CitizenM aims for "differentiation through massing" at Downtown Austin location

Architecture studio Concrete has designed a hotel block for Dutch chain CitizenM in Downtown Austin, which is the brand's first Texas location and features artwork created in partnership with locals.

CitizenM worked with long-time collaborator architecture studio Concrete to purpose-build a 16-storey structure at the top of a slope in the city's downtown.

Working with US architecture studio Baskervill to create the symmetric facade, which...