Hotel Marriott Santiago de Chile, High-rise hotel in Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

The Hotel Marriott Santiago is a 42-story tower that rises above the city and offers views of the urban landscape and the Andes Mountains through its glass structure. The construction provides rooms and public areas with open sight lines to the outside.

Construction began in 1997 and finished in 1999, at a cost of US$110 million, on Avenida Kennedy 5741 in Las Condes. The architects were José Ramón Ugarte, Sergio Amunátegui and Carmen Barreau. From 1999 to 2009 it was the tallest building in Chile, until the Gran Torre Costanera and Titanium La Portada surpassed it.

The building is named Boulevard Kennedy Santiago Marriott Hotel, after Avenida Kennedy in Las Condes where it stands at number 5741. Its 280 rooms and 22 high-speed lifts, running at 6.4 metres per second, serve both hotel guests and the offices and events held in the tower, which has two underground parking levels.

The hotel sits in a location roughly 20 minutes by car from the international airport and provides direct access to shopping centers and other city facilities. Visitors can easily reach other parts of Las Condes or travel into central Santiago.

The tower stands on 45 steel-and-concrete piles driven 35 metres into the ground, a foundation designed to withstand an earthquake above magnitude 8.0 on the Richter scale, such as the 2010 quake. Its 22 lifts run at 6.4 metres per second.