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ReardonSmith Completes Four Seasons in Baku Friday January 18th, 2013 - 10:06AM
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 Exterior of the Four Seasons Hotel in Baku
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN—The Four Seasons Hotel has opened here. ReardonSmith Architects, located in London, designed the 175-room property. The design style references the French Beaux-Arts style of the late 19th century, such as the bronze door and window frames, iron railings and balustrading to the guestroom balconies. The ground floor is designed on a primary and secondary axis so guests can see key public areas from the hotel lobby. A feature staircase takes guests to the first floor, which is entirely dedicated to banqueting. The ballroom is 600 sq. m. and column-free. Guestrooms either offer views of Baku or the Caspian Sea. The center of the guestroom floors features a Roman basilica under a vaulted ceiling that houses a swimming pool. The hotel also features a rooftop spa, a specialty restaurant and bar, and numerous private dining rooms. The building is clad in local, pale-toned stone and has a pre-patinated copper roof.
Tags: Hospitality Construction/Renovation |
The most recent NYU Conference, earlier this month proved, once and for all, that the lodging industry has finally turned the corner and happy days are, indeed, here again. While the economists and pundits all provided plenty of anecdotal evidence to bear that out in terms of supply and demand ratios, RevPAR projections, asset values and all the other metrics, that’s not what has me convinced.
