Inside the Newly Opened Santa Monica Proper Hotel
Once in a while, a project totally trounces the typical impression of what Southern Californian hospitality can look like.
There is a certain type of look associated with modern California. It has to do with the pink neon signs inside restaurants or hanging on top of grass-covered walls, windows with large expansive views from a cliff or of the ocean, courtyards framed by lush palms, interiors colored by the palette of mountains or a burnished sunset. There?s something familiar and friendly about those interiors?one look and you?d guess you?re on the West Coast.
But once in a while, there?s something that totally trounces the typical impression of Southern California and seems completely timeless, placeless, present. Forget about the neon accents, the surfer vibes, the ocean waves. Santa Monica Proper Hotel, the luxury project from Kor Group?s Proper Brand, is this summer?s cream-hued fantasy dream of what a hotel can be when it pursues a refined, subdued elegance.
The Santa Monica Proper is built in and around a 1920s-era Spanish Colonial Revival-style building which used to be known as the Santa Monica Professional Building, designed by Arthur E. Harvey. Through adaptive reuse, 271 guest rooms and suites were created, along with a 3,000-square-foot Ayurvedic spa by Martha and Roger Soffer, a 2,500-square-foot gym, a 7th floor indoor-outdoor bistro by chef Kaleo Adams, and a ground floor restaurant headed by LA native Jessica Koslow of Sqirl and Gabriela Cámara...
There is a certain type of look associated with modern California. It has to do with the pink neon signs inside restaurants or hanging on top of grass-covered walls, windows with large expansive views from a cliff or of the ocean, courtyards framed by lush palms, interiors colored by the palette of mountains or a burnished sunset. There?s something familiar and friendly about those interiors?one look and you?d guess you?re on the West Coast.
But once in a while, there?s something that totally trounces the typical impression of Southern California and seems completely timeless, placeless, present. Forget about the neon accents, the surfer vibes, the ocean waves. Santa Monica Proper Hotel, the luxury project from Kor Group?s Proper Brand, is this summer?s cream-hued fantasy dream of what a hotel can be when it pursues a refined, subdued elegance.
The Santa Monica Proper is built in and around a 1920s-era Spanish Colonial Revival-style building which used to be known as the Santa Monica Professional Building, designed by Arthur E. Harvey. Through adaptive reuse, 271 guest rooms and suites were created, along with a 3,000-square-foot Ayurvedic spa by Martha and Roger Soffer, a 2,500-square-foot gym, a 7th floor indoor-outdoor bistro by chef Kaleo Adams, and a ground floor restaurant headed by LA native Jessica Koslow of Sqirl and Gabriela Cámara...
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