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By Alia Akkam and Will Speros
In a year that felt like it brought more challenges than triumphs, the hospitality industry
nonetheless experienced its bright spots. From the debuts of several brands in new
international locations to the continued growth of lifestyle newcomers and stalwarts,
and innovative offerings in remote destinations, we’ve curated some of the most
exciting global hotel openings from this past year. Not only is it an opportunity to
celebrate the industry, but they help remind us that the show definitely goes on.
Pater Noster
For centuries, Sweden’s most iconic lighthouse has served as a beacon for sailors in the isolated locale of Hamneskär
Island. It is now also home to the singular Pater Noster hotel. Named for the Latin title of the Lord’s Prayer, the property
Photo courtesy of STYLT TRAMPOLI
reflects its sacred namesake beyond just its setting thanks to a design by Gothenburg, Sweden’s Stylt Trampoli that pays
homage to the rough waters surrounding it. Crafted as the abode of a lighthouse keeper, the 19th-century structure now
accommodates nine guestrooms, a restaurant, bar, and an outdoor café. Locally sourced vintage furniture complements
dark woodwork and bespoke focal points like wallpaper detailed with native seaweed and maritime imagery that
ensconces guests in an authentic retreat both rustic and warm.
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Thompson Dallas
Housed within the transformed First National Bank Tower, the Thompson Dallas draws upon the city’s rich legacy with a design by local firms
Merriman Anderson Architects, Interiors Limited, and Todd Interiors. A narrative of modern luxury is expressed via restored wood paneling, brass,
and more than 17,000 handcut marble façade panels sourced from the same quarry as the Parthenon. Averaging more than 700 square feet, each of
Photo by GUS SCHMIEGE
the 219 accommodations honor that materiality alongside blue lacquered walls and rich leather upholstery. Opulence is evoked across public spaces,
from the ornate, 14,000-square-foot National Ballroom to the buzzy rooftop lounge Catbird, while unconventional enticements like Botanical Mix, a
floral design studio-coworking hybrid, further establish the Dallas outpost as a vibrant standout in the Hyatt brand’s distinctive portfolio, which also
welcomed its first Washington, DC outpost in January of 2020, the handiwork of Studios Architecture and Parts and Labor Design.
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
During Chicago’s vaudeville heyday, actors
would flock to the Croydon Hotel. Decades
and several iterations later, that River North
hangout is now home to the 21c Museum
Hotel Chicago – Mgallery, attracting visitors
to ever-changing art exhibitions rather than
campy theater. Like the other eight hybrid
hotel-museum properties in the brand’s
portfolio, this one was designed by Deborah
Berke Partners, the New York firm that
coincidentally worked on the James, which
previously occupied the site. Floor-to-ceiling
windows in the lobby invite passersby to gaze
at both the sculptural balustrade staircase
and often-provocative contemporary art
selections. Bright white public spaces morph
into darker corridors that pave the way to
the guestrooms, sanctuaries with a soft blue
Photo courtesy of 21C
palette mimicking the hue of Lake Michigan,
marble baths, and cushy, large-scale leather
and velvet headboards.
The Rockaway Hotel
The Rockaways are located in Queens, but
the relaxed atmosphere of this bungalow
beach enclave feels worlds apart from its
fast-paced Manhattan neighbor. For the
Rockaway Hotel, New York firms Morris
Adjmi Architects and Curious Yellow
Design created a getaway that honors the
local community and its pervasive surf
culture through the likes of zinc paneling
and abundant greenery. In the guestrooms,
custom beds are fashioned out of teak
and rattan, the latter a material that also
appears on the pool deck’s sea urchin light
fixtures. Designed as a comfortable sitting
room, the lobby is a quirky union of vintage
Indonesian textiles, terrazzo, black metal,
linen, and bubblegum-colored pink resin.
Here, the artwork is part of the hotel’s
Photo by KYLE KNODELL
thought-provoking collection that includes
pieces by Rockaway Beach denizens.
