ModernHaus Hotel is a luxury contemporary boutique hotel located in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, redesigned in 2021 by Palette Architecture.

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Palette Architecture is proud to unveil its contemporary refurbishment of ModernHaus SoHo, a luxurious 114-room boutique hotel formerly known as The James New York. Situated in New York City?s vibrant SoHo district., the property was acquired by the current owners in 2017, and the hotel has changed ownership twice since its original construction in 2010. The client?s vision was to rebrand the hotel in a more contemporary style, breathing new life into the prominent structure and softening the rough material palette of its original design.
?Our proposal focused on introducing rich natural materials and bold colors to soften and contrast with the brutal original design of concrete and steel,? explains John Sunwoo, a founding partner at Palette Architecture. ?Most buildings in the area have a layered history applied over the years through multiple alterations. We wanted to discover and understand those layers and selectively bring them forward based on contemporary sensibilities.? A collaborative contemporization
From the onset, the project was a collaborative effort between multiple stakeholders, including the building?s owners, interior design firms, Wilson Associates and M. A. Bowers, Inc., and the hotel?s various food and beverage (F&B) operators. With Palette at the helm,...