Jonathan Nehmer + Associates and HVScompass recently finished the custom public space and guestroom renovation at the Hyatt Regency Houston…CORE Architecture/Design hired Brian Judis, LEED AP, as the hospitality practice senior project manager…. The Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter is investing $300,000 in the local arts community. It unveiled its first piece of public art, ‘Indigo Waters,’ a 40-foot exterior wall sculpture made of 33 hand-painted, laminated and tempered blue glass panels, created by local artist Lisa Schirmer. Other local artists have been commissioned for more work…The Island Hotel Newport Beach (CA) unveiled a two-year renovation project encompassing all guestrooms, meeting facilities and public space. LA-based Darrell Schmidt Design Associates took inspiration from the property's enhanced landscaping and the Southern California locale…International architectural firm RMJM is past the halfway point with Capital Gate, the world's most leaning tower. It's being built in Abu Dhabi and will house the Hyatt at Capital Centre, a five-star, 200-room hotel. The building will be 35 stories, 525 feet and lean 18 degrees (14 more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa)…The Swissotel Chicago unveiled a $23-million renovation highlighted by an added variety of guestroom and suite options…The renovated Blue Dolphin Inn in Cambria, CA now offers six specialty rooms inspired by locales that are home to dolphins. Each is named for a body of water and features elements appropriate to that area of the world.