HOTEL & RESORTS

Best of 2007 Hospitality Construction and Design

Southeast Construction

2007 Project of the Year

Associated Builders and Contractors

With its opening in September 2006, the 1,500-key Rosen Shingle Creek took its place as one of Central Florida’s largest full-service convention resorts. Designed by HHCP, the resort is loaded with amenities—from an 18-hole par 72 championship golf course to a luxurious full-service health spa. For conventioneers, Rosen Shingle Creek provides 445,000 SF of dedicated, state-of-the-art meeting space, including the remarkable 95,000 SF Gatlin Ballroom—one of the largest column-free ballrooms in the United States.

HHCP’s Spanish Revival design reflects a spirit of casual elegance inspired by the classic Florida hotels of the early 1900s melded with today’s cutting-edge technology. And even though the resort is one of the area’s largest, the infusion of such design details as warming earth tones, vaulted ceilings and wood and decorative iron accents creates a comfortable, inviting ambiance. The extensive use of windows and skylights, meanwhile, imbues the interior public spaces with a luminous quality, while the building’s inventive layout provides every guest room and suite with an outstanding view of the surrounding Shingle Creek Golf Course.