Andel's Hotel Łódź is a historic four-star hotel located in

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

, Poland at 17 Ogrodowa Street in a former textile factory constructed between 1872–1892 and designed by

Hilary Majewski Hilary Majewski, (Polish pronunciation: , born 15 January 1838, Radom – died 21 July 1892, Łódź) was a Polish architect, a representative of the 19th-century historicism. Between 1872–1892, he served as the city architect of Łódź, Centra ...

History

The hotel was officially opened in May 2009 and is located in the building of

Izrael Poznański Izrael Kalman Poznański (25 August 1833–28 April 1900) was a Polish Jews, Polish-Jewish businessman, textile magnate and philanthropist in Łódź, Congress Poland (part of the Russian Empire), and the husband of Eleonora Hertz Poznańska. ...

's former textile factory, which had been refurbished and adapted to serve as a hotel. The building is part of a large arts centre, shopping mall, and leisure complex known as

Manufaktura The Manufaktura is an arts centre, shopping mall, and leisure complex in Łódź, Poland. A major tourist attraction of the city, it includes the largest public square in Łódź, which acts as a venue for cultural and sports events. The Manufak ...

. The hotel's project was created by the international brand ''andel's'', which also operates in such cities as

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and

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. The hotel offers 278 rooms including a presidential apartment as well as seven conference halls. The interior design was created by the

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-based architectural firm Jestico + Whiles. In 2009, the hotel received a European Hotel Design Award in the "Architecture of the Year — Conversion of an Existing Building to Hotel Use" category. In 2010, the hotel was awarded the Special Guest of Honour Award at the MIPIM International Property Exhibition in

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. In 2015, it was listed as a

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by the decree of President

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as part of "the multicultural landscape of the industrial city of Łódź".

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{{Reflist Hotels in Poland Buildings and structures in Łódź Hotel buildings completed in 2009

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