WEATHERED STEEL OR JUST AN ILLUSION? COLOR IS THE KEY

摘要

Barrel Brown, Fudge, and Mustang are the whimsical names of three custom colors currently wowing Austin, Texas residents and visitors as they gaze upon the city's largest and arguably grandest hotel. What they see when they look up at the 34-story western facade of the new 1.2 million sq.ft., 1,012-room JW Marriott Convention Center Hotel evokes the weatherized beauty of the COR-TEN steel bridges that dot greater Austin. Interestingly, this towering homage to Austin aesthetic also comes with a secret: It's not all that it seems to be.