Hotel Visit: A Virtual Walk Through the Ace Hotel in Kyoto, Japan
Photography by Stephen Kent Johnson, courtesy of Ace Hotel Kyoto
We have yet to meet a Commune-designed Ace Hotel that we didn’t like. Their latest collaboration has yielded one of our favorites yet: Ace Hotel Kyoto, the hipster hospitality chain’s first ever outpost in Asia, the work of architect Kengo Kuma, with interiors by LA-based Commune Design, inspired by Japanese traditions by way of West Coast bohemia. Take a (virtual) look:
Ace Hotel Kyoto offers eight different types of guest rooms, from a Standard King to an Ace Suite.
Commune designed the built-ins and worked with local craftsmen to bring them to life.
Art by local artists is displayed throughout the hotel; a classic Akari Noguchi floor lamp presides over the sitting area of a guest room.
The Commune-designed daybeds are locally crafted, and “all the textiles in the guest rooms were custom-made by Mina Perhonen,” says Roman Alonso, co-founder of Commune.
Two Japanese bamboo sudare shades divide the sleeping quarters from the living area.
Minimalist platform beds are simply covered with custom wool blankets made by Pendleton specifically for the hotel.
The wood-clad bathroom; most bathrooms in the hotel also have a traditional Japanese soaking tub.