Completed in 2022, Santa Fe Ave Hotel transforms a historic firehouse on Santa Fe Avenue into a contemporary urban retreat. APlace Design embraced adaptive reuse with a focus on craft, integrating textured plaster, raw concrete, and warm lighting to balance industrial heritage with serenity. All furniture, lighting, and fixtures were custom designed, including mirrors and sinks crafted with ultra-thin concrete that preserves the rough surface of the original structure. The result is a boutique hotel that offers both intimacy and architectural depth, reflecting Los Angeles’s evolving urban identity.

Credit: Project completed by Prim as Project Designer at M_Royce Architecture, serving as the primary design lead.
Photography by Gry Space.