Tag Archive: Hotels
Bar Oppenheimer
Since working on the Grand Hotel exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, I’ve become really interested in pop-up projects and artist collaborations in hotel spaces. The hotel is such a unique building type — a liminal space that is both public and private and neither home nor away — and it presents a unique environment … (More →)
Wynn Las Vegas
When you’re looking to escape from everything sensible, there’s only one place to go: Las Vegas, Nevada. Open 24 hours and offering no end of entertainment, Vegas has been completely rehabilitated in the past decade and a half – once the land of the downtrodden and known for its pawn shops, $9.99 steak dinners and … (More →)
Freehand Miami
I’m a huge fan of designers Roman & Williams and love how they’ve worked to redefine public spaces in hotels, infusing the properties with an intriguing narrative quality reminiscent of film sets. I was interested to find out that they were involved in the design of Freehand Miami — a new boutique hostel in Miami … (More →)
Hotel Le Bellechasse, Paris, by Lacroix
I haven’t been to Paris in ages and desperately want to go back. I received an email the other day from Jetsetter flaunting great potential rates at Hotel Le Bellechasse, a stone’s throw away from the Musée d’Orsay and was immediately taken by the images of its unapologetically over-the-top décor – only to learn … (More →)
The Alcazar, Palm Springs
The seemingly interminable rain has started in Vancouver and I’m already wishing I were back in Palm Springs. On my last trip, just two weeks ago, we stayed at the lovely Alcazar, a 34-room boutique hotel that opened in 2011. We were already veterans of owner Tara Lazar’s other ventures - Cheeky’s her incredibly … (More →)
The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco
I like to travel as often as my bank balance and job will allow so fancy hotels are not often in the forecast since they would gobble up my entire budget. Still, every once in awhile, fortune smiles upon me and I end up somewhere posh. On my recent trip to San Francisco, I was … (More →)
Hôtel Droog
I first heard rumblings about the prospect of Hôtel Droog a few years ago while doing research for my day job at the Vancouver Art Gallery. I was initially drawn to the project because of Atelier Bow-Wow’s involvement; I’m always interested in seeing what this innovative Japanese architectural firm is up to and a collaboration … (More →)
CitizenM London
All eyes are on London right now and a number of new hotel properties have popped up to capitalize on the international attention. The city is host to the latest outpost of the Dutch budget-boutique hotel concept CitizenM, and its Bankside location, reasonable prices and contemporary aesthetics promise to quickly turn this hotel into … (More →)
