You don't need to be a Los Angeles native to know the city's unparalleled influence on the contemporary culture and design world. With its iconic Hollywood Sign overlooking the American metropolis from the Santa Monica Mountains and artistic hotspots such as David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, and The Future Perfect's Goldwyn House firmly anchored in its fabric, there's no way for visitors to escape Los Angeles' boundary-pushing take on all things arts and interiors. This distinctive trait also permeates Cali's hotel design offerings as manifested in our edit of the best Los Angeles hotels for design aficionados.
Selected based on their winning combination of spectacular décor, strategic location, and equally outstanding amenities, these luxury hotels in Los Angeles are an uncannily accurate reflection of the city's contagious artistic microcosm and its sophisticated, soul-nourishing understanding of lifestyle. Plastered in floor-to-ceiling bespoke art installations and bearing the signature of some of the world's foremost architects and designers — from John Pawson, the ultimate authority on minimalism in interior design, to cult interiors innovator Kelly Wearstler — these are the best Los Angeles hotels to escape to this year.
