{"type":"city","city":"Detroit","citySlug":"detroit-michigan","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/united-states/michigan/detroit-michigan","description":"Detroit rewards those who read buildings. The city's downtown core carries one of the most extraordinary concentrations of early twentieth-century commercial architecture in the United States, including Albert Kahn's industrial mastery and the Beaux-Arts ambitions of Woodward Avenue's civic institutions, all set against decades of deliberate vacancy that have made the current wave of adaptive reuse feel genuinely earned rather than merely fashionable. Two of the three hotels on this list occupy renovated historic structures downtown, and both are worth understanding in terms of what they chose to preserve and how.\n\nThe Shinola Hotel, which opened in 2019 on Woodward Avenue, was developed in partnership with the Detroit-based watchmaker and occupies a collection of interconnected historic buildings including the T.B. Rayl Company dry goods store. The interiors, handled by Gachot Studios and Kraemer Design Group, lean into a particular vision of Detroit craftsmanship: custom furniture, locally sourced textiles, a material palette that favors warm wood and aged brass without tipping into nostalgia. A few blocks away, the Detroit Foundation Hotel converted the former Detroit Fire Department headquarters, a 1929 neoclassical building on Larned Street, into 100 rooms. The original apparatus bay became the restaurant and event space, with the exposed steel trusses and brick retained as structural memory rather than theatrical decoration. Where Shinola performs Detroit's revival as something polished and brand-legible, the Foundation Hotel keeps more of the texture of the original building intact. Both carry premium rates comfortably into the mid-three hundreds on average, and for downtown Detroit that reflects the current moment accurately.\n\nBirmingham sits roughly twenty miles north of downtown along the Woodward corridor, a walkable suburban town that has functioned as the wealthier counterpart to the city proper for decades. The Daxton Hotel, part of Hilton's Curio Collection, opened there in 2021 and represents a different kind of ambition entirely. Its interiors, conceived by Billy Beson Company, emphasize an art-forward eclecticism, with a serious commissioned art program running through the public spaces. At an average rate above four hundred dollars per night it is the most expensive of the three properties and the least connected to Detroit's industrial biography. For a traveler whose purpose is the city itself, downtown is the right choice. For someone visiting the northern suburbs on business or drawn to a quieter suburban base, Daxton delivers a considered alternative.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. 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Rayl Co. structure, was designed by architecture firm Kraemer Design Group with interiors by Roman and Williams, the New York studio behind the Ace Hotel New York and Viceroy Santa Monica. The exterior rendering visible here shows new construction in dark red brick with arched upper-floor windows deliberately echoing Detroit's early-twentieth-century commercial vocabulary — a ten-storey tower rising behind the rehabilitated low-rise streetwall, rooftop plantings softening the new addition's profile above Woodward.\n\nInside, Roman and Williams brings the warmth and materiality the studio has made its signature: white oak platform beds with clean joinery, Pendleton-style wool blankets in rust and navy stripes, black rotary telephones on open-shelf nightstands. The restaurant floor uses a bold diamond-pattern terrazzo in deep red and cream, channeled banquettes and amber globe pendants referencing the brasserie tradition without replicating it. The conservatory bar — glass-vaulted, planted densely with hanging ferns and monstera — is the hotel's most theatrical space, its black-and-white geometric terrazzo floor grounding an interior that tilts generously toward the horticultural.","snippet":"Detroit landmark across five historic buildings with Roman and Williams interiors and a glass conservatory bar.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts and craft-focused travelers","vibe":"Craft-rooted · warm-industrial","highlights":["Five historic buildings including the Singer Building restored","Roman and Williams interiors with white oak joinery and Pendleton blankets","Glass-vaulted conservatory bar with living plant installations"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$322","pricePerNightExclTax":"$322","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujen203ev15ymv7f9lji41713354278214_6ced26d9-73db-47f4-9c1e-8b328c91f476.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Shinola Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Shinola Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Shinola Hotel captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujkj504gl15ym9751jwnd1713354279591_268b1660-77f3-42b1-bfd1-e01dade78ac0.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Shinola Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Shinola Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Shinola Hotel, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujqcl05id15ymih0ov2jc1713354278999_3eb15cef-13a4-49d8-89b0-334efe017372.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Shinola Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Shinola Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Shinola Hotel — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujwb906k515ymphue4qp61713354280123_b1d1d4c9-3e7c-49e4-92bd-63303bec3652.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Shinola Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Shinola Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Shinola Hotel, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uk25807m315ymuuv3tny91713354280705_bd3f0f7a-ff14-4375-b120-9e205d184019.