Hotel Unique

{{Infobox building | name = Hotel Unique | status = Complete | image = Hotel Unique.jpg | caption = | location_city = São Paulo | location_country = Brazil | construction_start_date = 2000 | completion_date = 2002 | architect = Ruy Ohtake | cost = | floor_area = | top_floor = | floor_count = 6 | website = | references = | building_type = Luxury hotel | architectural_style = Structural expressionism | architectural = | elevator_count = | structural_engineer = Grupo Método | main_contractor = | opening_date = 2002 | number_of_rooms = 95 | operator = | developer = }}

The '''Hotel Unique''' is a hotel located in the district of Jardins in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, established in 2002. The {{Convert|25|m|ft}} tall building, designed by architect Ruy Ohtake, was projected in the shape of a {{Convert|100|m|ft}} inverted arc, taking advantage of the district's zoning limit of seven-story buildings. <ref>{{Cite book |last=Vickers |first=Graham |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8PdVicT0XcC&dq=hotel+unique+sao+paulo+brazil+architecture&pg=PA198 |title=21st Century Hotel |date=2005 |publisher=Laurence King Publishing |isbn=978-1-85669-401-8 |language=en}}</ref> Its shape is compared to a boat or a watermelon.<ref>{{Cite web |last=terra |title=Com 10 anos, projeto de Unique ainda não é ultrapassado, diz Ohtake |url=https://www.terra.com.br/vida-e-estilo/turismo/brasil/com-10-anos-projeto-de-unique-ainda-nao-e-ultrapassado-diz-ohtake,f87967519e3e9310VgnVCM3000009acceb0aRCRD.html |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

The hotel houses 95 apartments, 10 of which are suites, and on its terrace is the restaurant Skye. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Hotel Unique - Lazer e Turismo |url=https://www.galeriadaarquitetura.com.br/projeto.aspx?idProject=350&escritorio=ruy-ohtake_&projeto=hotel-unique |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=Galeria da Arquitetura}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery> File:RoofHUnique.jpg|Roof view File:Unique window.jpg|Window with view from the outside File:HOTEL UNIQUE.jpg|Hotel Unique File:Unique1.JPG|Hotel Unique facade detail File:HUnique.jpg|At night File:Hotel Unique, Ruy Ohtake (5878056631).jpg|Hotel Unique in 2020 </gallery>

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== External links == *[https://www.hotelunique.com/ Official website] {{coord|display=title}}

Category:Hotels in Brazil Category:2002 establishments in Brazil Category:Tourism in São Paulo