Home Studios designs Alsace LA hotel interiors

Lobby at the Alsace Hotel with a tiled mural and wooden desk

The lobby at The Alsace Hotel, LA, designed by Home Studios, featuring custom designs including an oak desk and stools, etched amber glass pendant lights and a mural created in collaboration with local artist Lukas Geronimas Giniotis

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By Pei-Ru Keh

last updated 26 October 2022

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The Los Angeles neighbourhood of West Adams might not have the name recognition as other areas of the city, but the recently opened Alsace LA hotel is adding to the district’s already significant standing. Known for its historic architecture and for being one of the oldest neighbourhoods of Los Angeles, West Adams also boasts a thriving dining scene, a host of unique retail destinations, and is also home to a blossoming art and music scene.

Against this vibrant and energetic backdrop, the 48-room Alsace LA hotel possesses all the hallmarks of a soon-to-be cherished fixture. Developed by CIM Group, the purpose-built hotel was designed by architects NMDA Group, with interiors by Home Studios. Inspired by the gestural curves of the Bauhaus, white oak floors and ceilings are muddled with terracotta plaster, fluted textures, warm wood accents and vintage and custom-designed furniture to create an evocative and sensual atmosphere that captures the eclectic essence of Los Angeles.

Alsace LA hotel interiors by Home Studios

The Alsace Hotel courtyard — The courtyard at the Alsace LA hotel, featuring ‘Vimini’ sofas by Kettal and ‘Bubble’ armchairs by Casa Design Group. The tables were custom-designed with metal mesh bases and concrete tile tops

Guests first enter through a Mediterranean-style portico, where a verdant interior courtyard allows natural light to filter through each of the hotel’s three floors. Guest rooms each boast handcrafted details, with larger rooms accompanied by balconies or terraces, a custom-designed dining table and a bespoke pull-out couch.

Home Studios was responsible for designing many of the in-room elements, including the upholstered headboard panels, the rattan and wood wardrobes and sculptural brass hooks that together transport guests away to another world.

Interiors at Alsace LA hotel designed by Home Studios — A lounge area in the lobby with a custom mohair sofa and coffee table by Gubi. On the wall on the left is a textile artwork by LA sculptor Molly Haynes, and behind the sofa is a pair of vintage lamps and a vase by ceramic artist Morgan Peck

Home Studios’ residential-style approach to the interior design continues downstairs in the lobby, where a tile mural, produced in collaboration with local artist Lukas Geronimas Giniotis, draws on themes of ancient mosaic art with its figures in repose and abstracted landscape of fauna and classic architecture. Each of the artist’s tile motifs hint at the use of space throughout the hotel’s public spaces: divers appear near the exit to the pool, while figures play near the gym.

Deluxe King Terrace at the Alsace Hotel — A terrace at the hotel with lighting by Justice Design Group, seating by CB2 and a table by Adico

Meeting Room at the Alsace Hotel — The hotel's meeting room, featuring custom wool rugs handwoven by Moroccan astisans. The room's furniture includes a vintage coffee table and lounge chairs by Gubi

Superior King bedroom at the Alsace hotel with wood panelling and blue fabric headboard — Superior King bedroom with custom bed and side tables

A hallway in the hotel with wooden floors and steps, a wooden handrail and an asymmetric window — The hallway, featuring custom-designed lighting

A terrace at the hotel with table in pastel green and chairs in brown — A terrace with Adico garden furniture

Lounge at the Alsace hotel, with lobby visible through a door on the right — A lounge area next to the hotel's lobby

Premier king bedroom in the Alsace hotel with wooden details and blue headboard and sofa — A bedroom overlooking a private patio

Kitchen top in the Alsace hotel deluxe king studio — A detail of a studio living area with bespoke terracotta elements

Living room area in one of the hotel's rooms — The living area in one of the King studio rooms, with custom furniture including a dining table with rattan base and stone top, oak and rattan chairs and wardrobe

Long table with chairs at the Alsace Hotel meeting room — A detail of the hotel’s meeting room with a custom table and vintage chairs. On the walls are photographs by LA-based photographer Pascal Shirley

A curve wall leads from the bedroom to the bathroom in the deluxe king room at the Alsace hotel — A curved wall leads from the bedroom to the bathroom, with chequered terracotta tiles and a shower featuring verde marble mosaic floor and green zellige ceramic tiles

INFORMATION
Rates start at $199 per night
alsacehotella.com

ADDRESS

Alsace LA
5170 W. Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016

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Pei-Ru Keh is a former US Editor at Wallpaper*. Born and raised in Singapore, she has been a New Yorker since 2013. Pei-Ru held various titles at Wallpaper* between 2007 and 2023. She reports on design, tech, art, architecture, fashion, beauty and lifestyle happenings in the United States, both in print and digitally. Pei-Ru took a key role in championing diversity and representation within Wallpaper's content pillars, actively seeking out stories that reflect a wide range of perspectives. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children, and is currently learning how to drive.

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