Tour: Century Plaza
Southeast corner of the site from Avenue of the Stars.
Construction is wrapping up on Next Century Partners’ Century Plaza in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles. The development includes the restoration of Minoru Yamasaki’s Century Plaza hotel (originally opened in 1966) and two new 44-story towers designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
Northwest corner of the site from Constellation Boulevard.
Looking up at the south facade of the towers from Solar Way.
Restoration of the 400-room Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel has been overseen by Marmol Radziner with guestrooms and public space interiors by Yabu Pushelberg. The hotel will offer a gourmet café, an American brasserie, a rooftop bar, a 14,000-square-foot spa, and two ballrooms. Along with hotel guest rooms, the restored hotel structure will also offer 63 single-story and townhouse homes designed by Yabu Pushelberg.
Entry plaza with a sculpture by Jaume Plensa.
Restored entry canopy at the Century Plaza Hotel.
Century Plaza Hotel lobby.
Hotel restaurant.
Spa.
Rooftop terrace.
The two 535-foot tall residential towers feature facades of floor-to-ceiling bent glass and glass enclosed terraces. Residents will have access to a collection of amenities that include a pool, fitness center and spa, screening room, library, game room, wine cellars, party spaces, and concierges.
Looking up at the towers (center, right) and restored hotel (right).
Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Gensler; Interiors: Marmol Radziner (Century Plaza Hotel), Yabu Pushelberg (Tower Residences); Landscape Architect: Rios Clementi Hale Studio; Developer: Next Century Partners; Program: Hotel, Residential, Retail; Location: Century City, Los Angeles, CA; Completion: 2021.
Cornell Tech Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel
Snohetta · Roosevelt Island · 2021
West facade of the Graduate Hotel (center left) and the House at Cornell Tech (center right).
Construction has wrapped up at Cornell Tech’s Verizon Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel. Designed by Snohetta with Stonehill Taylor, the project includes a 18-story hotel and an adjacent 4-story structure for academic conferences, executive programs and academic workshops.
The hotel is run by Graduate Hotels, a chain that operates in college towns throughout the United States. Graduate Roosevelt Island offers 196 rooms for visiting families, academics and visitors in town for campus conventions and events. Amenities include a restaurant, rooftop bar, and flexible event space.
Northwest corner from West Main Street.
Northwest corner from West Main Street.
Close-up of the north facade.
Looking up at the south facade of the hotel and the executive education center.
The executive education center is clad in floor to ceiling glass panels with wood and metal vertical fins for sun mitigation.
Southwest corner of the hotel (left), executive education center (center), and residential tower (right).
Hotel Lobby
Lobby with artist Hebru Brantley’s 13-foot statue Flyboy.
Hotel lobby lined with 5,000 square feet of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.
Hotel restaurant Anything At All.
Ballroom
Minnehanonck Ballroom on the third floor.
Executive education center (left) and the Bloomberg Center (right).
Rooftop Bar and Lounge
Rooftop bar and lounge Panorama Room.
Rooftop bar.
View to the south from the rooftop terrace.
View to the west towards Midtown Manhattan.
Rooftop terrace.
Guestrooms
Typical guestroom corridor.
Architects: Snohetta with Stonehill Taylor; Client: Cornell Tech with AJ Capital Partners; Program: Hotel, Conference and Meeting; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: Cornell Tech Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel
West facade of the Graduate Hotel (center left) and the House at Cornell Tech (center right).
Construction is wrapping up at Cornell Tech’s Verizon Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel. Designed by Snohetta, the project includes a 18-story hotel and an adjacent 4-story structure for academic conferences, executive programs and academic workshops.
The hotel will be operated by Graduate Hotels, a chain that operates in college towns throughout the United States. Graduate Roosevelt Island will offer 196 rooms for visiting families, academics and visitors in town for campus conventions and events. Amenities will include a restaurant, rooftop bar, and flexible event space.
Looking up at the west facade of the hotel.
Facade installation is nearing completion at the executive education center, which consists of floor to ceiling glass panels with wood and metal vertical fins for sun mitigation.
Cornell Tech campus.
Southwest corner of the hotel (background) and the executive education center (foreground).
Architects: Snohetta; Client: Cornell Tech with AJ Capital Partners; Program: Hotel, Conference and Meeting; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: Cornell Tech Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel
West facade of the Graduate Hotel (center left) and the House at Cornell Tech (center right).
Facade installation is nearing completion at Cornell Tech’s Verizon Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel. Designed by Snohetta, the project includes a 18-story hotel and an adjacent 4-story structure for academic conferences, executive programs and academic workshops.
Close-up of the west facade of the hotel.