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1 Hotel Haitang Bay Sanya
China’s tropical Hainan Island inspired
the 1 Hotel Haitang Bay Sanya, the
sustainable luxury brand’s first foray into
Asia. Designed by Oval Partnership and
Singapore studio FARM, the property,
perched on a hill and surrounded by
gardens, features staggered roof terraces
alive with vegetation. The celebration
of nature is echoed inside through raw,
textured materials like pigmented concrete
and salvaged roof tiles that mimic the
Photo courtesy of 1 HOTEL HAITANG BAY SANYA
rock escarpments of nearby mountains.
The lobby’s installation of towering steel
and timber “tree trunks” climb toward a
screened skylight, while the narrative also
extends to the restaurants, like the plant-
bedecked Green House and 1 Kitchen,
where a rammed-earth wall nods to the
rugged coastline. Guestrooms are adorned
with live-edged wood, unpolished stone,
and rattan.
AKA Patagonia
Nature is what brings visitors to South America’s
mountainous Patagonia region, and it abounds at AKA
Patagonia, in Puerto Natales, Chile. The rural site comprises
six prefabricated cabins and one devoted to communal dining
and social gatherings. Architect Pablo Larroulet, founder of
Santiago-based Larrou, intentionally kept the interiors sparse
to illuminate the environs through floor-to-ceiling windows
and doors that open onto rear decks. Placed atop pile
foundations to disturb the land as little as possible, the units,
linked by a winding platform, are arranged in a staggered
fashion to maximize privacy. All are clad in local lenga
wood (a hardy material that can withstand the area’s harsh
weather conditions), which extends indoors to the walls and
ceilings. By leaving the timber untreated, Larroulet ensures
an organically evolving patina befitting the surroundings.
Photos by ADRIAN ALESON
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Canopy by Hilton Philadelphia
Center City
Despite the challenges of 2020, Canopy by Hilton
rolled out several new properties in such cities
as Memphis; Baltimore; Scottsdale, Arizona;
Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Jersey City, New
Jersey. One of these newcomers is the Canopy by
Hilton Philadelphia Center City, housed inside
the late 19th-century Beaux-Arts Stephen Girard
Building overhauled by local firm BLT Architects.
For the interiors, AvroKO’s New York office kept
the East Market shopping district locale top of
mind, telegraphing a golden-age department
store through intricate millwork, display cases,
and a geometric stone floor. At the Wayward
brasserie, a relief-based knotty pine installation
Photo by ANDREW THOMAS LEE
by local graphic artist Nate Harris holds court
above a banquette. The hotel is also an ode to
Philadelphia’s hip-hop heritage, particularly the
“big fashion” movement, which is especially
amplified in this room, where chandeliers
reminiscent of gold teeth grills hang above an
array of vibrant blue and teal tiles.
The Standard London
The Standard planted its maiden
flag across the pond in 2020, with
a London opening heralding the
beginning of its expansion outside
the U.S. (the Standard Maldives
also debuted last year). Housed
within a Brutalist volume, once
the Camden Town Hall Annex,
the chic and spirited hotel features
a broadly European eclecticism,
punctuated with furnishings
sourced from Italy, Germany,
Scandinavia, and the UK.
Longtime Standard collaborator,
San Francisco-based Shawn
Hausman Design, further animates Photo courtesy of STANDARD LONDON
the interior with retro motifs like
sinuous lines and vibrant color.
More than 40 configurations across
the hotel’s 266 guestrooms also
pose an enticing draw, as do rooftop
restaurant and bar Decimo, and the
wood-paneled library lounge.
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Ace Hotel Kyoto
Ace Hotel Group’s Japanese debut necessitated a design reflective of a
dynamic meeting between East and West. Kengo Kuma & Associates
partnered with Atelier Ace and Los Angeles’ Commune Design to
revitalize the former Kyoto Central Telephone Office—originally designed
by modernist Tetsuro Yoshida in 1926—and bond it with a sleek new build.
Kuma oversaw architecture for both volumes, while Commune and the
Ace team transformed interiors into a tranquil, sophisticated sanctuary.
