Historic Cavalier Grand Hotel
Part of an award-winning renovation project
- Product: Historic renovation – skylight
- Contractor: WM Jordan Company
- Architect: Hanbury, Evans, Wright & Latta
- Get Specs
- CSI Code:
- 24703
About this Project
As a skylight renovation company, Crystal Structures was honored to restore the original 1927 skylight over the indoor swimming pool at the historic Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, VA. Over time, the original 57′ x 30′ skylight had become problematic. Our expert team installed a new energy-efficient skylight that allows the perfect amount of natural light into the grand indoor pool area.
The $85 million renovation of the Cavalier Hotel, now part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, brought this National Register of Historic Places property back to its original grandeur. The hotel has since won eight awards for the project, including a Stella Award from Northstar Meetings Group for Best Hotel Renovation in the Northeast and an Award of Merit for Renovation/Restoration from ENR Mid-Atlantic Magazine.
The skylight renovation over the swimming pool perfectly balances functionality and historic restoration. The new skylight bathes the pool in sunlight during the day and gives beautiful starry views at night, just as originally intended. Crystal Structures is proud to have our expert craftsmanship featured in such an iconic and award-winning historic renovation project. Our custom skylight solution contributed to reviving the Cavalier Hotel’s magnificent “first impression” for guests.
Company News
The Classroom Greenhouses: Core Curriculum Cultivated
The Classroom GreenhouseCore Curriculum CultivatedThere’s an adage in teaching that goes “show one, do one, teach one.” If you want to teach anyone a new skill you first show them how, then you let them do it themselves and finally you let them teach someone else....
Why full-spectrum light is the secret to better schools
Full-spectrum light is the secret to better schoolsChildren spend as much as 40 hours per week in school buildings People are inherently tuned to seek out daylight. It’s in our DNA that the sun is good for us, providing the activating source for vitamin D, and helping...
Good Daylighting Gone Bad
Good Daylighting Gone BadThe quality of light has nothing to do with the quantity of light available. It’s more about the perception of brightness.Too much of a good thing is, well too much! The same goes for sunlight. When it comes to using natural light in the...