July 20, 2007
  WATG Designs Luxury Hotel in Istria, Croatia
Small town of Rovinj will be home to Hotel Monte Mulini
The London office of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) has unveiled designs for the Hotel Monte Mulini in Rovinj (pronounced Ru-vè-ig-no), a small, historic coastal city on the Istrian peninsula of Croatia on the Adriatic coast. The Istrian peninsula, a popular Mediterranean tourist resort attraction, currently is burgeoning with resort development. Rovinj, a tiny town jutting off the peninsula into the Adriatic with architecture dating back to Romanesque style, is following suit with a contemporary, luxury hotel to take advantage of the scenic coast. Groundbreaking will take place in September, and the hotel is slated to open June 2008. The hotel will be owned and operated by the Istrian business firm Adris Grupa dd.

Midwest Casino Bets on Vegas-style Luxury Hotel
Lucien Lagrange Architects bring Vegas design to Michigan City riverboat casino complex
Chicago-based Lucien Lagrange Architects (LLA) is currently expanding the Blue Chip Casino riverboat and motel in Michigan City, Ind., with a 24-story, glass and aluminum curtain-walled casino hotel. The new, $125 million, 300,000-square-foot luxury hotel will add Vegas-style architecture to the Blue Chip Casino complex, which overlooks Lake Michigan 50 miles east of Chicago. The Blue Chip Casino is owned and operated by Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corporation. Construction of the new tower began in March 2007, and completion is scheduled for late 2008.

Daniel Boone Wilderness Road Interpretative Center Blazes Forward
Roanoke, Va.-based Spectrum Design will design The Daniel Boone Wilderness Road Interpretive Center in Duffield, Va. Named for frontiersman and explorer Daniel Boone, the 15,000-square-foot interpretative museum will highlight Boone’s 18th-century venture with settlers across the nearby Appalachian Mountains. Changing exhibits about Boone and the region’s heritage will be on display in the rustic center, surrounded by southwest Virginia mountains. The interpretative center, which also features sustainable elements and is adapted from an existing prototype, will allow visitors to interpret the history of Daniel Boone and experience the trail he and his fellow pioneers blazed.

 

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