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Radisson Blu Hotel, Lucerne
Lucerne, Switzerland · Radisson Blu · Accessible Luxury
Justin Rüssli raised the Lakefront Center from 2001 to 2006 on the old freight yard between Lucerne station and the lake, and the hotel opened that summer as a Radisson SAS, billed as the city's first international business hotel. A double glass skin holds sunshades in bordeaux, lion yellow, turquoise, and sky blue, and Peter Roesch's glass wall in the lobby, lit from behind, takes water as its subject. One hundred eighty-nine rooms face the harbor, and the covered Frohburgsteg runs from the door into the station.
- 189 rooms
- Opened 2006
- Neighborhood: Inseliquai
- Rooms from 280 sq ft (26 m²)
- Architect: Rüssli Architekten AG
- Interiors: Henry Chebaane
About Radisson Blu Hotel, Lucerne
- Henry Chebaane designed the interiors to catch the particular light of Lucerne, the Leuchtenstadt, in glowing walls through the lobby and the bedrooms.
- The same building holds offices and twenty-four duplex apartments, a cornice around the sixth and seventh floors. Credit Suisse Asset Management paid for the job, which cost 72.6 million francs.
- A U-shaped court opens toward Mount Pilatus, and the public rooms face the harbor. Jean Nouvel's KKL roof is a short walk along the quay.
- Entry-level rooms start at 280 sq ft (26 m²).
History
The Lakefront Center replaced freight sheds east of Lucerne station, on the strip between the tracks and the lake. Justin Rüssli of Rüssli Architekten planned it from 2001 to 2006 for Credit Suisse Asset Management, at a building cost of 72.6 million francs. The Radisson SAS, later Radisson Blu, was the main tenant and opened in summer 2006. Promoters and the city called it Lucerne's first international business hotel. Henry Chebaane designed the interiors around the light of the Leuchtenstadt. Peter Roesch made the glass wall at the entry, a graphic piece about water. The house now has 189 rooms and a four-star superior rating.
The setting
Inseliquai 12 stands between the railway and Lake Lucerne, near the KKL, the university, and the shipyard, tied to the station by the Frohburgsteg. The main residential entrance is on Werftestrasse. The Rösslimatt bus station is on the other side of the tracks.
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