The hotel’s design is a collaboration between Ian Schrager, who pioneered the “boutique hotel” concept with examples such as the Delano in Miami and the Morgans hotels in New York, and John Pawson, the British minimalist designer.
Schrager, who also is known for partnering in the 1970s with Steve Rubell on New York City’s Studio 54, appeared before the Council to ask it to approve the design. The Council in 2010 had approved a design by Eric Owen Moss. But then the developer abandoned the project and Marriott purchased the 1.37-acre lot in January 2013. The development agreement stipulated that any significant design change would have to go before the city’s Design Review Subcommittee and Planning Commission, which approved the change, and then the City Council
Councilmember John Heilman voted against the project, arguing that its design wasn’t distinctive. “This is just a rectangular concrete building,” he said. Heilman said the new design also was not a “minor change” as it had been described.
Other Council members disagreed. Councilmember Jeffrey Prang described the design as “enduring and timeless.” Councilmember John Duran said it related well to other modernist buildings in the area. “I think what I like about it is its simplicity,” he said.
The hotel is another is a series planned by Marriott under the Edition brand. Marriott currently has Edition hotels in Istanbul and London. A Miami hotel is scheduled to open next month. Others are planned for New York City and Sanya, China in 2015; Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Shanghai and Gurgaon, India in 2016, and West Hollywood, Paris, New York City and Wuhan, China, in 2017.
Ugly, ugly, ugly! Looks like architecture from 1960. Reminds me of Bunch Hall @ the Ucla campus. I can’t believe I am agreeing with Mr. Heilman. Maybe I misjudged him all these years? Shame on John Duran for having bad taste! One can ONLY imagine what his dwelling looks like?
I have seen more renderings than the one above. It could have an adverse effect on the neighborhood just south of Sunset. I know because I live just two lots away from the project. One rendering shows the parking structure on Harratt Street with what looks like an exit/entry way. Where will the employees of the hotel park? Moreover, there is another hotel in the works on a vacant lot just east of the 9000 Sunset Building. Where will those employees park? This neighborhood has only restricted parking at night and not 24 hours a day like some districts. There… Read more »
There was a convenient gas station there for many years. Been an empty lot for years. I guess a hotel would be OK there? Seems like there are so many already but this is more of a tourist attraction for visitors rather then a city that people make residence .
How long will it take them to rip out the greenery, expand the hotel’s rentable area? It happens in LA and it’ll happen in WeHo, the city that doesn’t DEMAND setback, adequete parking and innovative architecture.