Hotel near Reutte
On the little-used road to Plansee in Tyrol, just across the border from Germany, one comes to the Ammerwald Hotel. This secluded three-star establishment is operated by a German automobile concern largely as a seminar centre and recreational resort for its employees. The building, with an L-shaped layout, re-places a former structure, the intimate atmosphere of which was to be recreated in a modern form. The lower floors, with an elegant horizontal strip facade, accommodate communal spaces and are executed, like the staircases, in reinforced concrete. This decision is understandable in view of the amount of snow that falls in winter, with depths of up to two metres. Above the plinth are three floors of hotel rooms, the facades of which are clad in stainless steel and punctuated by vertical-format windows in a staccato-like rhythm.
