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June 20, 2016

Krause + Sawyer and dash design Upgrade the Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel

The historic hotel’s new look honors the building’s Masonic history with industrial artwork and detailing.

Words by: Will Speros

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June 20, 2016

Krause + Sawyer and dash design Upgrade the Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel

The historic hotel’s new look honors the building’s Masonic history with industrial artwork and detailing.

Words by: Will Speros

The Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel unveiled its extensive redesign as part of the brand’s fifth annual Global Day of Discovery. The annual celebration takes place across almost 170 Renaissance hotels, encouraging guests to experience the culture and history of each location. The roughly two-year renovation has blended both contemporary, boutique-style touches with the historic hallmarks of the building’s initial design.

Originally constructed in the late 1920s as a Masonic temple, the building housing the hotel was abandoned shortly thereafter during the Great Depression and stood vacant until 2007 when it opened as the Renaissance. Today, details such as marble pillars are highlighted to reflect the original design’s neoclassical architecture.

Complementing both Masonic architecture and the local environment, the lobby, designed by New York-based Krause + Sawyer, honors a theme of water and industry with an entryway featuring an array of materials and textures. Long Island City, New York-based dash design crafted the rest of the interiors, including venues such as the Capitol Room and the club lounge, which each received slight updates and technological enhancements.

Geometric décor, unpolished metals and blackened steel, and silver and gold tones appear throughout the hotel, with blueprints of the original temple and graffiti-inspired artwork adorning the walls to highlight the building’s history. The 272 guestrooms convey warmth and modernity in a clean color palette of silver and gold, honoring the local jewelry and silversmith industries, also making Masonic references with stone-pattern carpets and ruler artwork.

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