Locally sourced artwork, several courtyards, and landscaped gardens
further instill a sense of harmony and place across the 213-room oasis. A
natural materiality that includes native woods, tatami, washi paper, glazed
tile, and copper complements the ryokan-inspired interiors, designed at the
intersection of tradition and provocation.
Photo by STEPHEN KENT JOHNSON
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Tokyo EDITION,
Toranomon
The Ian Schrager Company and
Marriott International inaugurated
a Japanese outpost last year with
the launch of the Tokyo EDITION,
Toranomon as part of the mixed-use
Tokyo World Gate tower. Kengo Kuma
& Associates translated the brand’s
luxurious ethos in harmony with local
design traditions. Beneath 450-foot-tall
ceilings, a lobby reminiscent of Buddhist
temples, for example, promotes
socializing as a reflection of Tokyo’s
convivial spirit. Glamorous F&B venues,
from the artful Blue Room to the exotic
Jade Room + Garden Terrace, evoke
Photo by NIKOLAS KOENIG
otherworldly atmospheres, while the
206 guestrooms overlook the city from
interiors clad in white oak and light gray
hues that lend an upscale sense of Zen.
Andaz Xiamen
South China port city Xiamen is dubbed the “Garden of the Sea,”
a distinction that informed the narrative of the Andaz Xiamen,
conceived by Jaya Interior Design and Singapore-based BLINK
Design Group (which acquired the former after the death of its
founder, Jaya Ibrahim). Characterized by a regional Nanyang
aesthetic that melds tropical materials like wicker, rattan, louvered
wood, woven bamboo, and speckled terrazzo with soaring ceilings
and arches, the hotel is envisioned as a modern-day manor that
nods to the history of Chinese traders who built elaborate Xiamen
mansions. Beyond the pool fringed in greenery, the connections
to the outdoors are numerous. In the elevator lobby, for instance,
a fountain sits underneath a cascading bougainvillea-inspired
installation. Meanwhile, much of the local art collection depicts
flora and fauna, while ceilings conjure breezy pergolas.
Photos by DERRYCK MENERE
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Arctic Bath
Set upon the Lule River in Sweden’s Lapland province, Arctic Bath boasts an experiential duality. The hotel’s
spa building remains fixed upon the frozen surface of the water during the winter, but floats beneath a
midnight sun in the summer. Designed by Swedish architects Bertil Harström and Johan Kauppi, the circular
log cabin is installed upon floating concrete pontoons and houses amenities including a large ice bath, three
saunas, and a treatment room. Each of the hotel’s six separate guest cabins are equipped with wooden decks
and a footbridge that afford intimate access to the water, while another six elevated cabins, resting along the
shore, are designed by AnnKathrin Lundqvist.
Photo by JOHAN JANSSON
Camp Sarika by Amangiri
Amangiri may symbolize the height of luxury in Utah’s red rock country, but at the resort’s new offering,
the pared-back Camp Sarika from Luxury Frontiers, sleeping in a sturdy, weatherproof canvas tent amid 78
hypnotic acres of slot canyons and mesas is just as posh a way to savor the terrain. Located a half-hour hike
away from the Canyon Point flagship, which opened in 2009, Camp Sarika encompasses a pavilion of 10 one-
and two-bedroom accommodations. Inside the lightweight, recyclable fabric shells, materials like leather and
walnut provide a rich contrast. There are also steel mirrors hand-forged by a Colorado metalsmith, textiles
that pay tribute to local Navajo culture, and etched wooden headboards that echo the vast desert.
Photo courtesy of LUXURY FRONTIERS
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Círculo Mexicano
In the 19th-century building where notable
Mexican photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo
grew up—and shot his well-known 1931 work
The Day Dream (El Ensueño)— Grupo Habita
has unveiled its most recent Mexico City
venture, Círculo Mexicano. Designed by local
architects Ambrosi Etchegaray and Grupo
Habita cofounder Carlos Couturier, the 25-
room property stars a ground-floor restaurant
and retail marketplace, a light-filled central
courtyard, and a zigzag staircase set against
Photos by SERGIO ALEJANDRO LOPEZ JIMENEZ
a well-worn brick wall. In signature Grupo
Habita style, a rooftop terrace, complete with
a pool and lounge, overlooks downtown’s
monuments. As an homage to the hotel’s
creative roots, select images by Bravo are
found throughout, including in guestrooms
that reference a minimalist Shaker aesthetic.
