21c Museum Hotel St. Louis

Written By Serhii Chrucky
21c Museum Hotel interior lobby with a large reflective glass sphere sculpture beneath a white coffered plaster ceiling and curved wood banquettes, by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri

Restoration Architect: Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel
Original Architect: LaBeaume & Klein
Interior Designers: Hufft / Bill Rooney Studio
Landscape Architect: DG2 Design
Developers: NuovoRE / 21c Museum Hotels
General Contractor: Russell Group
Engineer: IMEG
Historic Tile Fabrication: Rookwood Pottery
Location: St. Louis, MO

A 1926 former YMCA converted into a boutique hotel, the tenth 21c Museum Hotel. The concept marries hotel operations with publicly accessible contemporary art galleries. Each location occupies a historic building in a mid-sized American city, typically anchored by a high-end restaurant. Here, the original ten-story masonry shell was retained and its recreational and residential program restructured around the new hospitality and gallery use. The lobby, billiard room, café, and second-floor gallery retain or replicate their original wood paneling, tile floors, and plaster ceilings, one of which was recast from silicone molds. In the basement, the original lap pool survives, including its "Swim for Life" mosaic, with replacement tile produced by Rookwood to match the original glaze.

 
21c Museum Hotel exterior showing the carved limestone Young Men's Christian Association entrance and original brick facade at 1528 Locust Street, restored by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
21c Museum Hotel interior feature staircase wrapped floor to ceiling in maximalist floral collage wallpaper with a patterned stair runner, by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
21c Museum Hotel interior lounge with curved tan leather banquettes set against dark wood paneling hung with contemporary photography, by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
21c Museum Hotel interior billiard room with a vintage pool table beneath a fringed billiard light, framed by dark wood paneling, by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
21c Museum Hotel interior lounge with charcoal tufted chesterfield sofas and rust velvet chairs against oak paneling hung with contemporary photography, by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
21c Museum Hotel interior guest room with a king bed and glass writing desk, a sliding barn door opening to a glass enclosed bathroom, by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Bill Rooney Studio - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
Idol Wolf restaurant interior bar with a curved marble counter on a red tile base and a large pop portrait painting above, at the 21c Museum Hotel by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
Idol Wolf restaurant interior host stand with brass lettering backed by a woven copper ribbon screen and blue tile column, at the 21c Museum Hotel by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
Idol Wolf restaurant interior dining room with a wall of red and gold mosaic tile and branching white chandeliers, at the 21c Museum Hotel by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
Idol Wolf restaurant interior dining room beneath a vaulted pink plaster ceiling with red tile and wood slat walls, at the 21c Museum Hotel by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
Idol Wolf restaurant interior dining nook under a vaulted pink ceiling with burgundy tile and a floral upholstered banquette, at the 21c Museum Hotel by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
21c Museum Hotel interior contemporary art gallery with a framed photographic portrait and a red projection room, a publicly accessible museum by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
21c Museum Hotel interior gallery bar set in a recessed walnut niche stacked with glassware behind white perforated sliding panels, by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
Locust Street Athletic and Swim Club interior reception desk with curved signage, an exposed pipe ceiling and a figurative mural, at the 21c Museum Hotel by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel and Hufft - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
Locust Street Athletic and Swim Club interior lap pool with its Swim for Life mosaic and historic tile walls, at the 21c Museum Hotel by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel with tile by Rookwood Pottery - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
 
Locust Street Athletic and Swim Club interior view through a gold framed window into the historic lap pool, at the 21c Museum Hotel by Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel with tile by Rookwood Pottery - architectural photographer St. Louis Missouri
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