Level I: Hilton Renovation Model Room
5-A-22-DT
Approve As Requested
Recommendation
APPROVE Certificate 5-A-22-DT as submitted.Applicant Request
Level I: Exterior rehabilitationc.1980 multi-story hotel building with full-height windows on north and south elevations.
- Installation of new "model room" as first step in a comprehensive renovation of the Knoxville Downtown Hilton. Scope of work is focused on northwest corner of building, second and third stories. Project involves a paint color study on one section and the replacement of two windows with single-light aluminum storefront windows with floor-to-ceiling glass (removing bulkheads and horizontal muntins). Staff-level revision 9.1.22: one window to include an 81" by 36.75" louvered panel on right side of window.
Property Notes / Work to be Completed
- The proposed project is the first phase of an overall renovation of the Knoxville Downtown Hilton, focusing on a small section of the second and third stories. When the project's comprehensive exterior rehabilitation project moves forward, a separate application will be submitted to the DRB for review.
Applicable Guidelines
Downtown Design Guidelines
See Guidelines- B. Private Realm
- 1. Building Mass, Scale, and Form
- 1c. Use building materials, cornice lines, signs, and awnings of a human scale in order to reduce the mass of buildings as experienced at street level.
- 1d. Divide larger buildings into 'modules' that are similar in scale to traditional downtown buildings. Buildings should be designed with a recognizable base, middle, and top on all exposed elevations.
- 1e. Avoid blank walls along street-facing elevations.
- 3. Building Materials
- New building materials should relate to the scale, durability, color, and texture of the predominate building materials in the area.
- 3a. Use complimentary materials and elements, especially next to historic buildings.
- 4. Architectural Character
- Buildings should be visually interesting to invite exploration by pedestrians. A building should express human scale through materials and forms that were seen traditionally. This is important because buildings are experienced at close proximity by the pedestrian.
- 4b. Enhance pedestrian interest in commercial and office buildings by creating a largely transparent and consistent rhythm of entrances and windows.
- 4d. Differentiate the architectural features of ground floors from upper floors with traditional considerations such as show-windows, transoms, friezes, and sign boards.
Meeting Date
May 18, 2022
Hilton Renovation Model Room
501 W. Church Ave.
DK (Downtown Knoxville)
Applicant
Kathryn Greer / McCarty Holsaple McCarty
Owner RB Hotel Knoxville LLC
