Mr. Neal Prince, was Born in Corsicana,
Texas with degrees in Architecture and Architectural
Engineering from
Rice University in
Houston, Texas. Mr. Prince did military service with
the United States Army 39th Combat Engineers in
Italy. Returning to Texas, he first joined the
Architectural Firm of Ernest Schultz. He soon became
active at the Houston Little Theater, which
produced a prizewinning play, "Cry Out Cassandra," that he had authored.
After a period as he gave up his Architectural
profession to become the President and Business Manager of the Houston Little Theatre, he went to
the East coast and served for a season as Director of
The Wyndham Playhouse in New Hampshire. A spell in New York
with the Actors Studio brought him to the classical quandary of those bitten by the theatre bug: a regular job supporting
a regular diet or stick it out in Theater. Creature
comfort won and through the Architectural League he
secured a position with the firm of York & Sawyer
Architects in 1950, the firm was noted for the design of hospitals.
After several months of
observations in New York Bellevue Hospital, Mr. Prince became the firm's expert on the layout and planning of
Hospital Emergency Rooms.
In due course he decided against a lifetime in Healthcare Architecture, Mr. Prince switched firms to Schoen & Hennessy
Architecture Firm in 1954 (The Named Partner was the son of Eugene Schoen,
renown "Art Deco" Designer, who became a mentor to
Mr. Prince), when Mr. Prince was assigned a project
to design a motorway restaurant for Restaurant
Associates, New York's most creative force
in restaurant operations at the time. The job
involved a complete package: Architecture, Drafting
and Interior Design. Mr. Prince took a genuine
interest in the latter, and made a career move to the Walter M. Ballard Corporation,
Interior Design Firm
in 1958, at Byron Calhoun's request, he did work on a project to remodel the Hotel Jaragua in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, most of which was never carried out, and a modest remodeling of the San Juan Hotel
in Puerto Rico. The Firm of
Walter M. Ballard had a contract for the Interiors of the Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel in Beirut,
Lebanon, and Mr. Prince
was sent there to work on the Interiors and also, because of his background, to represent the architect, Edward Stone,
in matters of the Interior layouts and finishes. All the furniture pieces were designed
by Mr. Prince and manufactured locally with Prince's
supervision. In January 1961, Mr. Prince was hired to
work full time as the Staff Vice President of
Interior Design Division for Intercontinental Hotels,
a Pan-Am Airlines Development
Department. The intention, being at least in developing countries, that InterContinental Hotels would produce its Interior Designs "in-house" and be reimbursed at cost under the TSA's. Mr. Prince shortly engaged Kenneth Smith,
from the Walter M. Ballard Firm, and Charles R.
Alvey, a specialist in Graphics and
Industrial Design. Mr. Prince's concepts and ideas were the forefront of its time, after designing and opening as many as
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International InterContinental Hotels from 1961-1985, Mr. Prince gained the deepest respect on the International Interior Design level. Mr. Prince
uses function with ethnic style. With his ability to design
each new Hotel using local materials and talents, such as the native artists and craftsman, he produced each Hotel with its
own National personality and flare but maintained the Corporate highest standards of
InterContinental Hotel. Mr. Prince gained the respect and acceptance by the local authorities. This
in turn avoided any local resistance in building the new Hotels around the world. With the assistance of Charles R. Alvey, Richard W. Simpson,
Dale and Pat Keller, Joe Grusczak, James Ray Baker,
Irene D'Alessio and others, Mr. Prince became an Innovator as he
helped created an
industry of International Hotel Designs and personalities that reflected the
indigenous Country in each property.
InterContinental Hotels gained much growth and respect throughout the world by those concepts of designs. Still today, his work is
relatively unknown on a domestic level, but his
concepts and designs are still utilized by the
InterContinental Hotels Group
and Hotel Designers. Much is to be learned from Mr. Prince's long history of experience from his first
complete design for a hotel, Phoenicia InterContinental
Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon, to his last project doing the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. Much is to be
passed down from Mr. Prince's experience and
knowledge. It is important that this is passed on in
an educational manner.