Showcasing a medley of light ash wood,
Mexican textiles, and furniture from local
studio La Metropolitana, most of these spaces
are buoyed by skylit patios.
Hotel June
Each of the Kelly Wearstler-designed Proper
Hotels, in San Francisco, Santa Monica, and
Austin, instantly became hotspots when they
opened. It’s not surprising, then, that Hotel
June, Proper Hospitality’s more laidback and
affordable offering, would also make a splash.
The inaugural location, in a building by
famed midcentury architect Welton Becket
on Los Angeles’ Westside, was designed by
Venice, California-based Studio Collective.
Coastal influences include sea-glass hued
ceramic shower tiles, textured carpeting
that calls to mind seaside casitas, and blue
upholstered daybeds in the guestrooms.
Bursts of green—on the glazed terracotta Photo courtesy of PROPER HOSPITALITY
tiles and quartzite stone at the bar and the
emerald powdercoated metalwork—add
another layer of vibrancy to the lobby, which
is wrapped in New York artist Alex Proba’s
abstract mural and full-height sunlight-
filtering oak shutters.
040 January 2021 hospitalitydesign.comCommodore Perry Estate
Auberge Resorts Collection grew
its portfolio in 2020 with two iconic
renovations: the Mayflower Inn & Spa
in Washington, Connecticut, and the
Commodore Perry Estate in Austin. The
latter, constructed in 1928, underwent
a thorough restoration by Pasadena,
California’s Moule & Polyzoides, New York
designer Ken Fulk, and Austin- and San
Antonio-based Clayton Korte to capture
the 10-acre architectural landmark’s
historic joie de vivre. A palette of muted
pink, apricot, and celadon accentuates rich
velvet surfaces and ageless patterns as the
redesign channels Old-World European
opulence and the joy of the Roaring
Twenties. In addition to five bedrooms
and stately amenities like a cocktail bar,
library, and solarium, the manor is newly
joined by a standalone three-story inn that
houses 42 guestrooms and seven terraced
suites accented with both custom and
vintage fixtures.
Photos courtesy of AUBERGE RESORTS COLLECTION
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Life House, Lower Highlands
Following locations in Miami and Nantucket,
Life House, Lower Highlands debuted in one of
Denver’s most animated neighborhoods, with a
design done in-house by Jenny Bukovec and Henry
Morris (Rockwell Group and Sydell Group alums,
respectively) that channels both Victorian-era
industrialism and the American frontier. A Wild
West color palette of bluebell, dusty coralroot, and
sage backdrops floral motifs, materials like cowhide
and textured amber glass, and vintage furnishings,
such as a three-panel leather screen from the late
1890s and a duo of Louis XVI Bergère chairs in the
lobby. At the restaurant, Wildflower, the custom
arched backbar with sliding tambour panels is a
standout, as is the enveloping wallcovering based on
a Colorado landscape that project designer Lei Xing
overlaid with hidden Victorian figures. Colombian
Photo by MATT KISIDAY
oak and raffia details in the guestrooms are
enlivened by more artwork, including contemporary
riffs on late 19th-century botanical paintings.
MeeHotel
Southern China teems with bamboo
forests, and at Shenzhen’s MeeHotel
guests feel as if they are walking
through one. At this urban property,
Hong Kong practice Panorama Design
Group gives bamboo the spotlight,
pairing it with other natural elements
like stone and diatom mud-finished
walls. There are floor-to-ceiling screens
fashioned from the woven material, a
traditional Chinese handicraft. It also
wraps pitched ceilings—as well as the
dramatic cathedral-style version in the
Sky Café, which is capped in a skylight
and complemented by suspended LED
rings meant to emulate moonlight.
