Peter Fillat Architects' recently completed expansion of Bear Creek Mountain Resort makes it a destination for all seasons
January 10, 2008
New facilities continue drive to create a first-class, year round resort
Bear Creek Mountain Resort
MACUNGIE, PA - Though snow has been in short supply this winter, Bear Creek Mountain Resort & Conference Center in Macungie, Pennsylvania still has much to celebrate. A second expansion designed by Peter Fillat Architects (PFA), a nationally known, award-winning, full-service architecture firm based in Baltimore, was recently completed, adding 80,000 square feet of new space and amenities.
The expansion offers the same eye-catching style and first class look and feel as the original facilities designed by PFA in 2004. That design won several awards, including the 2006 National Commercial Builders Council of the National Association of Home Builders Grand Award and a Metal Architecture Design Award.
The latest expansion adds 65 new hotel rooms, including several loft suites that sleep up to 10, additional banquet facilities, corporate meeting space, two executive board rooms, a resort spa, a full-service deli and a heated outdoor pool with an entertainment deck.
The design creates a comfortable, rustic environment that echoes the surrounding peaks and valleys. Like the original project, the expansion is designed to maximize energy efficiency with large windows that allow for heat gain to warm the facilities and the use of natural light, a propane gas system and a special water conservation system that converts precipitation into manufactured snow in the winter.
The new spaces and amenities will be a further financial boost for the resort, which experienced a tripling of revenues after the first project was completed.
"No matter what the season, Bear Creek now offers stylish, high quality spaces and services that will attract business clients, couples in search of a wedding destination or people seeking a relaxing experience in natural beauty of the Pennsylvania mountains," explains Principal Peter A. Fillat, III, AIA, LEED AP.
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