New York-based Lissoni Architecture has completed a hotel in Manhattan's NoMad neighbourhood, featuring minimalist interiors that blend Scandinavian and Japanese influences.
The studio, led by Italian architect Piero Lissoni, designed the AKA NoMad inside a building that formerly housed the Roger New York hotel.
A bronze-painted spiral staircase anchors the lobby of the AKA NoMad hotel
Located in NoMad ? north of Madison Square Park ? an area with many design showrooms and hospitality venues, the project marks Lissoni's first hotel in NYC after opening his US-based architecture office last year.
"You know the film New York, New York with Liza Minnelli and Roberto De Niro"" Lissoni said. "Well, for me that's AKA Nomad, my idea of a New York that encompasses music, life, silence, snow, traffic and energy, but always accompanied by a distinct elegance and diversity." An intimate mezzanine-level lounge is housed within a glowing volume
"It's not formalised - it's a hotel that narrates and speaks with a touch of style, a touch of art deco, a touch of the 1950s... and we'll see what else," he added.
The double-height lobby is anchored by a bronze-painted metal staircase that spirals up past a backlit volume to a mezzanine level that holds an intimate lounge.
The lobby bar takes advantage of the tall ceiling height and elongated street-facing windows
Banquettes with sage green velvet cushions sit against the illuminated panels on the other side, ...