Projects:
Ernest L. Schultz Architects Inc., Private Residence,
Corsicana,
Texas,
United States
(1947)
Ernest
L. Schultz Architects Inc., Public School Football Stadium,
Houston,
Texas,
United States
(1947)
Ernest
L. Schultz Architects Inc., Private Residence,
Houston,
Texas,
United States
(1948)
Ernest
L. Schultz Architects Inc., Private Residence,
Houston,
Texas,
United States
(1948)
Ernest
L. Schultz Architects Inc., Private Residence,
Corsicana,
Texas,
United States
(1948)
York &
Sawyer LLP,
Bellevue
Hospital,
New
York,
New York,
United States
(1950-1953)
Schoen
& Hennessy Architects, Commercial Architecture Designs,
New
York,
New York,
United States
(1954-1957)
Walter
M. Ballard Corporation,
Hotel New Yorker,
New
York,
New York,
United States
(1958)
Walter
M. Ballard Corporation,
Penn
Harris
Hotel,
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania,
United States
(1958)
Walter
M. Ballard Corporation,
Bellevue Stratford Hotel,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,
United States
(1959)
Walter
M. Ballard Corporation,
Belmont Plaza Hotel,
New
York,
New York,
United States
(1959)
Walter
M. Ballard Corporation,
Holland-America Cruise Line N.V.,
New York, New York, United States (1959)
Walter
M. Ballard Corporation,
Blackstone Hotel,
Omaha,
Nebraska,
United States
(1959)
Walter
M. Ballard Corporation,
Penn Sheraton Hotel,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,
United States
(1959)
Walter
M. Ballard Corporation,
The
Carlyle Hotel,
New
York,
New York,
United States
(1959)
Walter
M. Ballard Corporation,
The
Colony Motel,
Atlantic City,
New Jersey,
United States
(1959)
Walter
M. Ballard Corporation,
Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel,
Beirut,
Lebanon
(1960)
˛
Phoenicia
InterContinental Hotel,
Beirut, Lebanon (1960)
˛
Grande Hotel,
Belém, Brazil (1960)
˛
Carrera Hotel,
Santiago, Chile (1960)
˛
El Prado
InterContinental Hotel,
Barranquilla, Columbia (1960)
˛
Reform InterContinental
Hotel,
Mexico City, Mexico (1960)
˛
Victoria Plaza Hotel,
Montevideo,
Uruguay (1960)
˛
Tequendama Hotel,
Bogotá,
Columbia
(1960)
˛
De Lago InterContinental Hotel,
Maracaibo,
Venezuela
(1960)
˛
Tamanaco InterContinental Hotel,
Caracas,
Venezuela(1960)
˛, ³
Jaragua InterContinental Hotel,
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
(1960)
˛
Embajador
InterContinental Hotel,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(1960)
˛
Curacao InterContinental Hotel,
Curacao,
Netherlands
Antilles
(1960)
˛
El Salvador InterContinental
Hotel,
San
Salvador,
El Salvador
(1960)
˛, ³ El San Juan InterContinental
Hotel,
San
Juan,
Puerto Rico
(1960)
˛
El Ponce InterContinental Hotel,
Ponce,
Puerto Rico
(1960)
˛ Ducor InterContinental Hotel,
Monrovia, Liberia
(1962)
˛
Hotel Indonesia,
Jakarta, Indonesia
(1962)
˛
Southern Cross InterContinental
Hotel,
Melbourne, Australia
(1962)
˛
Dublin InterContinental
Hotel,
Dublin, Ireland
(1963)
˛
Cork InterContinental Hotel,
Cork, Ireland
(1963)
˛
Limerick InterContinental Hotel,
Limerick, Ireland
(1963)
˛
Frankfurt Intercontinental Hotel,
Frankfurt, Germany
(1963)
˛
Ivoire InterContinental Hotel,
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
(1963)
˛
Singapura InterContinental
Hotel,
Singapore
(1963)
˛
Mandarin Hotel,
Hong
Kong
(1963)
˛
InterContinental Jordon Hotel,
Amman, Jordan
(1964)
˛
