AC HOTEL EAST AUSTIN

EAST AUSTIN HOTEL DESIGN

This new AC Marriott is a 5-story, 131 key hotel on East 7th Street in the popular East Side neighborhood of Austin, Texas. This design combines the history of the neighborhood with new energy of the East Side, utilizing a warehouse style brick facade with a glass and metal I-beam facade showing through behind. The main street corner is home to an upscale bar that can be used by guests and neighbors alike. The Capitol View Corridor on the south east corner of the site limits the height of the building. In order to free up space for guestrooms, parking is tucked below the building in a two story below ground garage. One of the major constraints is a large heritage tree on the west side of the site, nothing can be built in the critical root zone. However, this was transformed into a beautiful shaded courtyard. A porte cochere on the east side of the building greets and shelters guests upon arrival. An interior courtyard on levels 2-5 brings light and air to the interior guest rooms.