Stylish hotel room looking out at the Los Angeles sunset, featuring a bed, desk, and well-designed lighting fixtures

AC Hotel Downtown LA

Los Angeles, California, USA
2023
Hotel
Designer | Yabu Pushelberg
Purchaser | HPG International
Photographer | Alice Gao
Bespoke
Case Goods
Soft Seating
Guest Rooms
Collections
Ren Dining Armchair
Taylor Bar Chair
Blink Dining Chair
Taylor Dining Chair
The renaissance of Downtown LA has seen the neighborhood transform into a nexus of arts, culture, and entertainment, while also bolstering its status as a commercial center. Hotels in the area have traditionally catered to one demographic or the other—those in the area for business or pleasure—but these objectives are increasingly overlapping. Marriott’s clever solution? Create two hotels in one, each with a distinct identity, but shared facilities to expand the options for guests across both.
Awards & Accolades
ALIS | Development of the Year Award 2023
The AC is modeled after the airy artist's lofts that have sprung up in the former warehouses and industrial buildings in the surrounding Arts and Fashion Districts. Its lobby is located on the 34th floor and enjoys sweeping views over the sprawling city through floor-to-ceiling glass. Materials such as textured plaster and stucco were influenced by the Spanish architecture that’s sprinkled through Los Angeles, yet the clean lines and restrained color palette read more like Scandinavia.

The hotel’s Library caters to those working remotely, offering large communal tables with chamfered corners and linear downlights along their centers. These are accompanied by the Ren Dining Armchair designed by Space Copenhagen for Stellar Works, which features soft leather cushions atop slender wood frames. Meanwhile, in the AC Bar & Lounge, Yabu Pushelberg’s statuesque Taylor Bar Chair SH750 appears alongside a monolithic bar formed from speckled terrazzo, and the studio’s Taylor and Blink dining chairs join the tables for both large and small groups.

The guest rooms at the AC are similarly pared-down, providing minimalist sanctuaries to unwind in after a busy day. Occupants can relax on beds with custom headboards or lounge across bespoke sofa beds, which come with custom circular tables provided just in case there are still a few more emails to answer after hours. These refuges high above the frenetic city are just as soothing as the communal spaces, ensuring AC Hotel guests can truly escape. And if the urge to party happens to strike, they can always head downstairs to the Moxy. Perfect for those combining business and pleasure.
The AC Hotel shares a building and its amenities with younger, edgier sister property, the Moxy. But while the Moxy leans into the area’s grit, the AC Hotel is geared towards those in town for meetings or events, and is designed by interiors studio Yabu Pushelberg as the bright and serene ‘day’ to its sibling’s moody ‘night’.
Well-lit hotel room featuring a expertly designed couch, table and chairs, and a candle fireplace, with natural light filtering through shaded windows.
Moody lounge restaurant setting featuring a booth, a square table with a small light, and a beautifully designed chair.
Wooden tables with elegantly designed chairs, illuminated by three stylish lights, set against a large window at sunset.A moody hotel lounge area with a plush grey couch behind a small drinks table with a single candle lit.Living and lounge area with well-designed couches, a table, chairs, and elegant lighting fixtures, set against a sunset backdrop through the window.
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AC Hotel Downtown LA