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Marino Sasso | head restaurant
Kay Siegel  | head hotel
Manuel Koch | head chef
T +41 41 220 88 00
anker@remimag.ch

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Over 100 years of Anker in Lucerne

Hotel Restaurant Anker was opened in 1914 at the Pilatusplatz in Lucerne. The monumental construction near the station was financed by the Central-Swiss labour movement and was realized single-handedly. From then on it became a meeting point for the working class, who were then struggling to find a place in society and could not enter the culinary establishments of the «upper class».

The inn was known as a community centre similar to those in Zurich or Basel and also functioned as a political centre – for example in case of national strikes.

This political aspect continued into modern times. Thanks to its large hall, Anker was the meeting place for the local social democratic party. It also served as conference venue for labour unions. During the last years, cultural events were frequently held in the Anker hall.

The «old» Anker closed in the summer of 2014 and a reconstruction phase of more than 2 years began to renovate completely the building. This was hardly visible from the outside, as the landmarked façade was untouched. Inside, however, a complete «new world» was created, with 40 stylish rooms divided over several floors with views either of the Pilatus, Rigi or Musegg Wall.

Reconstruction May 2014 – November 2016

A new world is created inside the Anker:

December 2016
-opening

November 2016
-floor covering on ground floor
-Josper grill, delivery and installation
-buffet and cooking unit ground floor, delivery and installation
-completion of rooms (sanitary, painting, parquet flooring)
-installation of built-in furniture
-furnishing the rooms

October 2016
-metal construction work; ramp; wine rack
-insulation from windows and door on ground floor
-guest toilets on basement floor, shell construction
-washbasins are installed in bathrooms
-raising of railing in the entire house and on all balconies

September 2016
-new entrances on the ground floor, the entrances to the hotel and the restaurant were installed
-floor surfaces on the ground floor and the other floors were laid down
-expansion and commissioning of the elevator cabin
-parquet flooring installed in the rooms
-tiles in the bathrooms at the end of September

August 2016
-natura floor on the bathroom walls
-windows of the Saal-box rooms
-glass façade of the Saalbox
-floor underlays on the ground floor and the other floors
-sampling of furniture and beds

July 2016
-building the walls in the staircase
-completion of the photo room by mid-July
-sample furniture for the photo room
-wooden floor installed on the 6th floor
-floor underlays on the floors
-floor underlay on the ground floor

June 2016
-installing the cooling chambers in the kitchen
-ceiling installations in the restaurant
-cable draw-in in the photo room
-expansion of the balconies of all rooms to the courtyard
-installation of elevator ground floor - 6th floor

May 2016
-electrical installations on all floors
-basic installation of the bathroom cells and kitchen
-laying down floor underlays in the rooms of the 3rd and 4th floor
-installation ventilation
-installation of radiators in adjacent rooms

April 2016
-laying down floor underlays in the rooms of the 1st and 2nd floor
-installation of door frames in the bathrooms
-fire protection bulkheads

March 2016
-basic installation of bathrooms
-removal and restauration of the hall’s walls and ceiling
-installation ventilation station

February 2016
-installation of railings of the balconies on the courtyard
-dismantling of the carpeting on the main stairs
-concreting of the fireplace
-sandstone renovation on ground floor

January 2016
-basic concreting of the fireplace lounge
-façade ground floor; reconstruction and restructuring
-basic electrical installation
-basic installation of heating

December 2015
-dismantling frame on the side of the Pilatusstrasse (partial)
-installation shutters
-installation of ventilation in riser zones

November 2015
-completion of bathroom and electrical installation in showroom
-basic electrical installation in all rooms
-spire with gold sphere installed on roof top
-dismantling of frame on the side of the Obergrundstrasse (partial)

October 2015
-completion of façade in the courtyard
-completion of bathroom of showroom
-start installation of ventilation canals
-completion equipment rooms for installation equipment-important renovation records welded in the gold sphere

September 2015
-fundamental structure in Saalbox completed
-temporary stairs up to the roof
-drywalls in the rooms of two floors
-restauration of spire with wind vane and sphere

August 2015
-start of basic electrical installation
-start of basic installation bathrooms and ventilation
-covering of roof with tiles
-building the support structure of the hall
-painting the main façade

July 2015
-restauration work to the ledges and roof structures
-dry construction of stand installation (walls of rooms)

June 2015
-June 20: Day of the open construction site
-waste lye work of the façade and building the walls of the elevator

May 2015
-cutting and drilling work for basic installation
-installation first windows

April 2015
-restructuring and amendments of the roof, restauration façade

March 2015
-concreting ceiling and walls, static supplement works

February 2015
-basic work in the courtyard, concreting the stairs on the ground floor

January 2015
-concreting work on the ground floor and in the rooms

June – December 2014
-dismantling and asbestos abatement

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