Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe Hotel
The Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe Hotel is almost finished construction, and has announced that they will be opening in March, 2009.
The seven floor, 188 room hotel, designed by architect Christian de Portzamparc, is characterized by undulating horizontal glazed bands, which accommodate the rooms’ bow windows to maximize views of the area.
Visit the hotel’s website – here.
Visit the website of architect Christian de Portzamparc – here.
Flickr user JP2H has some recent photos of the hotel under construction – here.
Lalique on 30 Dec 2008 at 11:52 am #
I love this building. The undulating glass reminds me of Cesar Pelli’s design for Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. When I first saw Segerstrom Hall, I could only describe it as sexy. Yea for sexy architecture!