A full service Spa Hotel occupying 42,000 square feet with 26 large Suites including 5 large 800 square foot duplexes. The project included a 10,000 sf spa, which includes a fitness center, spa café, lounge, lockers, spa store, and salon. The facility has a full service restaurant, prefunction and meeting space, which features a 1940’s crystal chandelier salvaged from the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. This modern four star resort, nestled in the entrance to the Catskill Mountains, and bordering on the Esopus River, was designed to incorporate the owners’ love of the influences of the Silk Road. DiGuiseppe was responsible for all interior architecture, interior design, and provided procurement services as well. The Spa Hotel opened in the Spring of 2007. Click on the image for more details.
Redesign and renovation of 177 guest rooms and corridors of this historic property, listed on the National Register of Historic Hotels. The redesign of the 103, 600 sf suites were divided into living and sleeping areas which incorporate a double-king bedroom arranagement. The design included all soft goods, furniture, linens and lighting. Click on the image for more details.
The project concept calls for a new 250 room conference center hotel that mirrors the historical Casino and Carousel on the Boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The design incorporated the the reuse and retrofit of the historical boardwalk buildings into a catering facility, full service spa, bar and indoor pool. The new buildings – a Hotel, Conference Center, and loft residences – were conceived to reflect historical references of the seaside grand hotels. Click on the image for more details.
Project concept for a second facility for the recently opened Emerson Resort & Spa in Mount Tremper calls for a 40 room boutique, full service hotel along with 40 fractional residential units set in a sloping site that affords treeline views at balcony height. The facility has a full service spa, restaurant and indoor and outdoor pool and bar / lounge.
All hotel rooms and fractional units have unobstructed views of the Catskill Mountains to the north and south. The design concept includes Art Deco elements found in the public architecture of upstate New York.
The Troutbeck Resort incorporates a 1900 English Tudor Manor House design, on the same site of a 1776 Dutch stone and brick house in picturesque Dutchess County. This historical site was the location for the founding of the NAACP, as well as numerous literary guests.
The design called for the renovation of the existing main building, the addition of a new Spa, salon, fitness center, indoor pool, and four new buildings housing 24 two bedroom lockouts, which would be guestroom/fractional units. They were all designed in the English Tudor Manor House style with private balconies and ground floor gardens. The buildings are situated along the banks of a trout-filled river. DiGuiseppe prepared all concept design and received overwhelming acclaim and approval from the local zoning and planning board. Click on the image for more details.
Renovation and interior design of 675 room resort hotel (Nevele & Fallsview). Work included all public spaces, Golf Pro shop, dining rooms, lobbies, conference facility and nightclub in 2001. Click on the image for more details.
Interior Design of a five diamond beach resort/ time share, including specialty restaurants/ bar /lounge, and healthclub, Phase One 47 units, Phase Two 200 units plus waterfront Condominiums. Named by Conde Nast Traveler 2002, “50 Best Small Hotels in the World." Click on the image for more details.
This 400 room full service hotel was transformed architecturally from a brick faced Holiday Inn Express to a new glass and metal clad Crown Plaza. The hotel sits directly across from the New Seneca Hotel and Casino. The renovation included the redesign of all guestrooms, new restaurant and bar, all public spaces, entries, and the addition of one of the largest Starbucks in the country. Sentry Hospitality owns and manages the facility. DiGuiseppe provided architectural services for this project, which opened in 2007. Click on the image for more details.
The project concept was to design a 20 story building in the heart of downtown Asheville. The building would be LEED certified and incorporate Asheville’s Art Deco character. The project was commissioned by the Grove Park Inn in Asheville - the Santa Fe of the East. The building concept presented by DiGuiseppe called for 125 Hotel rooms on the lower levels, with 45 condos on the top floors. The hotel featured an outdoor pool, restaurant and bar on the 10th floor setback. Click on the image for more details.
The Providence Biltmore Hotel, Providence, Rhode Island (current)
The complete overhall of five suites at the Providence Biltmore Hotel. DiGuiseppe is responsible for the interior architecture, interior design and procurement for the five junior suites.
Home, New York City(current)
A boutique Bed & Breakfast in New York catering to celebrity recording artists.
The Emerson Inn & Spa, Mount Tremper, NY
Interior design and concepts for the new Emerson Inn and Spa which is being redeveloped as a Spa hotel, along with a 108 seat restaurant. The Inn has 24 large suites, some as duplexes.
