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| The Dolder Grand transformed into Zurich’s new luxury city resort Towering above Lake Zurich, the historic Dolder Grand has been reinvented to form a luxury city resort. Foster + Partners' scheme provides a masterplan for the 'Dolderberg' – including tennis courts, a golf course, pool area, ice rink and sculpture park – as well as a substantial new extension to the hotel, which more than doubles its accommodation. The Dolderbahn cog railway station has been reinstated, enabling the local community to enjoy the site while experiencing something of the building itself. The scheme restores the logic of the original hotel, designed in 1899 by Jacques Gros, and the external fabric has been restored and rendered in the original red and ochre palette. Internally, the planning has been transformed. The most significant moves have been to create a linked suite of grand public rooms, including a new ballroom, and to reinstate the grand southern entrance – which had been relocated to an unsatisfactory position at the back of the hotel – so that arriving guests now enjoy breathtaking views across Zurich and the Alps. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |