Palm House Hotel
PALM BEACH, FL
Architecture: Sean McLendon, Kathy Logan | Cooper Carry
Design: Inge Moore, Nathan Hutchins | Muza Lab
After being shuttered for 17 years, Palm House in Palm Beach, Florida, was renovated and reopened in November 2024. It now offers 58 guestrooms and 21 suites. Room amenities include floor-to-ceiling windows and private terraces. New event spaces include a ballroom, garden terrace and poolside lawn. The lobby-and-bar area features custom Murano-glass chandeliers and seashell installations. There’s also a chic dining room, and a palm tree-fringed pool courtyard that many of the hotel’s 79 rooms and suites overlook.
Palm House’s 86,000-gsf renovation was designed by the Atlanta-based Cooper Carry architecture firm, with interior design by Muza Lab of London. The backdrop of Palm Beach’s Mediterranean-inspired architecture, rich colors and lavish landscape is reflected in the identity and distinctiveness of Palm House. Signature features such as the coral façade, carved cypress arbors and limestone arches were carefully maintained to honor the hotel’s character.
“Wabi-Sabi influences my work as an architect and a ceramicist. I embrace irregularity, celebrate patina, and avoid over-designing, McLendon shares. “The goal is to create spaces that feel lived-in, imperfect and alive.”
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