Country Hotel, Pittsburgh (USA)
This scheme for a luxury hotel takes full advantage of its scenic topograpghy, some 80 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, USA, delivering panoramic views of the Pennsylvanian countryside.
The building is articulated as a series of block elements and floor slabs - the former housing the services and utilities, the latter delivering the hotel’s range of bedrooms and suites, as well as its recreation and relaxation facilities.
This scheme for a luxury hotel takes full advantage of its scenic topograpghy, some 80 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, USA, delivering panoramic views of the Pennsylvanian countryside.
The building is articulated as a series of block elements and floor slabs - the former housing the services and utilities, the latter delivering the hotel’s range of bedrooms and suites, as well as its recreation and relaxation facilities.
The hotel’s strong planar design defines its mood, its presence in the landscape. Two monolithic slabs articulate a comprehensive podium on which three slender floor plates are stacked. These are setback thereby delivering a generous deck space to the ground floor which interfaces with the hotel’s high-end bar and restaurant. Above, the bedrooms take their place within a composition that appears to float, its refined horizontality accentuated by the inset floor to ceiling glazing on all four sides.