The latest issue of Modern Luxury Interiors Texas features a two-page spread about Lauren Rottet, her path to architecture and interiors, and what gives her inspiration."For noted Houston interior architect Lauren Rottet of Rottet Studio, it all begins with a good story. Imagine Jean-Michel Basquiat and Virginia Woolf, walking on the beach, then meandering into a bar for cocktails and conversation. This was the script the designer used to build the newly renovated interiors of The James Royal Palm in South Beach, Fla., whose motto is 'luxury liberated.'"Read the article in its entirety here.
The Art of the Langham Chicago from Karen Carter on Vimeo.Lauren Rottet was interviewed for "The Art of Langham Chicago", which you can view above! See what Lauren has to say about curating art for the five star hotel.
The latest issue of Hospitality Design Magazine gives a nod to Lauren Rottet's art selection for the Langham in an article about Chicago's thriving hotel market."This summer, the 610-key JW Marriott emerged from a $396 million gut renovation of a 1914 Daniel Burnham office building, while in the biggest of such moves thus far Oxford transformed the IBM Building, a late-Miesian office tower, into the posh Langham with interiors by an all-star lineup: Dirk Lohan, Richmond International, Rockwell Group, and art curated by Lauren Rottet."Read the rest of the article here.
The Langham, Chicago's artwork display, curated by Lauren Rottet, was featured in a recent New York Times article concerning the role of art in hotels."One major supporter of local artists is the Langham, Chicago, which opened in September and uses its unusual architectural heritage to promote itself in the crowded Chicago hotel market...Art for the hotel’s upper floors was selected by Katherine Lo, executive director of the Langham Hospitality Group, and Lauren Rottet, an interior designer based in Houston."Read the rest of the article here.
Hotel Business covers the recent opening of the Langham, Chicago, with mention of Rottet Studio's curatorial work.
"Lauren Rottet, principal, Rottet Studio, selected the majority of the hotel's art. Inspired by Mies van der Rohe, Rottet selected American artists of Bauhaus descent. More than 140 artists are showcased including Judy Ledgerwood, Anish Kapoor, Monique Prieto and emerging artists Michele Grabner, Jan Ticy and Molly Zuckeran-Hartung."
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In Manhattan and up for a morning walk. This time from Andaz Hotel(One of my new favorites on 5th and 41st) to the Duane Read for nail polish remover. Fast paced walk, but to my left on Madison I see a lovely limestone building with manicured boxwoods in front. I cross the street and am pleasantly surprised to see it is The Morgan’s Hotel designed by Andrea Putman. Walking in I see the lobby is as lovely as always, classic contemporary yet rich with elegance as Ms. Putman did with such grace. This is where my love of black, white and gray began as well as my love of glass walls and my infatuation with Putman’s style.Just past Morgan’s I notice another beauty I had forgotten about. The Pierpont Morgan Library. An elegant modernist glass and steel box connects a handsome curvaceous brownstone and a classic Beaux-arts Limestone. Warm, lovely, engaging contemporary. It was early and closed so I did not go in, but I paused long enough to remember 25 years ago when The Morgans Hotel opened I was a young designer and was privileged to stay there – I felt so “in the know”, but I never dreamed I would be one day designing for the Morgan’s Hotel Group. I just finished the new restaurant, “Hudson Commons” at The Hudson. Check out the Austrian LACE shades behind the bar! 365 W 58th St, NYC.
Architectural Record covers Lauren Rottet's redesign of Siesmayerstrasse 21 for Paul Hastings LLP's Frankfurt office."Ranked second on the 2012 A-List of the American Lawyer, the Los Angeles–based Paul Hastings LLP is a 61-year-old firm with a progressive global vision—one that incorporates good design into a business strategy that aims to attract prime talent and clients with leading-edge facilities. So when the managing partners decided to open a Frankfurt office after a 2008 merger with the German firm Smeets Haas Wolff, they tapped architect Lauren Rottet to regenerate a high-profile 1950s location to reflect the open work style they embrace. Their new address is not only on a leafy residential street in Frankfurt's affluent Westend neighborhood next to the city's gorgeous Palmengarten and Botanical Gardens, it also has an intriguing architectural pedigree...Rottet, who has created more than a dozen interiors for Paul Hastings over the past 10 years, says, 'The building is a Modern gem, and I recommended that they lease it as soon as they showed it to me.'"Read the full article here.
The January issue of Boutique Design magazine features a cover story on Designer of the Year Lauren Rottet."Lauren Rottet has logged 25 years as a serious curve wrecker in project design and process development. She's changed the boundaries of the the scope of work from delivering just another pretty space to 'improving the human experience through the built environment.'" Read the story here.
Opening this month after a $40 million redesign at the hands of award-winning designer Lauren Rottet of New York Surrey fame, The St. Regis Aspen has been transformed into a grand manor evocative of the illustrious Gilded Age. The five-star hotel’s brand new persona blends luxurious historic styling with a contemporary sensibility that visitors to Aspen will find both deeply intriguing and inviting. Read more here.
United Talent Agency, one of the world's largest talent and literary agencies, is moving its global headquarters to approximately 120,000 square feet in the 9336-9346 Civic Center Drive complex in Beverly Hills owned by Tishman Speyer, The complex is the former headquarters of Hilton Hotels Corportion and will be renamed UTA Plaza.
UTA plans to move 350 people to the Rottet Studio designed interiors, which will include a state-of-the-art 150+ seat screening room and other amenities. Rottet is also designing UTA's private outdoor spaces on the campus that will be used for events and entertaining.
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