May 22, 2000
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Located at Fourth Avenue and Seneca Street, the W features 420 luxury rooms, each of which is equipped with two phone lines, laptop hookups and high-speed ethernet connections. Some of the rooms offer special office amenities, such as printers, copiers, faxes, scanners and VCRs.
Callison Architects of Seattle designed the building, which opened in August.
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Each room was designed to impart a sense of luxury, with wooden shades and velvet sofas. Bathrooms feature glass countertops and Italian porcelain tile.
A steel and mesh pyramid that is lit at night crowns the W, which rises 26 stories above the street. A 60,000-square-foot parking garage is located underground.
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Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, the largest hotelier in the world, is the owner of the W Hotel chain. The project team included Starwood Design Group for interior design, Kiewit Construction Co., Abacus Engineered Systems, KPFF Consulting Engineers and Sparling.
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