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November 5, 2003

Watertown Hotel: a pooling of concept and design

  • Degen & Degen designed the Watertown with 15 different floor plans, breaking the corporate mold with light touches such as the Party Cart, rolling packages of amenities for guests.
    • By CLAIR ENLOW
    Special to the Journal

    Watertown Hote
    Photos courtesy Degen & Degen
    The site-specific design of the Watertown Hotel in the University District features odd angles, breaking tradition with cookie-cutter hotels.

    If it weren't for the long, well-staffed reception desk and the big conference room doors, it would be hard to know this is a hotel. No logos on the wall, no period furnishings.


     
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