Hyatt Regency Dallas Hotel

The Hyatt Regency Dallas and Reunion Tower were designed by Welton Becket & Associates from Los Angeles, California.  The entire building is covered with reflective glass.  Like many of its glass counterparts, the hotel building breaks out of the box and becomes a sculptural element.  The focal point of the hotel itself is an 18 story atrium with most of the guest rooms centered on it.  Areas containing the rooms are shaped like a "Y" with the atrium between the upper arms.  Each of the arms stair steps down in height from the central elevator core.   A major addition to the building features additional guest rooms on the north side of the building that also steps down similar to the original building.  This addition does not even look like it was added to the hotel.  But the largest part of the expansion, completed this summer, is a low rise ballroom that has 32,000 square feet.  Additional meeting rooms, pre-function spaces, and exhibits hall are also included.  Reunion Tower, which was free-standing now has its base enclosed within the hotel building. The hotel has 1123 guest rooms within 30 floors of space.  It is 343 feet high, making the Hyatt Regency the 34th tallest building in Dallas.