W Minneapolis – The Foshay Wins Reconstruction Award Platinum

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (September 9, 2009) - Building Design + Construction announced its 26th Annual Reconstruction Awards in its September issue. Featured on the magazine's cover, Ryan's W Minneapolis – The Foshay project received the awards highest honor, a Platinum Award.

With the headline, Monumentally Hip Hotel Conversion, BD+C's Reconstruction Awards judges "appreciated the difficulties associated with adaptive reuse projects. 'It's really challenging to convert an office buildign into a hotel,' says Lucien Lagrange, principal of Lucien Lagrange Architects, Chicago. 'The Foshay project says something about adaptive reuse and the importance of saving a beautiful existing building.'"

Ryan and RWB Holdings led the redevelopment and renovation of the Minneapolis-landmark Foshay Tower into a W hotel. 

The W Minneapolis  – The Foshay building team:

Co-developers: Ryan and RWB Holdings

Brand/Operating Company: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

Architect: Elness Swenson Graham

Interior architect: Munge Leung Design Associates

Historic consultant: Hess Roise and Company

Structural engineer: Meyer Borgman & Johnson, Inc.

Electrical engineer: Egan Companies

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