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John Portman’s Hyatt Regency in Atlanta is 40 years old this year, and it is easy to imagine the stunned and awed reactions of those who first walked into the enormous 22-story, skylit atrium with it’s bank of glass elevators. It was science fiction come alive. Adding to the space-age feel is the revolving restaurant made of blue Plexiglas on top of the building.
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Comments (2)
Trend setting hotel architecture which has worn well. But, maybe not as impressive as its forerunner, The Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. Is The Brown Palce on the list? Should be ranked higher than its more famous decendant.
Posted by Joe Trammell | February 8, 2007 9:03 PM
Posted on February 8, 2007 21:03
The Brown Palace, to be sure, has impressive features and an early lobby atrium. What is not apparent, however, is evidence of the Brown's design inspiring widespread use of "soaring atriums" in hotel design; the Hyatt Regency did that. Additionally, if we are going to play the "forerunner/descendant" game, I would point out that the atrium lobby of Atlanta's 1885 Kimball House predates even that of the Brown in Denver.
Posted by Henry Hall | February 15, 2007 8:06 PM
Posted on February 15, 2007 20:06