Tourists hotel in The Berkshires takes cues from classic American motor lodges
A magazine founder, a chef and a bassist are among the diverse team that have torn down an old motel in western Massachusetts to make way for this wood-clad inn, based on "the aesthetic of a classic American motor lodge".
Open year-round, the Tourists hotel sits on a bucolic property in the small town of North Adams, on a site formerly occupied by an old motel.
With the exception of its foundation, the team demolished the ageing structure and replaced it with a newly constructed, 48-room inn that takes cues from traditional roadside lodges, with its linear volumes and outward-facing doors.
"The hotel modernises the aesthetic of a classic American motor lodge with an environmentally conscious design, creating a compelling blend of nostalgia and surprise," said the hotel's publicist in a project description.
A mixed group of partners, including a magazine founder, a chef, a local brewery owner, and the bassist from the band Wilco came together to develop the boutique hotel for Boston-based development company Broder.
Ben Bvenson of Broder led the team, which also includes architect Hank Scollard and landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand, both based in the Boston area. Interior design was overseen by Julie Pearson of Oregon-based Spartan Shop.
Photograph by Peter Crosby
The boutique hotel sits along Mohawk Trail, a road in western Massachusetts that opened in 1914 and is among America's oldest scenic byways. Businesses along the route have hist...
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