Los Angles practice Studio Collective has renovated a mid-century building in the city designed by modernist architect Welton Becket in the 1960s to create a laid-back hotel.
Hotel June is a 250-room property in a white, 12-storey tower designed by Los Angeles architect Welton Becket in 1968.

Becket built a number of modernist buildings in the city, including the rounded Capitol Records Building, Koreatown's Equitable Life Building skyscraper and the Los Angeles Music Center's Ahmanson Theater near Frank Gehry's metallic Walt Disney Concert Hall.

This building, which is in Los Angeles' beachside community of Playa Del Rey on Lincoln Boulevard, was previously another hotel before it was overhauled by Studio Collective.
While the exterior was left intact, the interiors are refreshed with many built-in oak pieces, terrazzo floors and woven accents. Pink and green details add a pop of colour.
The interiors have "a sense of the new and dynamic through coastal influences and a true California spirit" said the studio. The hotel features a pared-back feeling with natural materials and subtle use of colour.

A lobby has cream terrazzo floors, a wood-clad ceiling and a bright painting on a wall designed by Brooklyn artist Alex Proba. Becket's granddaughter, Alexandra Becket, also created wallpapers for other areas of the hotel.
Hotel rooms have white walls, woven carpeting and a mixture of modernist and more contemporary furniture pieces, including Hem sofas. Bright blue...