With the same obsessive fan tendencies one would have for their favorite band or a celebrity crush. Alex Calderwood's Northwest grown, Portland based boutique hotels have a design philosophy and aesthetic that I really love and appreciate, with a concentrated movement away from often snobby boutique minimalism and an emphasis on "remixed Americana". That means spaces that feel like your friend's comfortable vintage brimming, yet modern apartment. The Ace is contemporary, but always paying respect to the histories of the buildings it inhabits... The Ace is punk rock, soulful, beautiful and totally stylish in a way that seems effortless and thrown together.
There are currently four Ace Hotel locations- Seattle (the 1st), Portland (where I hang out at least twice a week), Palm Springs, and the latest... New York City.
Taking over the old Breslin Hotel on Broadway and 29th, Ace NYC was designed by Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch whose work clearly retains the brand's signature attention to detail.
"...the lobby is a hodgepodge of found furniture, animal pelts, art, an old apothecary cabinet, steel worktables, a tile floor, trays with glass flasks—soon reveals itself to be the result of a carefully curated design strategy. The cumulative effect balances hip with comfy aesthetics, lush with raw textures, and an array of fabrics from leather to plaid to orange suede...Stately white columns punctuate the space, and an 18-foot-high ceiling balances the informal eclecticism with a wash of gravitas." -The Architect's Newspaper
I can't wait to visit when I move back to New York in a few months...
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