The hotel will be operated by Graduate Hotels, a chain that operates in college towns throughout the United States. Graduate Roosevelt Island will offer 196 rooms for visiting families, academics and visitors in town for campus conventions and events. Amenities will include a restaurant, rooftop bar, and flexible event space.
Looking up at the west facade of the hotel.
Looking up at the west facade of the hotel.
Facade installation is nearing completion at the executive education center, which consists of floor to ceiling glass panels with wood and metal vertical fins for sun mitigation.
Southwest corner of the hotel (center) and the executive education center (right).
Cornell Tech campus.
Southwest corner of the hotel (background) and the executive education center (foreground).
Cornell Tech campus from the East River.
Architects: Snohetta; Client: Cornell Tech with AJ Capital Partners; Program: Hotel, Conference and Meeting; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: Ritz Carlton Hotel - 1185 Broadway
Looking up at the southeast corner of the tower.
Facade installation is underway at Marriott International and Flag Luxury Properties’ 38-story Ritz Carlton Hotel and Residences at 1185 Broadway in NoMad. Designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects, the tower facade features a horizontal articulation with alternating bands of glass window wall and precast concrete C-shaped spandrels along the southern half. The northern half of the tower features a more solid articulation with cast-in-place and precast concrete panels and punch windows.
Looking up at the south facade of the tower.
When completed, the project will include a Ritz Carlton Hotel offering 250 guestrooms and 16 condo residences. Amenities will include a fine-dining restaurant, the 'Club Lounge' on the 29th floor, a rooftop bar, a spa and fitness center, two ballrooms, and a large public garden and open terraces.
Curtain wall detail at the southeast corner.
Looking up at the east facade.
Southeast corner from Broadway.
Architect: Rafael Vinoly Architects; Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers; M/E/P Engineer: AKF Group LLC; Facade Consultant: IBA Consultants; Interior Designer: Yabu Pushelberg; Landscape Architect: Future Green with Langan; Developer: Marriott International and Flag Luxury Properties; Program: Hotel, Residential Condo, Retail; Location: NoMad, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: Cornell Tech Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel
West facade of the hotel (center left) and the House at Cornell Tech (center right).
Facade panel installation is nearing completion at Cornell Tech’s Verizon Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel. Designed by Snohetta, the project includes a 18-story hotel and an adjacent 4-story structure for academic conferences, executive programs and academic workshops.
Close-up of the west facade of the hotel.
The hotel will be operated by Graduate Hotels, a chain that operates in college towns throughout the United States. Graduate Roosevelt Island will offer 196 rooms for visiting families, academics and visitors in town for campus conventions and events. Amenities will include a restaurant, rooftop bar, and flexible event space.
Looking up at the west facade of the hotel.
Looking up at the west facade of the hotel.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
Facade installation is nearing completion at the executive education center, which consists of floor to ceiling glass panels with wood and metal vertical fins for sun mitigation.
Southwest corner of the hotel (center) and the executive education center (right).
Close-up of the facade of the hotel (background) and the executive education center (foreground).
Close-up of the north facade.
Cornell Tech campus.
Southwest corner of the hotel (background) and the executive education center (foreground).
Cornell Tech campus from the East River.
Architects: Snohetta; Client: Cornell Tech with AJ Capital Partners; Program: Hotel, Conference and Meeting; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: Cornell Tech Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel
Superstructure has topped out and facade panel installation is underway at Cornell Tech’s Verizon Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel. Designed by Snohetta, the project includes a 18-story hotel and an adjacent 4-story structure for academic conferences, executive programs and academic workshops.
The hotel will be operated by Graduate Hotels, a chain that operates in college towns throughout the United States. Graduate Roosevelt Island will offer 196 rooms for visiting families, academics and visitors in town for campus conventions and events. Amenities will include a restaurant, rooftop bar, and flexible event space.
Looking up at the east facade of the Hotel.
Northeast corner of the Hotel.
The House at Cornell Tech (left) and the Graduate Hotel (right) from the East River.
Facade installation is nearing completion at the executive education center, which consists of floor to ceiling glass panels with wood and metal vertical fins for sun mitigation.
Looking up at the south facade of the Executive Education Center.
Architects: Snohetta; Client: Cornell Tech with AJ Capital Partners; Program: Hotel, Conference and Meeting; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Tour: Conrad Washington DC
Southeast corner from I Street NW.
Hilton’s luxury hotel brand Conrad has opened a new location at CityCenterDC in Washington, DC. The 10 story, 360-key hotel is developed by Hines and Qatari Diar. Herzog & de Meuron are responsible for the design which features an organic massing with rounded corners and clad in a glass curtain wall.
Southwest corner from I Street NW.
The ground floor retail features storefronts clad in rounded glass panels. Earlier renderings seemed to show the entire building clad in these rounded panels, but traditional flat glass panels were employed everywhere but the corners above the ground floor in the built project.