InterContinental Wien,
Vienna, Austria
(1964)
˛
Intercontinental Geneva Hotel,
Geneva, Switzerland
(1964)
˛
InterContinental Jerusalem
Hotel, Jerusalem
(1964)
˛
Karachi InterContinental Hotel,
Karachi, Pakistan
(1964)
˛ Esplanade InterContinental Hotel, Zagreb, Yugoslavia(1964)
˛
InterContinental Hannover
Hotel, Hanover, Germany (1965)
˛
Oberoi InterContinental
Hotel, New Delhi, India (1965)
˛
Pago Pago InterContinental Hotel, Pago Pago, American Samoa (1965)
˛ Siam InterContinental Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand (1966)
˛
InterContinental Dacca
Hotel,
Dacca,
Bangladesh
(1966)
˛
InterContinental Bali Beach Hotel, Sanur, Bali, Indonesia (1966)
˛, ³ Continental Hotel,
Accra, Ghana
(1967)
˛
Ambassador InterContinental Hotel,
Accra, Ghana
(1967)
˛
InterContinental Quito
Hotel,
Quito, Ecuador
(1967)
˛
InterContinental Lahore Hotel,
Lahore, Pakistan (1967)
˛, ³ InterContinental Rawalpindi Hotel, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
(1967)
˛ InterContinental Auckland Hotel,
Auckland, New Zealand
(1968)
˛
InterContinental Lusaka
Hotel,
Lusaka, Zambia
(1968)
˛
Musi-o-Tunya
InterContinental Hotel,
Livingstone, Zambia
(1968)
˛
Taharaa InterContinental Hotel, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
(1968)
˛ InterContinental Dusseldorf Hotel,
Dusseldorf, Germany
(1969)
˛, ³
InterContinental Manila
Hotel,
Makati, Philippines
(1969)
˛
InterContinental Paris
Hotel,
Paris, France
(1969)
˛
Bristal Kempinski Hotel,
Berlin, Germany
(1969)
˛
InterContinental Managua Hotel,
Managua, Nicaragua
(1969)
˛
InterContinental
Nairobi Hotel,
Nairobi, Kenya
(1969)
˛
InterContinental Kabul
Hotel,
Kabul, Afghanistan
(1969)
˛
Duna InterContinental
Hotel,
Budapest, Hungary
(1969)
˛, ³ InterContinental Medellin
Hotel,
Medellin, Columbia
(1970)
˛, ³ Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski
Hotel,
Munich, Germany
(1970)
˛
InterContinental Cali
Hotel,
Cali, Columbia
(1971)
˛
InterContinental Teheran
Hotel,
Teheran, Iran
(1971)
˛
Okura InterContinental
Amsterdam Hotel,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(1971)
˛
InterContinental Kinshasa
Hotel,
Kinshasa, Zaire
(1971)
˛
Cyrus InterContinental
Hotel,
Shiraz, Iran
(1971)
˛
Darius InterContinental
Hotel,
Persepolis, Iran
(1971)
˛
Portman InterContinental
Hotel,
London, United Kingdom
(1971)
˛, ³ InterContinental Cologne
Hotel,
Cologne, Germany
(1971)
˛, ³ InterContinental Valencia
Hotel,
Valencia, Venezuela
(1971)
InterContinental Guayana
Hotel,
Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
(1971)
˛
InterContinental Bucharest
Hotel,
Bucharest, Romania
(1971)
˛
InterContinental Helsinki
Hotel,
Helsinki, Finland
(1972)
˛
Keio Plaza
InterContinental Hotel,
Tokyo, Japan
(1972)
˛
InterContinental Hamburg
Hotel,
Hamburg, Germany
(1972)
Taj Mahal InterContinental Hotel, Bombay, India (1972)
˛, ³ Lee Gardens Forum Hotel,
Hong Kong
(1972)
˛
Okoume
Palace InterContinental Hotel,
Libreville, Gabon
(1972)
˛
Ceylon
InterContinental Hotel,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
(1973)
˛, ³ Munich Penta Forum Hotel,
Munich, Germany
(1973)
˛
Mark Hopkins InterContinental Hotel,
San Francisco,
California, United States
(1973)
˛
Furama InterContinental Hotel, Hong Kong (1974)
˛
InterContinental Prague
Hotel,
Prague, Czech Republic
(1974)
˛
Borobudur InterContinental, Jakarta, Indonesia (1974)
