DMACArchitecture_TheHotelatMidtown-ContractCasegoods
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Product > furniture: contract/case goods
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Company Name
DMAC Architecture
Company URL
https://www.dmacarch.com/
Description
Located off of Chicago’s industrial Elston corridor, the 55 room Hotel at Midtown, towering above the fitness center at the new Midtown Athletic Club, is designed to provide active travelers an exclusive fitness experience, bringing the quality of a high-end lifestyle center to boutique hospitality. The project is part of a 575,000 sf master planning development, conceptualized and designed by DMAC Architecture, transforming what was the largest indoor tennis club in the country to the largest lifestyle center in the country.
In a 35,000 sf, 2-story reflective glass volume, the Hotel towers above the Club with spectacular views of Chicago. There are 51 guestrooms, 3 suites, a two-story penthouse, 2 meeting rooms, a board room, and an event space on the rooftop. Despite the difference in program and volumetric presence, finishes from the Club are brought into the guestrooms to provide a cohesive experience.
With comfort and ease in mind, thoughtful attention was given to the design of custom built-in furnishings and finishes in each guestroom for the ultimate relaxing stay. All of the hotel case goods are made of natural walnut wood appointed with black iron details, complementing the rustic and refined mood in each room. A long walnut desk stretches across a wall seemingly floating above the dresser drawers and lightly supported at one end by a black metal frame designed with a doorstop and robe hook. Opposite the desk is a bed with a low walnut headboard hanging from the wall which is back-lit to give radiance and warmth to the space. Custom walnut nightstands are built into the headboard, floating above the floor, designed with both a drawer and an open shelf for easy and visible storage. Appearing as wooden boxes inside the guestroom, walnut wardrobes provide ample dress and suit storage as well as house a full-size ironing board, shoe cubby and a safe big enough to fit a laptop. One wardrobe is paired with a walnut coffee and amenity cabinet with a quartzite countertop and small refrigerator. The bathroom entrance is framed by the two wardrobes and at time blends into the wood “landscape” when the large walnut sliding door is closed. Similar to the desk design, in the bathroom a thin metal frame supports the vanity with built-in features to hold toilet paper as well as shelves to keep toiletries and towels dry and within arm’s length. All of the knobs and pulls are custom and ergonomic.
A small terra cotta horse head inlayed into the brick wall of the original tennis club was 3-D scanned, customized, cast and replicated as coat hooks in all of the guestrooms. The legendary horse head was part of an archway to a former dairy on the site that was spared from the great Chicago fire of 1871. All of the subsequent structures built on the site kept the horse head for good luck. Not taking any chances, the designers honored the horse head tradition.
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