Architect |
3XN |
Date
Built |
2011 |
Location |
Bella Center, Center Boulevard 5, 2300 København S |
Description | |
This striking hotel
building, in the Orestad area of
Copenhagen, rises 75 metres above the
Bella Convention Centre. The www.dac.dk
website describes it as, "...
Scandinavia's biggest and most slanted
hotel" since it is made up of
two tower blocks that lean out in opposite
directs from a common base at an angle of
15 degrees. The DAC website
describes them as "dancing cheek to
cheek" but in fact this was
the architect's solution for avoiding one
tower obscuring the view of the
other. The hotel says that, "
... With its 23 floors, 812 designer
rooms and 28 flexible meeting and
conference rooms, the hotel is not
only the largest hotel in Scandinavia
– it is also the most aesthetically
attractive."
To add to the unusual
orientation of the building the architects
gave it an eye-catching glass and
aluminium facade with a pattern of white,
black and blue geometric elements.
The towers are connected
at the twenty-third floor level by a
bridge and on that level there is also a
hotel sky bar that offers patrons a
stunning view of the surrounding area and
the city centre in the distance. |