A new hotel concept championing "progressive social change" has opened its first location in Washington DC, with spaces including a members' club, a wellness centre and three eateries designed by Gachot Studios, and Parts and Labor Design.
Eaton DC sits at the heart of the US capital, occupying an eight-storey brick structure that was overhauled for the project.

With features like an in-house radio station, political literature and artworks, and communal workspaces, it stands out from the corporate and luxury accommodation options typically associated with the District.
Targeting progressive and design-minded millennials, the concept was devised by Katherine Lo, who has a strong pedigree in the hospitality industry.

Her father, the executive chairman of the Hong Kong-based Langham Hospitality Group, challenged Lo to create a brand that would engage the younger generation. "In 2014, my father gave me the opportunity to develop a new hotel brand for his company," she told Dezeen. "He wanted it to be a new kind of hotel that had never been seen before."
"So after a lot of research and thinking, my mission with Eaton was to take the platform of a hotel and channel it into a space for artists for social change, while also maintaining the highest design integrity," Lo continued.
Photograph by Adrian Gaut
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