Sister City hotel by Atelier Ace, Interiors, Dezeen

In the first of two videos about Atelier Ace produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards, Kelly Sawdon explains how the brand s Sister City hotel offers travelers a minimal refuge from the bustle of New York. Sister City is a new hotel in the Lower East Side of Manhattan designed by Atelier Ace, the Ace Hotel s inhouse creative team. The hotel was nominated in the Hotel Conversion category at this year s AHEAD Americas hospitality awards, which were broadcast in a video ceremony as part of Dezeen s Virtual Design Festival after the physical event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Amongst the other nominees was Maison De La Luz, a luxury guesthouse in New Orleans also designed by Atelier Ace. Sister City acts as a quiet, minimal counterpoint to the portfolio of hotels under the Ace Hotel name, which are known for rockandroll opulence and raucous nightlife. The project is a conversion of a 10storey brickwork building, which Atelier Ace topped with