHA addressed the client’s practical needs while continuing to incorporate the theories of the hotel’s original world-renowned architect, Alexis Josic who designed the hotel in the early 1970s, and was a founding member of Candilis-Josic-Woods (CJW), an influential and highly productive Paris-based firm during the 1950s and 60s. The design phase was preceded by extensive research into the theories and practices of Josic and his firm, and included interviews conducted by Mr. Höcek with Alexis Josic’s son, the architect Yovan Josic.

The CJW partnership developed theories as to the flexibility of architectural spaces and potential of buildings and cities to grow and be altered over time. ACHA’s design draws from these theories in developing a design strategy that also addresses the current needs of the hotel. Arguably, the two most enduring concepts of urban design developed by the partnership were first the stem and then the web, the latter evolving from the former, and both the result of a critical distancing from Le Corbusier and related modern urban theories.

As the ebb and flow of regional economic uncertainty and instability has prevented the Avari family from relying on international visitors and tourism, ACHA’s proposal diversifies the hotel’s revenue-generating services with the addition of the non-hotel specific facilities described above. The flexibility of ACHA’s design also allows for offices and private apartments to occupy proposed guest rooms.  

From a development perspective, the division of the hotel extension into upper and lower blocks accommodates construction to occur in two phases – the first with the lower portion of non-hotel specific functions and the second with the guest rooms above. These separate construction periods allow for two tiers of financing, with the latter phase’s financing being supported by the revenue from the non-hotel services. In this way, the hotel maintains its historic position as a leading first-class hotel while securing its viability in the current economic and political climate.