Niagara Falls Crowne Plaza Hotel, Niagara Falls, NY
Redevelopment and conversion of a 400 room Holiday Inn Select into a Four Star Crowne Plaza Hotel. Services include all architectural services to re-concept the building exterior, reconfigure the ground floor spaces for a new restaurant, Starbucks, bar, health club, indoor pool, business center and lobby spaces, as well renovation of the guestrooms), and corridors.
Cay Bay Resort and Condominiums, St. Maarten (current)
Development of a new resort community to include the refinement of the master plan, architectural design of a 24 unit boutique hotel, 177 town house / villa units, and 37 estate homes, all designed to be part of a condo-hotel development. Services include master planning, architectural design, interior design, and purchasing.
Troutbeck Resort & Conference Center, Amenia, New York (on going & current)
Renovation of this historic 1910 English Manor, converted to a resort in 1985 on 45 acres of pristine wooded acreage with bubbling trout steams and stone bridges. The renovation included redesigning the interiors, new FF&E, for the guestrooms and public spaces. In addition a new full service spa was added and 36 new 2 bedroom lock-outs used for fractional shares
The Providence Biltmore Hotel, Providence, Rhode Island (on going & current) Renovation of 177 guest rooms and corridors of this property which is listed on the National Register of Historic Hotels. The redesign of the 103, large (600 sf) suites into two spaces, living and sleeping areas while incorporating a double king bedroom scenario, the first in it’s kind. The design included all soft goods, furniture, linens and lighting.
Nevele Grande Resort & Country Club, Catskills, New York
Renovation and repositioning of 675 room resort hotel (Nevele & Fallsview), including all public spaces, Golf Pro shop, dining rooms, lobbies, conference facility and nightclub, 2001.
Old Bahama Bay, Grand Bahama Island
Interior Design of a five diamond beach resort/ time share, including specialty restaurants/ bar /lounge, and health club, Phase 1 47 units, Phase II 200 units plus waterfront Condominiums, 2000, recently named by Conde Nast Traveler 2002, "50 Best Small Hotels in the World"
Soyiuzivka Resort, Kerhonkson, New York
Feasibility study for redevelopment and repositioning of 344 acre Ukrainian private resort as an Alpine mountain village for public use, 2000
Best Inn & Suites, Lakewood, New Jersey
Renovation and addition of existing limited service property into an 84-room hotel and catering facility, in Historic Lakewood
Herradura Hotel, San Jose Costa Rica
Planning and redesign of existing 200 room hotel, public spaces, guestrooms, casino and conference center for conversion of property into a Marriott Renaissance.
Inn at Jacksonville Beach, Jacksonville, Florida
Redesign of 150 room Ramada into a Fairfield Inn property, utilizing the Marriott package and custom FF&E package for public spaces, including bar.
Surfcomber Hotel, South Beach, Florida
Historical renovation and combination of two hotel properties in the Art Deco Historical District, 190 rooms, limited service as a Hampton Inn. Services included interior design and architectural renovation; project received Best Public Space Award from Hotel Design Magazine (2000)
Cap Juluca, Anquilla
Restoration consulting for the rebuilding of exclusive luxury beach resort after Hurricane in 1999
Moscow Hotel, Red Square, USSR*
Historical renovation of addition of existing Moskva Hotel on Red Square, 600 rooms, 1996
Gurneys’ Inn Resort & Spa, Montauk, Long Island
Master plan study for public spaces, restaurant, lounge, conference center and bar for 288 unit four star resort & spa on the beach; leading to phased implementation over the next two years; 1998.
Best Inn & Suites; Hampton, Virginia
Reposition and renovation of 166 unit hotel into Best Inn & Suites Franchise, including schematic design and financial feasibility package; 1998.
Southampton Inn, Southampton, New York
Reposition and renovation of 90 room hotel into three star property, including development of financing package, 1998
Villa D’Este, New York
16,000 sq. ft., feasibility study for conversion of historical townhouse property into 23 room luxury boutique hotel for Villa D’Este in Lake Como, Italy, 1998
Grand Astor Hotel, New York, NY*
Feasibility of a conversion of office building into an extended stay boutique hotel, with 127 rooms, 1997
Harlem Hotel, New York*
Feasibility design for new construction of a 320-room hotel tower with restaurant at Central Park North, 1997
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
