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When Ted Ukrop, a Richmond,
Virginia businessman, and his wife Katie,
an art gallery owner, looked to add the title
of hotelier to their résumés, they needed
to search no further than a building they
already owned-a 100-year-old former
department store in the city's gentrifying
arts district. "The building spoke to us," says
Katie. "We always thought it would make a
great hotel."
Inspired by their frequent travels and
stays in boutique hotels (San Francisco's
Hotel Monaco was a particular favorite),
with the 74-room Quirk Hotel, they sought
to create something intimate, charming,
and, most especially, art-infused, as an
appropriate companion to their nearby
gallery, also named Quirk.
To adapt the hotel's architecture, they
turned to locally based 3north, and for its
interiors to Poesis, another husband-andwife team (and social friends of the Ukrops)
based in Lakeville, Connecticut and New
York.
"We've been coming to Richmond
for years," says Poesis' Pilar Proffitt (her
husband Robert Bristow is a native), "and
noticing the major changes in the city. Its
energy and youthfulness and the explosion
of the art scene have been amazing. We tried
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the historic and the modern." And, she
adds, they capitalized on the two married
couples working together by bringing a
masculine-feminine dynamic to much of
the design, such as the color scheme of the
guestrooms-pink and gray, with touches of
white, black, and walnut.

Quirk, a Destination Hotel, honors the
past by preserving the building's historic
structure and some lobby components,
including a 14-foot-tall vaulted ceiling and
striking ironwork staircase, which offer a
dramatic contrast to the colorful, modern
furnishings. The existing wood floors were



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Hospitality Design - January/february 2016
Contents
Online TOC
From the Editor
Behind the Design
People: CitySCENE San Francisco
People: Platinum Circle Awards Gala
Perspectives
Sketchbook
Brand Identity: Hotel RL
5 Questions for Thread Collective
Products
Profile: Patricia Urquiola
Trends: Made in America
Wallcoverings
Casegoods
Window Treatments
Special Feature: Hidden Treasures
Projects
The Durham Hotel
Quirk Hotel
The Buchanan
Shui Mo Xuan Tea House
Ad Index
Back Space
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Intro
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - From the Editor
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 27
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Behind the Design
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - People: CitySCENE San Francisco
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - People: Platinum Circle Awards Gala
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 43
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 45
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 46
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Perspectives
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 48
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Sketchbook
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 50
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 51
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 52
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Brand Identity: Hotel RL
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 54
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 55
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 5 Questions for Thread Collective
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 57
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 58
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Products
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 60
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Profile: Patricia Urquiola
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 62
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Trends: Made in America
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 64
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 68
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Wallcoverings
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 72
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Casegoods
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 78
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Window Treatments
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 82
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Special Feature: Hidden Treasures
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 88
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 89
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 90
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Projects
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - The Durham Hotel
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 94
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 95
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Quirk Hotel
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 98
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 99
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - The Buchanan
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 102
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - 103
Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Shui Mo Xuan Tea House
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Hospitality Design - January/February 2016 - Ad Index
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