Tag: Accommodation

Drinking and Dining at the Enticing Venues within LA’s Thompson Hollywood Hotel

Three restaurants and two bars range from a Côte d'Azur-inspired rooftop eatery to a sprawling lobby lounge

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Opened in August 2021, Thompson Hollywood hotel comprises 190 guest rooms, 16 suites (one of which we stayed in during Frieze Los Angeles), an open rooftop with a picturesque pool, and five distinct food and beverage outlets—all within a new 11-story, glass-and-steel building. London-based interior architecture studio Tara Bernerd & Partners designed the elegant midcentury-inspired rooms and bright, welcoming lobby, weaving comfort into sophistication and style. No detail was left …

New Haven’s Hotel Marcel Revives a Brutalist Icon as a New Net-Zero Property

This former office building pays homage to the past while looking to the future

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An IKEA parking lot just off I-95 in New Haven may not seem like the most attractive vacation destination, but this one also happens to be home to a rare architectural specimen: an icon of Brutalism designed by Marcel Breuer and known as the Pirelli Tire Building. Built in 1970, the two-tiered structure was first the corporate headquarters for Armstrong Rubber Company, but Pirelli acquired …

The Nostalgic Charm of Upstate New York’s Wylder Windham

A picturesque escape, marrying small town comforts and elevated design

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While walking around the small town of Windham in upstate New York, it’s easy to glance right over the town’s forthcoming resort Wylder Windham—and that is precisely the point. The Wylder’s Victorian architecture looks right at home alongside the early 19th-century buildings. Onlookers may never know the hotel boasts 20-acres, considering that its picnic and hammock-filled property beside the nearby Batavia Creek feels like public …