Blackstone Hotel vs T&P Station

Comparing the Blackstone Hotel and the T&P Station is interesting because they both stand in Fort Worth, TX, and were completed within 2 years of each other, but they were designed by different architects.

This offers a unique glimpse at how rival designers approached projects in the same city during the same era.

The Blackstone Hotel is clearly the larger tower of the two, both in terms of height and number of floors. It rises to 269ft (82m) with 22 floors above ground, while the T&P Station reaches 0ft (m) with 12 floors above ground.

Of course, each project may have faced different briefs or regulatory constraints, which we don't really know about and could also explain the outcome.

Both the Blackstone Hotel and the T&P Station were designed in line with the aesthetic conventions of the Art Deco style.

At the time, this style was at the height of its popularity. So both Mauran, Russell & Crowell and Wyatt C. Hedrick followed what was in many ways expected of them, producing designs that fit comfortably within contemporary architectural norms, rather than breaking with convention.

The Blackstone Hotel is primarily hotel, while the T&P Station is primarily residential.

Originally, the T&P Station was designed for transportation, but over time it was converted to residential. The Blackstone Hotel by contrast has maintained its original role.

The Blackstone Hotel incorporates a 4-star hotel with 203 rooms. More information is available at the official website.

The T&P Station offers 136 residential units.

The T&P Station also provides 351 parking spaces.

These two towers illustrate the many possible ways to combine structure and enclosure in skyscraper design.