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the buzz

MAP APP: UPCOMING LA HOTELS
Here's the rundown on the hottest confirmed hotel openings in the LA pipeline.

Culver CitY

BY oriana lerner

* Palihotel Culver City

Dtla
* The Bricks, a Trademark
Collection Hotel
* citizenM
* The Hoxton Los Angeles
* Downtown L.A. Proper Hotel
* Mondrian and SLS Hotels at
Angels Landing
* Park Hyatt Los Angeles at
Oceanwide Plaza
* Soho Warehouse

Koreatown
* Hampton Inn & Suites
Koreatown

Santa MoniCa

* Santa Monica Proper Hotel

weSt HollYwooD
* 1 Hotel West Hollywood
(currently The Jeremy)
* EDITION West Hollywood

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* Palihotel Westwood

HollYwooD
* citizenM Hollywood

A NEW LEAF: HISTORIC
HOTEL FIGUEROA
REOPENS
One of LA's most-anticipated renovations, the historic
263-key former YWCA that's operated as a hotel since
the 1950s, unveiled its new face after a years-long
renovation. Locally based design firm Studio Collective's partners Adam Goldstein, Leslie Kale and Christian Schulz dug beneath the property's previous
Moroccan style (a product of a prior redo) to reveal
an understated Mediterranean feel closer to the
building's 1920s origins. "Being such a young city, LA
rarely holds any significant historic value, so having
such a special pre-war building to work with was
a no-brainer for us to celebrate its original Spanish
Colonial architecture," says Schulz. "That being said,
we had to keep the renovation fresh and updated in
order to appeal to a larger audience (young and old)
and bring it forward through contemporary artworks,
artist collaborations and contemporary furnishings."
Studio Collective and the ownership team,
a joint venture between GreenOak Real Estate
and Urban Lifestyle Hotel Group (Bradley Hall
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adam goldstein, leslie Kale
and Christian sChulz
Studio ColleCtive

of Capital Hall Partners and brothers, Jack and
Mark van Hartesvelt), wanted to keep the original structure as much as the ambience. "Our plan
with ownership was to try to retain and highlight as much of the original Spanish architecture
as possible; anything new that was added would
have more of a contemporary aesthetic," says Goldstein. "In our opinion, what makes this strategy
work for today's hotel guests is the overlapping of
contemporary design elements juxtaposed against
original architectural details."

hotel Figueroa

That wasn't always doable. For example, old plaster
walls had to be replaced with stud walls. But the team
did use the character and some inherent obstacles
of those spaces to shape their vision. Still, there were
elements that turned necessity into creativity.
"We inherited an array of small bathroom types
and knew we wanted to do a take on the classic fig
leaf," says Kale. "As we were developing the custom
pattern, we found it more powerful to go large-scale for
drama. By doing this it makes the bathrooms appear
much bigger." A perfectly cinematic trick for LA!

M AT T H E W M E N D E N H A L L ( F I G U E R OA ) ; J E S S I C A S A M P L E ( G O L D S T E I N , K A L E A N D S C H U L Z )

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