Ace Hotel’s long-awaited Sydney premises will open to guests in May 2022. Designed by Flack Studio, the 264-room hotel is inspired by the “renegade” history of the surrounding inner-city suburb of Surry Hills.
“Surry Hills has been home to so many culturally important movements and people, and has always been a home for creatives and migrating cultures,” said Flack Studio founder and director David Flack. The area was the centre of the razor gang wars and underground liquor trade of the 1920s and 1930s, as well as the modernist art boon of the 1960s and the Gay Solidarity Group protests of the 1970s.
Ace Hotel Sydney by Flack Studio.
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Anson Smart
“We wanted to preserve the creative, slightly renegade energy of the space since its origins as one of Australia’s early brickworks,” Flack continued. “We were committed to creating a warm space that brought together Australia’s cultural history with Ace’s unique, community cultivating approach to hospitality.”
The hotel will be housed in the history Tyne House brick factory, which was the site of one of Australia’s first ceramic kilns. Flack Studio’s design for the hotel invokes the warm “cinematic” colour palette of the Australian landscape and uses organic materials, such as textured straw acoustic panels, to honour its rich history.
The design also features high craftsmanship – the furniture, joinery and lighting in the guest rooms are all custom designed by Flack Studio.
Ace Hotel Sydney by Flack Studio.
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Anson Smart
Ace Hotel Sydney is the first in the Southern Hemisphere for the USA-based hotel chain.
“Though its culture and character are all its own, we’ve always felt a strong affinity with Australia — its intrepid optimism and renegade spirit resonates with Ace’s roots on the Pacific Coast of America,” said Ace Hotel Group president Brad Wilson. “We love the country’s distinctive brand of modernism, particularly in the use of local organic materials, and were lucky enough to find a perfectly modernist partner in Flack Studio. David’s eye for colour and space is completely singular — a dream design collaborator for our first hotel in Australia.”
The hotel will also accommodate a communal lobby with a restaurant, bar and café on the ground floor and a rooftop bar and restaurant. An additional design partner will be appointed for the rooftop food and beverage facilities.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
