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David Rockwell and Joyce Wang team up for first Equinox Hotel in New York

November 2, 2019 Paul Jebara 0
Equinox Hudson Yards by Rockwell Group and SOM

Fitness brand Equinox has opened its first hotel at New York’s Hudson Yards, where guests can enjoy views of Thomas Heatherwick’s Vessel while bathing in the rooftop pool. The Equinox Hotel in New York City marks the luxury fitness brand’s hospitality debut, with future outposts in Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago currently in development. The flagship

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Tribeca button factory becomes Walker Hotel with “eclectic modernist” design and sub-cellar bar

October 26, 2019 Paul Jebara 0
Walker Hotel Tribeca

A former button and ribbon factory in New York’s Tribeca neighbourhood has been turned into a boutique hotel featuring an eclectic mix of modern furniture and industrial details. Hospitality firm Bridgeton Holdings completed the Walker Hotel in a renaissance revival building constructed in 1899 to span three street frontages in downtown Manhattan. Its location at

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JHL Design converts abandoned Portland penthouse into moody office space for tech firm

October 19, 2019 Paul Jebara 0

US studio JHL Design emphasised “the interplay of light and shadow” and other classic Japanese principles when turning a vacant penthouse in Portland into a tech firm’s office space. The downtown Portland building was constructed in 1927, though had been empty for many years before the project was initiated. Large glass windows that overlook the

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The Dwell Hotel becomes “Chattanooga’s living room” with retro furnishings from junk shops, eBay and Etsy

October 13, 2019 Paul Jebara 0

First-time hotelier Seija Ojanpera quested after “retro” vintage furnishings from across the United States to complete the first boutique design hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Ojanpera’s decade-long career with international NGOs eventually brought her to Chattanooga, a mecca for nonprofits. She ended up purchasing the former Stone Fort Inn in 2015 and turning it into The

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Life House Collins Park nods to Miami’s little-known Quaker origins with “lax minimalism”

October 12, 2019 Paul Jebara 0
Life House Collins Park Hotel

Tech-savvy hotel company Life House has designed its newest property in Collins Park as an homage to Miami’s past as a Quaker stronghold. The boutique brand, whose philosophy celebrates neighbourhood identity and heritage, garnered significant buzz after the opening of Life House Little Havana, which debuted a bespoke digital platform for guests to use like

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Modernist Holiday Inn becomes Los Angeles apartment complex

September 28, 2019 Paul Jebara 0

Los Angeles’ Studio Sucio used a “mish-mash” of styles for the apartments it has created inside a 1960s Holiday Inn in Downtown Los Angeles. The team remodelled the modernist building in Downtown LA’s west end, including interiors, exteriors, furnishings and branding, to create The Flat. The project marks Studio Sucio’s first. It was led by

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Lush courtyards surround 1 Hotel West Hollywood in Los Angeles

September 15, 2019 Paul Jebara 0
1 Hotel West by RCH Studios

The Hollywood Hills’ hiking trails informed the verdant gardens and earthen interiors of this hotel along Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip. Called 1 Hotel West Hollywood, the property spans two towers formerly occupied by the Jeremey Hotel. A series of courtyards collectively named The Canyon anchor the hotel, which marks the latest outpost of the 1

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Studio Tack updates 1950s Sound View hotel on Long Island’s waterfront

September 7, 2019 Paul Jebara 0
Sound View by Studio Tack

Brooklyn firm Studio Tack has revamped a mid-century motel on the North Fork of Long Island to include cabin-like bedrooms and a restaurant that feels “like a ferry crossing the sound”. Completed in 1953, the waterfront Sound View property is located on a private beach in the town of Greenport, less than 200 kilometres from

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Robert McKinley creates Hotel Kinsley from four historic buildings in Upstate New York

August 31, 2019 Paul Jebara 0
Hotel Kinsley by Robert McKinley

New York’s Studio Robert McKinley aimed to avoid the typical aesthetic of “antlers or plaid and reclaimed wood” when creating this boutique hotel from four buildings in Hudson Valley. Hotel Kinsley marks the first destination hotel in Kingston, a town located about 160 kilometres north of New York City in the Hudson Valley. The boutique

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Los Angeles firehouse becomes boutique hotel fronted by red garage doors

August 3, 2019 Paul Jebara 0
Firehouse hotel by Sally Breer

A new boutique accommodation, envisioned as a “dreamy mix of the elegant and bizarre”, has opened up inside a 1970s firehouse in Los Angeles. The property marks the first boutique hotel in the city’s up-and-coming Arts District, and is aptly named the Arts District Firehouse Hotel. The property is housed in an old firehouse, which

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