{{Short description|Skyscraper hotel in Dallas Texas}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Renaissance Dallas Hotel | image = Renaissance Dallas Hotel - Dallas - front - 4333 - jpfagerback 2013-05-04.jpg | image_caption = Renaissance Dallas Hotel from the other side of Wycliff Ave | former_name = Stouffer Hotel<br>Wyndham Resorts | location = 2222 Stemmons Freeway<br>[[Dallas]], [[Texas]] | coordinates = {{coord|32.8037|-96.832|region:US-TX_type:landmark|display=it}} | construction_start_date = | completion_date = 1983 | status = Complete | building_type = Hotel | architectural_style = [[Modern architecture|Modernism]] | antenna_spire = | roof = {{convert|137.47|m|abbr=on}} | floor_count = 30 | number_of_rooms = 484 rooms<br>30 suites | elevator_count = | cost = | floor_area = <!-- {{convert||m2|abbr=on}} --> | architect = Growald Architects {design}[[Dahl Braden Chapman]] | engineer = | main_contractor = | developer = | owner = | operator = [[Marriott International]] | references = <ref>{{CTBUH|10818}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118445 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307023830/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118445 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 118445 |work=[[Emporis]]}}</ref><ref>{{SkyscraperPage|669}}</ref><ref>{{Structurae|20041013}}</ref> }}
The '''Renaissance Dallas Hotel''' is a 30-story, {{convert|137.47|m|abbr=on}} granite [[skyscraper]] [[hotel]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. The hotel has 514 guest rooms and was completed in 1983, when it opened as a [[Wyndham Hotels and Resorts|Wyndham]] hotel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Renaissance Dallas Hotel Debuts $35 Million Upgrade|publisher=D Magazine |date=November 24, 2014|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/commercial-real-estate/2014/11/renaissance-dallas-hotel-debuts-35-million-upgrade/}}</ref> The Renaissance Hotel currently stands as the [[List of tallest buildings and structures in Dallas|24th-tallest building]] in Dallas. The building was designed by architect Dahl Braden Chapman. Variously nicknamed "The Bic", "The Bic Lighter", "The Stick", "The Speedstick", and "The Mennen Speedstick."
The Renaissance Dallas Hotel used to hold the world's second largest free-standing [[chandelier]] in the world. It was replaced in 2011. The hotel is also known for its distinctive [[Ellipse|elliptical]] shape and diagonal roofline. The slanted roofline provides for a large curtain wall. This shelters the building's open-air rooftop [[swimming pool]], which is one of the highest pools in Dallas. The building's unique design led to it being prominently featured in a cover image of a 1984 issue of [[National Geographic Magazine|National Geographic]].
The structure initially opened in 1983 as a Wyndham hotel, but was renamed in 1987 after Stouffer parent company [[Nestlé]] approved its acquisition in 1987. Stouffer Hotels Corporation took the hotel over from real estate developer Trammel Crow via a controlling joint ownership venture and managing contract agreement.<ref>{{cite book|title=Handbook of Marketing Research Methodologies for Hospitality and Tourism|first1= Ronald|last1= Nykiel |publisher=Psychology Press|year=2007|page=80|isbn= 9780789034267|accessdate =2020-05-01|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05LjPDRSSGkC&q=stouffer+hotel+dallas+1983&pg=PA80}}</ref> The building was acquired by [[Marriott International]] in 1997 with its Renaissance brand.
==See also== * [[List of tallest buildings and structures in Dallas]]
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==External links== {{commons category|Renaissance Dallas Hotel}} * {{Official website|http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dalbr-renaissance-dallas-hotel/}} {{Dallas skyscrapers}}
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