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exclusively for the hotel by Los Angeles-based designers
and makers such as Clare V., Block Shop, Hedley &
Bennett and Robert Siegel, as well as design pieces and
artworks (from curator and dealer Jonathan Pessin) by
Atelier de Troupe, Brendan Ravenhill Studio, Converso
and Wolfum, among others, personalize the spaces with
a Southern Californian vibe.
All but one of the project's nine rooms are located on
the second floor and each has a door painted a different
color (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet and
white—the black door is on the ground floor), setting
the tone of the décor inside. One key element for Breer
was to "first and foremost respect the architecture," she
says. e original wood and concrete floors, factory
windows, exposed wood-truss ceilings, pressed-tin
panels and niches initially used to house statuettes of
the Virgin Mary to protect the firefighters were all
preserved to honor the place's bygone aesthetic and
spirit. According to Lancaster, the Firehouse Hotel is
"very much about LA love." Retro and elegant, quirky
and cozy, the property has all the ingredients to seduce
the local community. firehousela.com
HOUSED IN A
HISTORIC 1927
BUILDING IN THE
ARTS DISTRICT
OF LOS ANGELES,
THE FIREHOUSE
HOTEL COMPRISES
NINE ROOMS, A
RESTAURANT, AN
EVENT SPACE AND A
COFFEE BAR.
PHOTOGRAPHS:
BY
AARON
HAXTON
