Eight of our Favourite Bauhaus-Inspired Hotel Rooms to Bed Down In
18 February, 2020
- Words by
- Fleur Rollet-Manus
The
The
20th century’s most influential
design and architecture school is famed for its form, function
and stripped-back urbanism. A movement that carried itself across
the globe shaping politics, culture and societies, today design
disciples can bed down in buildings designed by Bauhaus bigwigs,
stay in rooms filled with Bauhaus icons and check into
minimalist hotels awash with trademark steel, concrete and
glass furnishings. Here’s our curated collection of hotel bedrooms
inspired by the masters of modernism.
Eight hotels from
Tel Aviv to Berlin for
the Bauhaus obsessed
hotel
Hotel Montefiore
Tel Aviv, Israel
In the early 1930s many German-Jewish architects fled to Tel
Aviv after Hitler closed down the Berlin-based school. Adapting
Bauhaus principles to suit the scorching Middle Eastern sun, the
set constructed more than 4,000 buildings using neutral plaster,
curbed exteriors and long, narrow balconies. Hotel Montefiore
favours the pared-back aesthetic with its monochrome colour scheme,
while the cowhide is a playful take on Mies van der Rohe’s
Barcelona chair.
hotel
The Qvest
Cologne, Germany
Filled with owner Michael Kaune’s extensive collection of
modernist furniture, The Qvest is akin to a design museum. Spot the
Diamond Chair by Harry Bertoia, the Eames’ Walnut Stool and the
Toio floor lamp created by Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.
hotel
BURSA Hotel
Kiev, Ukraine
Restrained interiors reign at this contemporary Kiev bolthole –
it’s all clean lines, uncluttered spaces and exposed piping set
against bare brick walls with the odd splash of block colour. Be
sure to stop by the art gallery on the ground floor.
hotel
Boundary London
London, UK
Each of the Boundary’s 17 bedrooms pay homage to influential
20th-century designers and architects. The Bauhaus Room is bedecked
in a primary-colour scheme and features replicas of iconic
furniture from the school, such as the B33 chair designed by Marcel
Breuer. Swot up on the design movement courtesy of the German art
literature strewn on the bedside table.
hotel
Bauhaus Studio Building
Dessau, Germany
Designed by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, 28 studios at the
school’s former workshop in Dessau have been transformed into
dorm-like rooms filled with replicas of key pieces of furniture
from the modernist period. The rooms are pretty sparse – but that’s
the point.
hotel
Aspen Meadows Resort
Aspen, Colorado
After the Bauhaus Design School was shuttered in 1933 due to
mounting political pressure, its teachers and students dispersed
across the globe to continue spreading its influence. Aspen
Meadows, first a college campus now repurposed into a hotel, was
designed by Bauhaus alumni Herbert Bayer, with classic Bauhaus
white cubist interiors, flat roofs and predominantly primary colour
palette.
hotel
The Robey
Chicago, US
Chicago‘s grit goes hand in hand with the industrial function
of Bauhaus. Amid the skyscrapers and brownstone buildings, The
Robey champions the spirit of Bauhaus. Natural materials are
favoured, furnishings are simple and in most rooms you’ll find
Breuer’s revolutionary Cesca design – one of the first
mass-produced chairs to hit the market.
hotel
Soho House Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Bauhaus with a little bit of Brit style thrown in, Soho House
Berlin mixes utilitarian design with Damien Hirst artworks and a
dash of jewel-coloured velvet pomp. Housed in a restored Bauhaus
building in the Mitte district, the stark building was originally a
Jewish-owned department store before it was taken over by Hitler’s
Youth and then became a Communist archive. Original concrete walls
and columns sit side by side with Wilhelm Wagenfeld-inspired table
lamps and tubular steel drinks trolleys.