AIME Studio's interiors for the latest outpost of The Hoxton hotels, in a renovated marble-clad 1950s office building in Vienna, celebrate arts and crafts and post-war modernism.
Creative studio AIME Studio has converted the former administration building of the Chamber of Commerce in Vienna, which was originally designed by architect Carl Appel, into The Hoxton Vienna.
The building now features 196 rooms, a rooftop bar and swimming pool, a restaurant, cocktail bar, a private apartment and an auditorium for events and programming.
The lobby of the hotel, which was previously an office building, features original travertine walls
By focussing on mid-century Austrian design, the hotel aims to show guests a less classical side of what is often considered a traditional European city. Appel was known for shaping the "Second Ringstrasse" style of the post-war reconstruction period, which the studio referenced in its design.
"Our aim was to create a design that respected the building's history and to preserve the architectural style of the 1950s," AIME Studios' Aaron Gibson told Dezeen.
The Hoxton Vienna is filled with mid-century design details
"We visited buildings in Vienna designed by Carl Appel and renowned Austrian architects of the early 20th-century ? like Adolph Loos and Otto Wagner ? which inspired the interiors for The Hoxton Vienna," Gibson added.
The double-height lobby of The Hoxton Vienna preserves key features and details from Appel's ...