Field book / chapter 1
Galleries you can sleep in: a converted dormitory, an Art Deco bank and a Bloomsbury-styled townhouse.
Kyoto, Japan
A former student dormitory turned art hotel, with a ground-floor gallery and rooms decorated by Japanese contemporary artists.
Exhibitions in the gallery change regularly, and art pieces also fill the corridors and the lobby.
In southern Kyoto, a short walk from Kujo Station and about twenty minutes on foot from Kyoto Station.
Durham, United States
Inside the 1937 Art Deco Hill Building, once a bank tower, 21c Durham pairs rooms with free contemporary art galleries.
The old bank vault and lobby hold exhibitions, and the restaurant occupies part of the ground floor.
In downtown Durham, North Carolina, close to the American Tobacco Campus.
London, United Kingdom
A Firmdale hotel in Fitzrovia whose interiors by Kit Kemp take their cue from the Bloomsbury Group of artists.
Paintings by Bloomsbury-era artists hang in the public rooms, and a small screening room shows films on weekend evenings.
In Fitzrovia, a few minutes on foot from Goodge Street station and Oxford Street.