˛
Rose Hall InterContinental
Hotel/Country Club, Montego Bay, Jamaica
(1974)
˛
InterContinental Rio Hotel,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(1974)
˛, ³ Emir du Liban Hotel,
Beit-de-Din, Lebanon
(1974)
˛
InterContinental Dubai Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(1975)
˛ InterContinental Ocho Rios Hotel,
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
(1975)
˛
InterContinental London
Hotel,
London, United Kingdom
(1975)
˛
Riyadh InterContinental
Hotel,
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(1975)
˛
Makkah InterContinental
Hotel,
Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(1975)
˛
InterContinental Zagreb
Hotel,
Zagreb, Croatia
(1975)
˛
Khyber InterContinental Hotel, Peshawar, Pakistan (1975)
˛ Victoria InterContinental Hotel,
Warsaw, Poland
(1976)
˛
InterContinental Maui Hotel,
Maui, Hawaii, United States
(1976)
˛
Golf
Forum/InterContinental Hotel,
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
(1976)
˛
InterContinental Istanbul
Hotel,
Istanbul, Turkey
(1976)
˛
Saipan Beach
InterContinental Inn,
Saipan, Marianas
(1976)
˛
Muscat InterContinental
Hotel,
Muscat, Oman
(1977)
˛, ³ InterContinental Kingston
Hotel,
Kingston, Jamaica
(1977)
˛, ³ Ritz Carlton, Montreal
Hotel,
Quebec, Canada
(1977)
˛, ³ Le Vendome Hotel,
Beirut, Lebanon
(1977)
˛, ³ Davao Insular InterContinental Inn,
Davao, Philippines
(1977)
˛
Punta Baluarte
InterContinental Hotel,
Calatagan, Philippines (1977)
˛
Massarah InterContinental
Hotel,
Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(1977)
Montfleur InterContinental
Hotel,
Cannes, France
(1977)
˛
InterContinental Barclay
Hotel,
New York, New York, United States
(1978)
˛
Four Ambassadors
InterContinental Hotel,
Miami, Florida, United States
(1978)
˛
InterContinental Berlin
Hotel,
Berlin, Germany
(1978)
˛
Ritz InterContinental
Lisbon Hotel,
Lisbon, Portugal
(1979)
˛
InterContinental Beograd
Hotel,
Belgrade, Serbia
(1979)
˛
Regency InterContinental
Bahrain,
Manama, Bahrain
(1980)
˛
Abu Dhabi
InterContinental,
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
(1980)
˛
InterContinental
Hotel & Spa,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States
(1981)
˛
Plaza InterContinental
Hotel,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
(1981)
˛
St. Anthony InterContinental Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, United States (1981)
˛ Al Ain InterContinental Hotel, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates (1981)
˛, ³ Pavilion InterContinental Singapore
Hotel,
Singapore
(1982)
˛ Athenaeum InterContinental Athens Hotel, Athens, Greece (1982)
Britannia InterContinental London Hotel,
London, United Kingdom
(1982)
˛ May Fair
InterContinental Hotel,
London, United Kingdom (1982)
˛, ³ Brussels Europa Hotel,
Brussels, Belgium
(1982)
˛ Le Grand Hotel InterContinental Hotel, Paris, France (1982)
˛ Prince des Galles Hotel,
Paris, France
(1982)
˛ Meurice InterContinental Hotel,
Paris, France
(1982)
˛, ³ Lotti Hotel,
Paris,
France
(1982)
˛ Paris
Penta Hotel,
Paris, France
(1982)
˛ Carlton InterContinental
Hotel,
Cannes, France
(1982)
George
Forum/InterContinental Hotel,
Edinburgh, Scotland, United
Kingdom
(1982)
˛, ³ De La
Ville Forum/InterContinental Hotel,
Rome, Italy
(1982)
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