Bamboo also appears in the guestrooms,
Photos by GD MEDIA/POPO VISION
where it is combined with rattan in the
commanding headboards. Most eye-
catching of all is the internal courtyard.
Linking all the floors, it is dominated by
a bamboo installation that whimsically
conjures birds in flight.
042 January 2021 hospitalitydesign.comMiraval Berkshires and
Wyndhurst Manor & Club
Nearly 25 years after the flagship Miraval Arizona Resort
& Spa opened in Tucson, a second wellness retreat
sprouted in Austin in 2019. The newest addition is Miraval
Berkshires Resort & Spa, in Lenox, Massachusetts,
which shares acreage with Wyndhurst Manor & Club, a
Destination Hotel. New York’s Clodagh Design, behind
both Miraval’s Arizona and Texas spas, handled the
interiors of the neighboring but disparate properties. At
Miraval, where the 29,000-square-foot spa is the brand’s
largest yet, shirting plaid and woven wool mix with a color
palette of cranberry, amber, navy, and gray-blue to evoke
a grand yet relaxed English country home that juxtaposes
light and shadow. Wyndhurst, set on grounds originally
landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted, features Gilded-
Age mansion guestrooms, a whitewashed brick sunroom,
and a bistro that shimmers in silver and bronze.
Photos by JAMES BAIGRIE
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The Maker
Occupying a carriage house, Georgian
mansion, and Greek Revival building,
the Maker Hotel debuted last summer in
Hudson, New York’s historic downtown
corridor. The 11-room bohemian
sanctuary is adorned with nods to 19th-
century industrial, Belle Époque, Art
Deco, and midcentury design legacies
by hospitality expert Damien Janowicz,
who partnered with Lev Glazman and
Alina Roytberg, cofounders of the beauty
brand Fresh. Design hallmarks range
from ornate fireplaces and original wood
elements to handpainted ceilings and
decorative stained glass in both public
spaces and guestrooms. Accommodations
Photo by FRANCINE ZASLOW
are crafted with specific makers in mind,
including an architect’s studio that’s
home to a black granite fireplace and
midcentury furniture, and an artist’s loft
endowed with eclectic pieces.
Virgin Hotels Nashville
Opening along with the Virgin Hotels
Dallas in 2020, the lifestyle brand’s
Nashville location stands out as the latest
new build on Music Row with an authentic,
refreshing verve amid the growing tourist
hub. BLUR Workshop and Hastings
Architecture spearheaded its industrial
concrete building clad in brick, while
Brooklyn firm MARKZEFF oversaw the
rich, whimsical interiors that channel
local traditions and the brand’s signature
cheekiness. Like an adult funhouse,
colorful curiosities such as the ceiling
tassels and sculptural lighting of the Funny
Library abound without compromising
functionality. Thoughtful guestroom
partitions and abundant outdoor space
Photo by MICHAEL MUNDY
also position Virgin’s Music City outpost to
support the comfort and health of guests
during and beyond the pandemic.
044 January 2021 hospitalitydesign.comKimpton Armory Hotel
Miami, Tulum, Barcelona, Bangkok, and Tokyo are among the 10 cities where Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants left its imprint in 2020.
Some of these recent openings, including the Pittman in Dallas and the Cottonwood in Omaha, Nebraska, are situated in historic
buildings like the Knights of Pythias Temple and the former Blackstone Hotel, respectively. The Kimpton Armory Hotel, which takes
over downtown Bozeman, Montana’s 1941 National Guard Armory Building, is an especially impressive example, reimagined by local
practice Venue Architects, Lafayette, Colorado-based Studio R Interiors, and Brooklyn firm MARKZEFF. A new tower extends
original architect Fred Wilson’s Art Deco vision, and one of his ornate friezes is preserved at Armory Hall, the concert venue in what
was once the gymnasium. From the Sky Shed, the rooftop lounge and pool, views of the mountains are savored. It’s that Big Sky
Country backdrop that also informs the neutral-hued guestrooms bolstered with leather, metal, and felted wool.
Photos courtesy of KIMPTON HOTELS
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