21c Museum Hotel Austin
Austin, Texas, in progressFollowing the success of the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, for
clients Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Brown (ACE Unlimited), 21c Museum Hotel Austin is
a 270,000 sf luxury hotel building with gallery spaces for the exhibition
of work by prominent living artists. Along with a 44-story, 400,000 sf condominium
tower by Goody Clancy and developer partners including Poe Companies, REI
Real Estate Partnerships and Ironwood Real Estate, the project is a part
of a larger transformation of this downtown district into a mixed-use neighborhood.
On top of underground parking, a three-story podium houses the public spaces
of the hotel, including galleries, a sky-lit ballroom, and a second-level
outdoor sculpted court. The pixilated, shingled facade emphasizes the ever-present
Texas sunlight, and the glass walls of the ground floor cafe and restaurant
open fully to engage the street. Above, the colored glass facade of the
hotel tower creates a distinctive image for 21C on the outside and contributes
to the mood of the guest rooms within.
For more information about the project, please see the developer's website
at
www.21cmuseumhotel.com.