Hilton Austin Hotel, Downtown hotel and skyscraper in Austin, United States.
Hilton Austin Hotel is a 377 ft (115 m) tower of 26 stories in downtown Austin, designed by Ellerbe Becket and Susman Tisdale Gayle. Its floor area is 83,612 m2, served by 18 elevators, with 801 hotel rooms and 93 apartments on the top five floors. It holds the city's largest ballroom. Its sand-colored facade was painted white with black between the windows in 2018.
Designed by Ellerbe Becket Inc. and Susman Tisdale Gayle Architects, the Hilton Austin Hotel broke ground on 10 July 2001 and topped out on 17 January 2003, a span of 1 year, 6 months and 7 days. In 2018 a $7.5 million overhead walkway linked the hotel's sixth floor to the fourth floor of the Austin Convention Center, and the sand-colored facade was repainted white with black bands between the windows.
The hotel's name links it to the adjacent Austin Convention Center, to which a $7.5 million overhead walkway was added in 2018, joining the hotel's sixth floor to the center's fourth floor. The building also holds the largest ballroom in Austin, used for conferences and city events.
The hotel stands at 500 East 4th Street, and since 2018 a $7.5 million overhead walkway links its sixth floor directly to the fourth floor of the Austin Convention Center. The 26-story tower has 18 elevators serving its floors, and guests reach the upper levels and the 93 apartments on the top five floors by these lifts.
In 2018 a $7.5 million overhead walkway was built linking the hotel's sixth floor to the fourth floor of the Austin Convention Center. That same year the sand-colored facade was repainted white, with black paint added between the windows.
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