Legat Architects
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Flexible, Efficient Lobby

The lobby layout promotes efficiency for schedule-bound groups and intimacy for individual guests:

  • Direct path between the vestibule, host desk, and elevator
  • Larger groups navigate lobby and public areas without disrupting other guests in intervening spaces
  • After large groups have left, decorative barn door closes off the breakfast area to create more visual appeal within the lobby
  • First-floor lounge/bar area offers separation from the lobby, yet guests checking in can still get glimpses into that area

Fine-tuned to Save Costs

When the initial architect’s design proved too costly, the developer turned to Legat’s hospitality experts to “fine-tune it to the marketplace.” Legat redesigned the concept, changing it from two separate five-story hotel buildings to a single nine-story building that houses both hotels.

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Agricultural and Industrial Inspiration

The design modifies the brand standards to pay tribute to the industrial/agricultural history of the Quad Cities region of Illinois and Iowa:

  • Textures, patterns, and colors including earth and jewel tones point to the facility’s heartland USA location.
  • Contrasting materials of wood, metal, and stone on furniture and fixtures suggest industrial and agricultural concepts.
  • Reception desk background artwork features abstract interpretation of Midwestern hills and fields.
  • Dining area off lobby has large mural depicting adjacent Mississippi River
  • Meandering lines on wood walls and ceilings of common seating areas bring to mind a circuit board, but also crop lines formed by farming combines.
  • Bronze statuettes of eagles (hotels are surrounded by eagle habitat) appear in first-floor lounge.
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The Bend

The Hyatt Place/Hyatt House rises as the first and largest structure on The Bend, a mixed-use development that transforms an old industrial site into a vibrant, livable community.

A River View from Every Room

Designers tweaked the building’s placement to make sure that each of the 233 guestrooms has a view of the Mississippi River. Larger extended stay rooms have spacious kitchenettes and living areas.

“The twin nine-story hotels offer upscale comforts for both leisure and business travelers, a distinctive ninth-floor lounge with panoramic river views, as well as access to miles of unobstructed riverfront and a bald eagle habitat. They promise to be the most compelling hotel options in the Quad Cities.”

The River Room

On the ninth floor, The River Room bar/lounge offers panoramic river views of the Mississippi.

explore the river room

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