The Hyatt Regency Hotel. San Francisco – (U.S.A.)

Abstract

This hotel, in which the 800 rooms are distributed over 20 storeys, has a triangular plan form and a façade that resembles a stepped pyramid. The most important section of the construction is the inner atrium, an enormous open space, illuminated by great numbers of tiny lights. This area serves as a communication zone for the entire hotel. It holds restaurants, coffee-shops, cocktail lounges and business suites in different levels, in a setting of trees, plants fountains. All the guest rooms are facing this atrium. Among the special facilities of the hotel special mention should be made of the following: 30 meeting rooms, equipped with the most modern audiovisual systems; a main lounge with a capacity of 1,500 people; one exhibition hall; 4 restaurants, one of them a revolving roof-top restaurant; and finally, a ball room. In the design of this hotel the artistic expressions play an essential part, such as for instance, the 5 elevator cores, which pass through all the 18 storeys of the atrium. In general terms it can be said that the hotel is a worthy example of the Hyatt trend which stands for providing a pleasing atmosphere in a spectacular architecture.