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Gresham Palace
BudapestLocation• North width 47° 29′ 59″• east lenght 19° 2′ 53″ • Hungary• Budapest• downtown• V. districtSzéchenyi square 5-6.
Gresham Palace
BudapestHistory• Built in 1906• Architect: Zsigmond Quittner, Vágó brothers• Served as an office building• home for wealthy British aristocrats• During World War II, Soviet soldiers resided• was bought by the Four Seasons hotel
company in 2001 and restaured• Companies’s headquarters• Part of world Heritage since 1987
Gresham Palace
BudapestConstruction• Art Nouveau architecture• relatively little ornament• emphasized architectural form• smooth façade• curved roofline• beautiful ironwork• peacock sculptures
Gresham Palace
Budapest
• The custom Preciosa
chandelier, with hand-shaped
crystal leaves, is illuminated by 76
hidden bulbs.
On the Hotel's top floor, the infinity pool's water spills gently and evenly over an invisible edge, where it is caught and then redirected back into the pool.