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MARKET FEATURE HOTELS & RESORTS Two in One


In the past decade, the Marriott Renaissance Capital View Hotel and Residence Inn are the fi rst hospitality projects in Arlington County, Va., to earn LEED Gold certifi cation. The $119 million, 14-story project sits as the centerpiece of a mixed-use complex at the northern end of Po- tomac Yard, a 1 1/2-mile-long rail yard redevelop- ment site. The Arlington Capital View also stands as the fi rst structure to house both a full-service Marriott Renaissance Hotel and extended-stay Residence Inn under one roof.


The 300-room, full-service Renaissance Hotel


features an expansive lobby, restaurant, coffee shop, 10,000-square-foot grand ballroom, approximately 17,400 square feet of fl exible event space and 10,000 square feet of meeting space. The Residence Inn at the southern end of the building houses 325 guest rooms. Both brands have their own lobbies and public spaces, and connect only on the second and third fl oors where they share a meeting space and the swimming pool and fi tness center, respectively. Sus- tainable features include a green roof on the podium/ base, the highly effi cient skin and top-end mechanical systems. The interiors, designed by ForrestPerkins of Arlington, Va., celebrate movement in kinetic and in- triguing ways. The interior spaces are connected and the design fl ows from one inviting space to another, encouraging visitors to explore the property. The proj- ect also includes 10,000 square feet of street-level retail space, a 24,000-square-foot conference center and below-grade parking for 526 cars. The structure sits at the terminus of Center Park,


a linear green space that includes an amphitheater, retail and public art spaces. Cooper-Carry Inc., Alex- andria, Va., was the architect tasked with incorporat- ing the two Marriott products into one space. “The two products couldn’t be more different,”


says Andrea Schaub, AIA, of Cooper-Carry Inc. “Re- naissance Hotels are designed with a clean, modern aesthetic and amenities that appeal to people on the move. Guests staying in the Residence Inn are there for longer periods of time, so they’re designed with a homey ambiance. We had to fi nd a way to pull the two disparate products together.” In response, Cooper-Cary looked to the sites’ his- tory as one of the busiest rail yards on the East Coast


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for inspiration. The fi rm created a light-fi lled structure imbued with the feel of motion that has the soul of a boutique hotel and the amenities for business or leisure travel. Metal pulls the two concepts together. The Miller-Clapperton Partnership Inc., Austell,


Ga., fabricated 25,297 square feet of 4-mm Reyno- bond aluminum composite material panels with an FR core in a Smoke Silver Metallic Colorweld 500 fi nish; 17,769 square feet of 4-mm, Reynobond ACM panels with an FR core in an Anodic Clear Colorweld 500 fi nish; and 35,398 square feet of 4-mm, Reynobond ACM panels with an FR core in a Pure White Color- weld 500 fi nish, all from Alcoa Architectural Products, Eastman, Ga. The metal panels were used for the columns, canopies, fascia and soffi ts throughout the structure. Metal was also used to create a metal spandrel and can be found on the canopies of the Residence Inn on one side, and as exterior wall clad- ding to create a sleek, crisp contemporary look for the Renaissance Hotel on the other. The varying colors of the metal panels defi ne the structure’s properties. “The tapering columns at the main entrance


were the most diffi cult feature to fabricate,” says Scott Stafford, spokesperson for Miller-Clapperton. The architects followed the curves of the site


to form the shape of the building, which was so tight they had to carve out a 45-foot space for the porte cochère, wrapping it around the curtainwall to hide the valet station, a support column and a hot-air intake vent. The east and west elevations are dominated by a large curtain wall that stands 36 feet tall at the main entrance and extends 150 feet along varying fl at and radius planes to enclose the main lobby of the Renaissance Hotel. The curtain- wall curves along the grand staircase and fi nishes at the second-level conference room. On the west elevation the wall drops to just 15 feet. There the point-supported glass wall system includes a unique “glass spire” consisting of three 12-inch-diameter, 50-foot-tall vertical steel tubes wrapped in laminated glass and arranged in a triangular sloping pattern. “This was an exciting and challenging project


to be involved with,” says Alan Gordish of Pioneer Cladding and Glazing Systems, Baltimore, the metal panel installer, “due to the complexity in scope, design and coordination.” For example, the curtain- wall segments and turns along a 200-foot run that is 35 feet tall. Pioneer installed the panels in Miller- Clapperton’s caulked-joint system utilizing a typical 1/2-inch sealant between each panel.


Unique hotels earn LEED certifi cation


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