Commercial - International Hospitality

Four Seasons Hotel at Comcast Technology Center Project Commissioner/Creator Foster + Partners

Team Norman Foster Russel Hales Annamaria Anderloni Located next to the existing Comcast Tower, the Comcast Technology Center rises 1,201 feet (341 meters) as the city’s tallest building. The tower is vertically stepped, with loft-like workspaces and state-of-the-art television studios for NBC and Telemundo, with a 12-story Four Seasons hotel above. The Four Seasons at Comcast Technology Center is the tallest hotel in the USA (outside of NYC).

Luzhou Yunjin Paradise Cloud Hotel Project Commissioner Sichuan lvzhiyuan Real Estate, GreenTown Real Estate Development Group Creator Zhejiang Qingmo Engineering Design

Team Architect Design: Yu Gang, Tong Jun, Pan Youwei, Bao Peipei, He Chenhao, Pan Yong, Long Shu Structural Design: Zuo Yinghui, Zheng Guihua, Jiang Rui Electrical Design: Ni Jian, Xu Zhexing, Xie Jinjin Water supply and drainage Design: Zheng Meihua, Liu Chao HVAC Design: Wang Xiaopeng, Wu Yangjin Located in Luohanlin, Xuyong County, Luzhou City-the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, Luzhou Yunjin Paradise will be built into the “Back Garden” of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Belt. The main peak here is 1902 meters above sea level. Boasting flowery spring, fruitful autumn, cool summer and snowy winter, it has excellent natural advantages as a destination for tourism, summer vacation, sports and wellness. The Cloud Hotel is located at the highest point of Luzhou Yunjin Paradise. Here you can overlook the vast black pine forest around, watch swirling clouds, the sunset and the ascending moon, or look up at the boundless starry sky. The base is shaped like a boot across a valley. The maximum elevation difference of the terrain is about 46 meters, which makes the design quite difficult. It is planned to highlight the living and playing experience in the cloud, fully consider the relationship between the building and the mountain to create a superior viewing horizon, while respecting nature and reducing the amount of earthwork.

Yongjia Hotel Indigo Project Commissioner Yongjia Nanjia Tourism Development & BlueTown TaoliChunfeng Construction Group Creator Zhejiang Qingmo Engineering Design

Team Architect: Yu Gang, Bao Peipei, Zhang Zhichao, Tong Jun, He Chenhao, Pan Yong, Qian Xunjian The hotel is located in Yantou Town, Yongjia County, Wenzhou City, in the valley plain of the middle reaches of Nanxi River. Nanxi River is famous for its clean water, amazing rocks, large number of waterfalls, ancient villages and beautiful beaches. It has been rated as one of the 40 most beautiful scenic spots in China by CNN, reflecting the perfect artistic conception of Chinese classical ink and wash painting.

We hope to create a local hotel holiday experience and improve the service system of our resort town. On the one hand, we wish to combine local conditions with the village spatial form of local characteristics. On the other hand, with the concept of natural mountain restoration, we hope to balance the hotel volume in the complex terrain for the buildings to be integrated into the nature, and to fully utilize the surrounding landscape resources.

Display Center of Royal Time Residence Project Commissioner Financial Street Holdings Creator Shanghai PTArchitects

Team Yuan Yuan, Zhang Zhibo, Li Yanli, He Yongqiang, Yang Xue The project is located in the downtown area of Taihu New Town, Suzhou, China. The owner of the project hopes that the display center can convey the same allure as the classical traditional Chinese gardens of Suzhou, meanwhile the faÁade be informative and impressive, and that the layout and functions conforms to the personality of the younger generation. For this reason, the area near a strip of 12-meter-width city park becomes the point where the design gets started. The overall design emphasizes the visitor’s experience of the space on site, especially when it conveys the fluid circulation of different spaces as experienced in traditional classical gardens in Suzhou. The display center consists of three separate functional buildings with an open area enclosed in the middle. It looks like three independent glass boxes of different shapes and sizes are beautifully scattered on the site.