Ben Dreith

US architecture studio KTGY has revamped the interiors of the HOK-designed Fairmont Hotel off of Chicago's Millennium Park. KTGY was brought on to refresh the detailing and bring light into the dark spaces of the hotel, with a focus on the premium rooms and lounges. In total, the studio renovated 83 rooms, as well as meeting rooms and a terrace on the second level. KTGY has revamped the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park hotel Originally designed by global studio HOK in the 1980s, the postmodern skyscraper hotel in Chicago's Millennium Park neighbourhood features a rationalised structure with neoclassical columns at the base. At the top, it's crowned by an oxidised copper turret that recalls the distinct châteauesque style of Fairmont hotels. However, the elongated body gives the building a sense of verticality more akin to a modern skyscraper, with the mix of the historical and industrial contributing to the "postmodern" descriptions of the building. The scope included lounges and premium rooms The studio said that the primary reason behind the renovation was reflecting aspects of the postmodern skyscraper's facade in the interior, bringing the details down to scale. "KTGY's interiors team reflected the building's postmodern architectural style by bringing that prominence down to a human scale," said the team.