Tiffany & Co. retail storefront.
Northwest corner from New York Avenue NW.
Hotel entry on New York Avenue NW.
After entering the main entrance on the ground floor, hotel guests head to the third floor and its central atrium. A chain mesh veil hangs around the perimeter of the organically shaped atrium void and natural light fills the space from numerous circular skylights at the roof above. At the third floor, a collection of hotel amenities radiate around the central atrium, including restaurant Estuary, a lobby bar, conference rooms, and reception desk.
Hotel main entrance.
Atrium.
Looking up at the atrium skylight.
Detail of the chain mesh veil at the atrium.
Estuary entry.
Estuary.
Third floor terrace.
Signage.
Hotel corridor at the 10th floor.
Atrium screen at the 10th floor.
Hotel room entry.
Construction Tour: Asbury Ocean Club
Northeast corner from Ocean Avenue.
Just 70 minutes south of New York on the Jersey Shore, Asbury Park is undergoing a renaissance of culture and real estate development. Adding to the recent boom in live music and restaurants, a new hotel and residential condo development from iStar is under construction at the oceanfront. The Asbury Ocean Club is part of iStar’s 10-year, multi-billion-dollar redevelopment plan for the Asbury Park oceanfront which includes the Asbury Hotel, a bowling alley and music venue at Asbury Lanes, and Monroe’s 34 condo homes.
Southeast corner from Ocean Avenue.
The 17-story Asbury Ocean Club is designed by Handel Architects and occupies an oceanfront site at Ocean Avenue, between 3rd Avenue and 4th Avenue. A 54-room boutique hotel will anchor the four story podium, with the condo residences in a tower on the north half of the site.
Southwest corner.
Northwest corner.
Looking west from the beach.
Sales Gallery
Model.
Model.
Model Residence
Residences will range from one to three bedrooms, each with ocean view outdoor terraces. Interiors feature floor-to-ceiling glass and a light palette including bleached white oak engineered hardwood flooring, white lacquered custom kitchen cabinetry by Spazzi of Spain, and polished porcelain Marvel Calacatta bathroom walls.
Living/dining room.
Kitchen.
Dining room.
Living room.
Private terrace.
Bedroom.
Bedroom.
Bathroom.
Amenities
Hotel guests and residents will share indoor-outdoor amenity spaces on the fourth floor which will include a terrace and pool, pool bar and grill, a garden pavilion, and an outdoor lounge. Other amenities will include an ocean view fitness center designed by the Wright Fit, a yoga room with meditation terrace, spa, children’s facilities, entertainment and meeting spaces, a 17-seat cinema screening room, library and game room, event room, and storage rooms. A private members-only beach club with pool, cabanas, bar and grill, restrooms, and changing facilities will be built nearby and open in 2020.
Future amenity terrace.
Future amenity deck with pool.
Residences
Penthouse Residence
Southeast corner of the penthouse residence.
View north from the penthouse residence.
Architect: Handel Architects; Creative Lead/Design Director: Anda Andrei Design; Garden Designer: Madison Cox; Landscape Architect: Melillo + Bauer Associates; Developer: iStar; Program: Hotel, Residential Condo; Location: Asbury Park, New Jersey; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: Cornell Tech Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel
West facade of the Hotel.
Superstructure is nearing topping out at Cornell Tech’s Verizon Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel. Designed by Snohetta, the project includes a 18-story hotel and an adjacent 4-story structure for academic conferences, executive programs and academic workshops.
View of the Cornell Tech campus from the southern open space.
The hotel will be operated by Graduate Hotels, a chain that operates in college towns throughout the United States. Graduate Roosevelt Island will offer 196 rooms for visiting families, academics and visitors in town for campus conventions and events. Amenities will include a restaurant, rooftop bar, and flexible event space. Facade installation is already underway on the topped out executive education center, which consists of floor to ceiling glass panels with wood and metal vertical fins for sun mitigation.
Facade installation is already underway on the topped out Executive Education Center, which consists of floor to ceiling glass panels with wood and metal vertical fins for sun mitigation.
Southwest corner of the Executive Education Center and Hotel.
Looking up at the south facade of the Executive Education Center.
Closeup of the south facade of the Executive Education Center.
Closeup of the south facade of the Executive Education Center.
South facade of the Executive Education Center.
Reflection of the Executive Education Center in the Innovation Center.
Southeast corner of the Executive Education Center.
Closeup of the south facade of the Executive Education Center.
Looking up at the east facade of the Hotel.
Northeast corner of the Hotel.
Architects: Snohetta; Client: Cornell Tech with AJ Capital Partners; Program: Hotel, Conference and Meeting; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.