Robey Hotel in Chicago .]]> https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2473 en-us An Art Deco office building beyond the Loop is reimagined as an urbane hotel by Antunovich Associates with Nicolas Schuybroek Architects and Marc Merckx.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12211 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 08:21:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12211-the-robey-hotel-in-chicago The hotel’s Art Deco entrance lobby. Photo © Adrian Gaut The exuberance of the entrance lobby gives way to a muted riff on Midcentury Modernism at the check-in desk, and doors leading to the hotel’s ground-level café. Photo © Adrian Gaut The project transforms a once-derelict flatiron building in Chicago’s hip Wicker Park district. Photo © Adrian Gaut Custom-designed furniture and fixtures enliven the rooftop lounge, Up & Up, endowing the 13th-floor aerie with a warm version of “Rat Pack” cool. The triangular top of one of the tables evokes the building’s flatiron floor plan. Photo © Adrian Gaut Compressed to enhance its intimacy, the rooftop pavilion is set back from the parapet wall, leaving room for a terrace with panoramic skyline views. Photo © Adrian Gaut The rooftop terrace. Photo © Adrian Gaut A guest room. Photo © Adrian Gaut Whether large or small, guest rooms have glass partitions that admit natural light and floor-to-ceiling stainless-steel rods that support bedside tables. Photo © Adrian Guat Image courtesy Antunovich Associates Image courtesy Antunovich Associates