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31 hip hotels in USA

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  1. 60 Thompson

    New York, USA

    60 Thompson is one of the highest buildings in the area and is also no slouch when it comes to design. The architect, Steven Jacobs, was a pioneer in turning SoHo’s industrial spaces into residential lofts.

    Interiors are by Thomas O'Brien, whose past work includes apartments for high-profile clients such as Giorgio Armani and Donna Karan. The primary inspiration for the lobby space - a long rectangular hall on the first floor was, oddly, an old photo of Burt Lancaster lounging on an impossibly long couch at his home in Malibu. Hence the deep-buttoned velvet banquette that stretches the entire length of the hotel!

    Here the guest is most definitely King. The guest rooms are very comfortable, the high-tech end is well catered to and you have an ideal location on a rare quiet stretch right in the heart of SoHo.

    Great views from the hotel's rooftop, where the terrace bar has become a SoHo summer destination in its own right.

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    • Steven Jacobs was a pioneer in turning Soho and Tribeca’s industrial spaces into residential lofts….exactly the right person for giving the building the ambience of an old loft.
    • Steven Jacobs was a pioneer in turning Soho and Tribeca’s industrial spaces into residential lofts….exactly the right person for giving the building the ambience of an old loft.
    • The guest is once again king.
    • great views from the hotel's rooftop, where the terrace bar has become a SoHo summer destination in its own right
    • The stylish bar and restaurant and the roof terrace are reason alone to stay here. The menu is as chic as the interior – a meeting of Thai and Japanese.

    Prices:

    From £999pp in Low Season (Jan-Mar) / From £1130pp in High Season (Nov-Dec)

  2. Aspen Meadows

    Aspen, USA

    Bauhaus in the snow: simple streamlined architecture, big wide spaces and floor to ceiling windows that frame idyllic mountain views. Set in a park of streams, footpaths, wooden bridges and ponds, in a location that commands an impressive view of Aspen's ski mountains. Throughout the complex the emphasis is on space. The rooms are huge, in fact they are apartments, each with a separate bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living room. Entire walls of glass bring the mountains into your room and even in the winter months an impressive amount of daylight is reflected off the snow.

    Situated on the outskirts of town, Aspen Meadows is close enough to nip in for dinner or shopping, but far away enough for you to be conscious of why Aspen is such a magnet – namely the beauty of the mountains and the superb quality of the skiing.

    “Staying here is an experience completely unlike that of any ski hotel I have been to”.

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    • Aspen Meadows is where the Bauhaus model comes closer to being realised than anywhere else and all in a location that commands an impressive view of Aspen's ski mountains.
    • Aspen Meadows is where the Bauhaus model comes closer to being realised than anywhere else and all in a location that commands an impressive view of Aspen's ski mountains.
    • The rooms are apartments with a separate bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room and study area. Entire walls of glass bring the mountains into your room.
    • Big wide spaces unencumbered by superfluous decoration, floor to ceiling windows that frame idyllic mountain views
    • Aspen Meadows is close enough to town for dinner or shopping, but far away enough for understanding why Aspen is such a magnet – namely the beauty of the mountains and the superb skiing.

    Prices:

    From £1155pp in Low Season (Jan-Feb) / From £1529pp in High Season (Feb-Mar)

  3. Avalon

    Los Angeles, USA

    The Avalon consists of three buildings: the Olympic Building of 1949, the Beverly Building of 1953, and the Canon built in 1962.

    Design-wise, the greatest achievement of Avalon Hotel today is that it feels like a well-preserved gem, a 1950s building that has been beautifully maintained. When you enter the hotel you are confronted by a sweeping view of the original hour-glass shaped pool and the row of cabana spaces that open onto it.

    You can enjoy the award-winning cuisine of the Avalon's Blue on Blue restaurant or for those who want to go out, Avalon is in the heart of Beverly Hills with all the attractions of LA's most glamorous district within easy reach.

    By Hollywood standards the Avalon has history. When it was still the Beverly Carlton, Marilyn Monroe lived here for two years and the hotel's reception area regularly featured in I Love Lucy.

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    • Design-wise, the greatest achievement of Avalon Hotel today is that it feels like a well-preserved gem, a 1950s building that has been beautifully maintained.
    • Design-wise, the greatest achievement of Avalon Hotel today is that it feels like a well-preserved gem, a 1950s building that has been beautifully maintained.
    • Eat at the award-winning cuisine of the Avalon’s Blue on Blue restaurant and enjoy views over the hour-glass shaped pool.

    Prices:

    From £947pp in Low Season (Jan-Mar) / From £1095pp in High Season (May)

  4. Chambers

    New York, USA

    The art consciousness that one would expect from SoHo or Tribeca has been mixed with the more formal, well dressed profile of a 5th Avenue address. Chambers is in one of the most desirable Midtown areas – on the northern frontier just below Central Park.

    Architect David Rockwell was brought in to realise an interior to go with the art. The property features a substantial permanent collection of contemporary art. A fascinating mix of photography, painting, works on paper and sculpture, the likes of which you would normally not find in one place.

    With raw concrete ceilings, industrial lamps bolted to the walls and polished concrete floors in the bathroom, the interiors are not what you would expect from a hotel around the corner from Tiffany’s. But that’s exactly why it works.

    Chambers, located in the heart of midtown, offers a seamless fusion of uptown luxury and downtown cool.

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    • Chambers, located in the heart of midtown, offers a seamless fusion of uptown luxury and downtown cool.
    • Chambers, located in the heart of midtown, offers a seamless fusion of uptown luxury and downtown cool.
    • The interiors are not what you would expect from a hotel around the corner from Tiffany’s.
    • Architect David Rockwell, a veteran of some very famous restaurant installations, was brought in to realise an interior to go with the art
    • Chambers is in one of the most desirable Midtown areas – on the northern frontier just below Central Park.

    Prices:

    From £799pp in Low Season (Jan-Mar) / From £1049pp in High Season (Nov-Dec)

  5. Chateau Marmont

    Los Angeles, USA

    Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard has been an enduring feature of the Hollywood scene since the early thirties.

    Inspired by Chateau D’Amboise in the Loire Valley and originally built as an apartment building in the 1930’s, hotelier André Balazs acquired the hotel in 1990 and softly renovated it without losing its original authenticity and Hollywood glamour, a home away from home for starlets and movie industry insiders. There are bungalows, cottages, suites all nestled amidst lush gardens, for the utmost discretion and privacy amidst high profile guests…

    Originally designed as apartments, the layout and size of the rooms have generous proportions -room service, therefore does a roaring trade! For those who venture out into the hotel there is a pool discreetly tucked away in a private garden and the colonnaded courtyard is a popular spot for Breakfast, a quiet coffee or a late afternoon drink.

    “Location, history, scandal, intrigue, vice…the Chateau is the most Hollywood hotel in La La Land.”

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