The 30 Best Hotel Openings of 2021
Not long after Virgin Hotels brought together a number of design talents like Rockwell Group and Studio Collective to take over the former Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, the brand landed in New Orleans with the Virgin Hotels New Orleans. The Warehouse District new build, from Mathes Brierre Architects and CallisonRTKL, contains all of Virgin’s signature spaces, including the Commons Club and Funny Library Coffee Shop. Local studio Logan Killen Interiors ensured the hotel conjured New Orleans through a residential aesthetic that highlights custom Matisse-inspired corridor carpeting and in the 238 guest “chambers,” paneled doors, French wallpaper, and Moroccan tile. Photo by Michael Mundy