| Kempinski Hotel Zografski | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Coordinates | |
| Completed | 1979 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 98 m (322 ft) |
| Roof | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 22 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kisho Kurokawa |
Kempinski Hotel Zografski is a 5-star hotel located in Lozenets, near downtown Sofia, Bulgaria. It is one of the most luxurious hotels in the capital of Bulgaria. It has 442 guest rooms, 10 conference rooms, 4 restaurants, 2 bars and the only Japanese garden in the Balkans.[1]
The hotel was built between 1974 and 1979 to the design of leading Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa (1934–2007) in the upper-class neighbourhood Lozenets. In his design, Kurokawa implemented architectural details inspired by the Bulgarian National Revival style of Koprivshtitsa and Plovdiv. The 21-storey hotel was built by Bulgarian company Tehnoeksportstroy and the Japanese Mitsubishi.[2]
Until it was acquired by German Bulgarian entrepreneur Ivan Zografski[3] and joined the Kempinski chain in 1997, the hotel was called Vitosha New Otani and was part of that Japanese hotel group.[2]
Kempinski Hotel Zografski's Japanese garden is a large-scale copy of the one at Hotel New Otani Tokyo and features a Japanese-style house and lake.[2]