Hyatt Regency Houston

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Hyatt Regency Houston

| built = 1972
use = Hotel
location = Houston,Texas
USA
roof = 401 ft (122 m)
top_floor =
antenna_spire =
floor_count = 30
floor_area =
architect = JV III| skyscraperpage_id = |

Hyatt Regency Houston is a 30-story high-rise hotel located in downtown Houston, Texas, United States.

The hotel, part of the Hyatt hotel chain, was designed by architectural firm JV III and was opened to guests in 1972. [Cite web
title = Emportis, JV III
accessdate = 2008-04-06
url = http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=jviii-houston-tx-usa] At 401 ft (122 m), Hyatt Regency Houston is the city's tallest hotel [Cite web
title = Hyatt Regency Houston, Houston
accessdate = 2008-04-06
url = http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=hyattregencyhouston-houston-tx-usa] The hotel is topped by a revolving restaurant known as "Spindletop". The hotel's 30-story atrium, one of the highest in Texas, was featured as a set in the 1976 film Logan's Run. [Cite web
title = Emporis, Hyatt Regency Houston, Houston
accessdate = 2008-04-06
url = http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=hyattregencyhouston-houston-tx-usa] [Cite web
title = Logan's Run (1976) - Filming locations
accessdate = 2008-04-06
url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/locations]

Hyatt Regency Houston was a host hotel for the 1992 Republican National Convention, the 16th G7 Economic Summit and the 1998 World Energy Congress. [Cite web
title = Hyatt Houston, News And Events Details
accessdate = 2008-04-06
url = http://www.houstonregency.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/news-details.jsp;jsessionid=ZKCUXG05AS5JHTQSNW2VAGWOCJWYOUP4?newsId=13697339] The building is currently undergoing a $35-million revitalization project of all 960 guestrooms, which includes the addition of Shula’s Steakhouse, and is expected to be completed in October 2008. [Cite web
title = News And Events Details
accessdate = 2008-04-06
url = http://www.houstonregency.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/news-details.jsp;jsessionid=ZKCUXG05AS5JHTQSNW2VAGWOCJWYOUP4?newsId=13697339]

See also

* Architecture of Houston
* List of tallest buildings in Houston

Notes

External links

* [http://houstonregency.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp Hyatt Regency Houston website]