Design Review Board

Level 2: Major alteration of an existing building/structure

12-B-22-DT

Applicant Request

Exterior renovation of existing hotel (Knoxville Downtown Hilton). Scope of work includes patching and painting of existing stucco exterior walls, and the installation of new storefront windows on all stories and all elevations. The windows feature aluminum storefronts with internal mullions and muntins, with architectural louvers on the sides of the multi-light windows. Exterior signage will be submitted at a later date.

Site Info

The proposed application meets the design guidelines as it updates the hotel's window and ventilation systems with windows which create a "largely transparent and consistent rhythm." Patching and repainting the stucco exterior will maintain most existing materials and modernize the exterior aesthetics. Signage will be submitted in a later application.