Photo © Deborah Berke Partners

21c Museum Hotel Louisville

Description

Nestled in downtown Louisville on historic West Main Street, along Museum Row, 21c Museum Hotel is a multi-venue contemporary art museum, an award-winning 91-room boutique hotel, and home to acclaimed Proof on Main restaurant. For more than a decade, 21c Louisville has been engaging visitors and locals alike with some of the world's best contemporary art.

Constructed, 2006

Awards

AIA Kentucky Design Awards - Honor Award in 2011

Map View

700 W Main St

#Architecture

#Hospitality

#Historic

current

14 Results,Show less

current Images

12 Images,Show less

The 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville began as a project for two art collectors who wanted to revitalize downtown Louisville by investing in a hotel and who also wanted to display their collection of contemporary art.

Five 19th-century warehouses live on as more than 9,000 square feet of exhibition space where curated exhibitions and site-specific installations reflect the global nature of contemporary culture.

The design challenge was to design a boutique hotel as well as a place to display art within a set of four, contiguous, historic buildings.

The project consists of a ninety-room, full service hotel, a 6,000 square foot art gallery, and a world-class restaurant.

New steel and glass canopies mark the entries to the hotel, and the main entrance features a large pivoting glass door for occasional delivery of large scale artwork.

A five story atrium and grand public stair at the center of the structure provides natural light for interior-facing guestrooms and connects the main floor public areas with the lower level gallery space, meeting rooms and a fitness center.

Many architectural features of the original buildings such as cast iron columns and brick bearing walls have been left visible in the public spaces.

The guest rooms and baths are comfortable, luxurious, and celebrate the use of innovative and environmentally-sensitive materials.

Art is featured throughout the hotel in dedicated galleries as well as more unconventional locations, such as above guestroom headboards.

Re-purposing the former home of a series of 19th-century warehouses, architecture and interiors firm Deborah Berke Partners designed 21c Louisville to reflect both its historical bones and its contemporary new life.

With high ceilings and large windows, the spacious guests rooms at 21c Louisville were designed to feel like a residential respite from the thought-provoking art and activity that fills the museum galleries

Some even feature original historic features such as exposed brick walls, and all are outfitted with custom-designed furniture and Malin + Goetz bath amenities and luxury bedding.

current Drawings and documents

2 Documents,Show less

Master-plan

Axonometric view

Phone App
Membership
Add Content
FAQ
Help
Contact Us

Newsletter Sign Up

37-24, 24th St, Suite 102, Long Island City, NY 11101