[St. John's] Hilton Garden Inn | 35m | 12 Floors | Proposed

[Architype]

You will find pretty hideous hotels in most cities' downtowns, ranging from 60's through the present day. This type of hotel chain is not usually going to have top notch architecture, it's commercial architecture. However, I think they could still improve it by taking elements from both designs. I don't like the "mansard" at the bottom, it might be better at the top stylistically. I liked the clean look they had before, but perhaps they could have softened it a bit without it being such a drastic change. Also, because they have relocated the hotel on the site it has changed the footprint, therefore it's going to look different anyway. Apparently, there is a partial blank wall at the back which I see as the most unnattractive element of it.