The Residences
At The Even Hotel

219 East 44th Street, New York

Square Feet: 132,000
Guest Rooms: 230

Completion Date Hotel: July 2016
Completion Condominiums:  November 2016

Project Architect: George Kewin

Project Designer: Ting Xing Tao

EVEN Hotels is a brand concept created by InterContinental Hotels Group in 2012 to create a hotel that meets travelers’ holistic wellness needs. That year PPA was commissioned to design their New York Flagship, a 35-story hotel and residential condominium tower in the Grand Central/ United Nations neighborhood of Manhattan’s East Side.

For prominence due a flagship, PPA created a svelte tower setback from the street clad with silvery metal panels articulated with rectangular outset windows boxes and guest room bays. Crowning the top is a glass box built of window and curtain wall encasing the residential condominiums

The offset hotel entry is literally and duly flagged with welcoming banners set above a large glass entry marquee. Above the marquee among the flags is a full width, south facing terrace, an extension of the second floor hotel bar and food area. These two are fully open to each other with a twelve foot folding glass wall. Social activity will be maximized.

The arcade storefront is finished with narrow horizontal metal slat. This nice street element is consistent with the EVEN hotel brand emphasis on human scale, wellness and health.