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The Hotel Casa del Mar is an historic luxury hotel located on the beach in Santa Monica, California. It is owned and operated by the Edward Thomas Collection of Hotels (ETC Hotels).〔Valli Herman, (“Casa del Mar elegant – and pricey – in Santa Monica,” ) ''Los Angeles Times'', June 8, 2008.〕 ==History== The building was constructed by brothers E.A. "Jack" Harter and T.D. "Til" Harter, doing business as the H & H Holding Company, at a cost of $2 million.〔Michael Aushenker, (“Hotel Casa del Mar to Expand Weekly Entertainment to Five Nights,” ) ''The LookOut News'', March 25, 2011.〕 It opened as Club Casa del Mar, a private beach club, on May 1, 1926.〔〔Alyssa Bird, (“Michael S. Smith refreshes Hotel Casa del Mar,” ) ''Architectural Digest'', December 31, 2014.〕 Designed by Los Angeles architect Charles F. Plummer to reflect an Italian Renaissance Revival aesthetic, the glory days of the hotel spanned 1926-41, as it became one of the most successful beach clubs in Southern California, popular with socialites and Hollywood celebrities. In 1941, the US Navy took over the building, utilizing it for enlisted soldiers during World War II. By 1960, the hotel was shuttered. In 1967, Charles E. Dederich reopened the building as the Synanon Foundation, a drug rehabilitation program. In 1978, Nathan Pritikin turned the building into the Prikikin Longevity Center, a nutrition and health care facility that closed in 1997.〔〔〔Tara Murphy, (“Mi Casa Del Mar,” ) ''Forbes'', November 19, 2004.〕〔Hilary de Vries, (“Hotel Check-In,” ) ''New York Times'', December 5, 1999.〕 The Edward Thomas Hospitality Corporation, owners of the adjacent Shutters on the Beach Hotel, acquired the property in November 1997〔 and spent over $50 million restoring and converting it into a luxury hotel.〔 Architecture firms HLW International and Thomson Design Associates worked to preserve the interior and exterior of the seven-story building, reviving the hotel's original 1920s European style.〔〔Elyse Glickman, (“Just add water,” ) ''The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles'', May 14, 2014.〕 It reopened as Hotel Casa del Mar in October 1999.〔〔(“From Grandeur, To Grandeur,” ) ''LAX Magazine'', March 14, 2015.〕 In February 2008, designer Darrell Schmitt completed a multimillion dollar remodel of all 129 guest rooms and suites, adding new furniture, artwork, flat-screen televisions, windows, wallpaper, mirrors and drapes.〔 ''Los Angeles'' magazine said the renovation had restored the hotel "to its Gatsbyesque glory."〔(“Best Hotel Bars,” ) ''Los Angeles'', July 1, 2007.〕 In 2014, designer Michael S. Smith redesigned the hotel's lobby, introducing striped cabana-style sitting areas in the lobby and coast-themed artwork, among other additions.〔〔Laura Schreffler, (“Hotel Casa Del Mar,” ) ''Haute Living'', July 25, 2014.〕〔Rebecca Misner, (“Town to Country: Road Trip From Los Angeles to Palm Springs,” ) ''Conde Nast Traveler'', August 26, 2015.〕 During the two-month redesign, a large, temporary street art installation was installed in the lobby. The piece of art, titled ''Absinthe and The Elephants'', was created by local street artist Jules Muck, serving as camouflage for the lobby's central bar area during renovations.〔Karin E. Baker, (“Jules Muck Brings Street Art to Santa Monica’s Hotel Casa del Mar,” ) ''Huffington Post'', December 17, 2014.〕 The hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and is on the National Register of Historic Places.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hotel Casa del Mar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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