In the first of two videos about Atelier Ace produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards, Kelly Sawdon explains how the brand's Sister City hotel offers travelers a minimal refuge from the bustle of New York.
Sister City is a hotel in the Lower East Side of Manhattan designed by Atelier Ace, the Ace Hotel's in-house creative team.

The hotel was nominated in the Hotel Conversion category at this year's AHEAD Americas hospitality awards, which were broadcast in a video ceremony as part of Dezeen's Virtual Design Festival after the physical event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Amongst the other nominees was Maison De La Luz, a luxury guesthouse in New Orleans also designed by Atelier Ace.

Sister City acts as a quiet, minimal counterpoint to the portfolio of hotels under the Ace Hotel name, which are known for their rock-and-roll opulence and hip nightlife areas. The project is a conversion of a 10-storey brickwork building, which Atelier Ace topped with an additional four floors that include a rooftop bar.

In a video interview with Dezeen filmed using video conferencing app Zoom, Sawdon stated that the hotel was devised to offer guests peace when they step in from the streets of Manhattan.
"The overall vision for the project was to really look at how we can do something in a minimalist, refined way," she said.
"It's restorative for the guests when they're coming in from the hustle and bustle of the city."

Sister City's interiors were designe...