Designers from Commune from Los Angeles were invited to decorate the Ace Hotel in Chicago. The establishment is treated as a hotel landmark and should demonstrate with its kind respect for the architectural history of the city.

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This boutique hotel was the latest hotel in the Chicago’s West Loop complex, an area known for its designer sites and trendy restaurants. A series of different buildings connected with each other formed a hotel with 159 rooms. There is also space for events and parties, a rooftop bar and lounge area. (The reconstruction work of the six-story building was completed by a local company GREC Architects, which has extensive experience working with Chicago buildings of the 1920s).

Reflecting on the project, the architects set a goal for themselves to mix the old and the new in the most fashionable way. On the one hand, it was possible to preserve the historical facade of the old Fulton market, which now forms the southern side of the building. The Ace Hotel interiors were inspired by the Commune team as a reminder of the “New Bauhaus”, as an homage to the city, where the craft traditions of the Midwest and European functionalism merged.

The hotel lobby. Table and leather sofa, diz. Sommune. Armchairs, diz. M. Boyd. Carpet, Nakashima Editions, Edward Fields. Rotating panels with painting - the work of Charles Kouri. Lamp Atelier De Troupe. Sofa in yellow woolen upholstery, diz. Commune. Armchairs and table, diz. M. Boyd. On the windowsill ceramic lamp, diz. K. Willis. Carpet, diz. Nakashima Editions, Edward Fields. Dining area. Red chairs and dining table diz. M. Boyd for Commune. Bar stools, upholstered in green leather, vary in shape with a swivel chair by S. Perrian. Bathroom. Constructivist transparent doors and trendy dark blue tiles.

The furniture reflects the mid-century modern decor with a palette of special vintage shades of yellow, pink, green, blue. It is the palette that forms the atmosphere and style of the interiors, the furniture, on the contrary, demonstrates the cool male approach of the modernist architect Mies van der Rohe. The cult figure in the architecture of the twentieth century, not only an architect, but a designer, the author of famous models, worked in Chicago for almost thirty years and his international fame is firmly connected with this city. Tables, chairs, racks Ace Hotel - simple, durable, thought out to the smallest details - everything recalls the work of Mies van der Rohe, created during the teaching at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The finishes are accentuated with plywood, linoleum and concrete. A special role is given to carpets made according to the sketches of George Nakashima.

The DJ stand is made of concrete blocks with a relief texture - the work of the Chicago artist S. Howleenbek. On the wall painting. Author - E. De Blat. The floor tiles are reminiscent of the interiors of the 1970s. The rooms on the ceilings partially left open concrete. Headboard beds made of plywood and linoleum, as well as a metal bed frame, diz. Commune. From the terrace of the hotel, Chicago is clearly visible.