Loews Regency Hotel in New York has added six designer-inspired Signature suites, marking the culmination of the hotel’s $100 million transformation earlier this year.
New York’s Nate Berkus Associates, Meyer Davis Studio, Rottet Studio, and Haynes-Roberts all had a hand in the design of the luxury suites, which evoke the hotel’s rich history and sense of place on Park Avenue with a modern sensibility.
“We wanted to offer guests several distinct experiences with the Signature suites,” says Jonathan Tisch, chairman of Loews Hotels & Resorts. “Each suite embodies a unique perspective and aesthetic, but together they represent a collective New York look and feel that Loews Regency has always evoked, and that is part of the special energy that has made the hotel a home away from home for guests for over 50 years.”
The Nate Berkus-designed, 1,000-square-foot suite on the 21st floor anchors the suites. Berkus looked to Loews Regency’s history and the energy of Park Avenue to create a suite that feels like home with a distinctly New York sense of style. A formal living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, and balcony are fashioned in a classic mix of sandblasted oak flooring, patinaed metals, and layered furnishings.
“The challenge in designing any hotel suite is for it to not feel generic or staid,” says Berkus. “The goal is always to create a space that feels fresh and new and unexpected, like you’re stepping into someone’s home, where every detail—from the art, to the accessories on the hall table—is thought out and deliberate.”
Meyer Davis Studio brings the eclectic aesthetic of SoHo and the clean lines of Chelsea with the Uptown Bohemian suite, also located on the 21st floor. Reflecting the history of New York and Midtown Manhattan’s rich contemporary art scene, a light airy backdrop suggests the SoHo lofts of artists such as Donald Judd, while tinted plaster walls and bold furnishings are reminiscent of Julian Schnabel.
Meyer Davis is also the design mind behind Bespoke, located on the 20th floor, which gathers its inspiration from New York’s fashion industry. With a nod to designers like Halston and Geoffrey Beene, the space uses careful stitching, tailored finishing, and stylish furnishings.
Loews Regency tapped Rottet Studio for the Grand suites, inspired by Marilyn Monroe. The Glamour suite, 1620, is an interpretation of what might have been Marilyn’s Park Avenue pied-à–terre. Influenced by the Streamline Moderne, the living room features a continuous cove light ceiling and a Wenge-clad wall behind the 55-inch TV that flows down into a waterfall-edge entertainment cabinet below. In the bedroom, a pink leather diamond-studded headboard glows at the edges.
Next door is the Pop Art suite, which plays off Marilyn’s immortalization by pop artist icon Andy Warhol. A custom-designed “Pop Art” carpet flows in large scale from the living room into the bedroom where a pastel-lacquered wardrobe wall creates a suede-lined niche for the bed’s headboard.
Haynes-Roberts, Inc. created the last suite with a nod to the glamorous apartments of 1970s Milan. Richly upholstered vintage furniture and newly designed custom pieces are set against a backdrop of chic, textural building materials. In the bedrooms, velvet headboards set against suede walls are styled with over-scaled vintage ceramic lamps.