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Shinola Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Shinola Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Shinola Hotel — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Detroit Foundation Hotel","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/united-states/michigan/detroit-michigan/detroit-foundation-hotel","city":"Detroit","cityHeader":"Detroit • Downtown • SPLURGE","neighborhood":"Downtown","designSummary":"Three massive limestone arches punched through dark red brick — the bones of Detroit's former Fire Department headquarters, built in 1929 — give the Foundation Hotel its most legible argument: that the city's industrial past and its current reinvention are not in opposition. Kraemer Design Group handled the adaptive reuse of the Beaux-Arts structure, preserving the arched bays and heavy masonry that anchor the ground floor while adding a contemporary upper volume above. The 100-room hotel opened in 2017 as part of the broader downtown Detroit revival, and carries the weight of that civic moment without leaning too hard on nostalgia.\n\nInside, Grizform Design Architects calibrated the interiors to hold the building's civic origins alongside something warmer and more tactile. The restaurant, visible through those great arched windows from the street, runs a Calacatta marble bar beneath a cascade of filament pendants, channeled leather banquettes facing tweed-upholstered booths across oak plank floors — a room that feels properly inhabited rather than staged. Upstairs, the guest rooms settle into a quieter register: floor-to-ceiling dark-stained wood slat headboard walls, steel-framed black windows, dusty blue velvet seating, and layered wool rugs ground each space in a palette that belongs to the northern Midwest without announcing it. The lobby lounge, furnished with tufted leather Chesterfields, mid-century Scandinavian timber chairs, and a suspended pod fireplace, bridges the two moods convincingly.","snippet":"A preserved 1929 fire station with Beaux-Arts arches, contemporary interiors, and a marble-bar restaurant at street level.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts exploring Detroit's industrial revival","vibe":"Industrial-refined · civic","highlights":["1929 Beaux-Arts fire station with three limestone arches preserved","Grizform-designed interiors in dark wood, steel, and dusty blue velvet","Ground-floor restaurant visible through original arched windows"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$333","pricePerNightExclTax":"$333","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujeqz03fj15ymvty3jvf31713363774723_60ed93db-6d12-474a-b225-f602066c59dc.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Detroit Foundation Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Detroit Foundation Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Detroit Foundation Hotel captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujknt04hb15ymbre4fi6s1713363775426_0f9d13da-e1d0-4e3a-aefe-3e5060fbe804.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Detroit Foundation Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Detroit Foundation Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Detroit Foundation Hotel, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujqgu05j515ymfv98fr0o1713363774013_4dbd7821-f2ce-487f-a1ba-3dbc74357896.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Detroit Foundation Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Detroit Foundation Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Detroit Foundation Hotel — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujwej06kx15ymbl0mtsh81713363772735_6178e1c0-69ea-486e-902e-17489a1d2344.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Detroit Foundation Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Detroit Foundation Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Detroit Foundation Hotel, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uk28f07mp15ymr8vz0ie91713363776057_f2ea91c0-1706-4c70-a897-f7d863cbaea4.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Detroit Foundation Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Detroit Foundation Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Detroit Foundation Hotel — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/united-states/michigan/detroit-michigan/daxton-hotel-birmingham-curio-collection-by-hilton","city":"Detroit","cityHeader":"Detroit • Birmingham • SPLURGE","neighborhood":"Birmingham","designSummary":"A $60 million commission in downtown Birmingham, Michigan might have produced something safely civic and forgettable. Instead, Chicago firm Booth Hansen delivered a limestone-and-glass facade with the composed authority of a European grand hotel transplanted to the Midwest's most quietly prosperous Main Street address. The Daxton Hotel opened in 2021 with 151 rooms and an ambition that extended well beyond its corner plot at 298 S. Old Woodward Ave — including fifth-floor private terraces and a second-level green roof courtyard that soften what might otherwise feel like a formal urban statement.\n\nInside, KTGY Simeone Deary Design Group navigated the tension between glamour and livability with considerable skill. Guest rooms pair dark leather platform beds and ebonized millwork with ornate plaster crown molding and oversized botanical wallcoverings set behind arched niches — a collision of gothic romance and contemporary restraint that somehow holds together. The bar is the property's most theatrical gesture: a veined black marble island at its center, surrounded by a geodesic steel-and-brass ceiling structure that pulls daylight through the space like a lantern. Throughout, a 400-plus piece art collection curated by Saatchi Art anchors the interiors in something more considered than mere decoration — large mixed-media portraits in the restaurant and graffiti-inflected sculpture in the bar give the whole property a cultural seriousness that earned it a MICHELIN Key designation before Hilton's Curio Collection came calling in 2024.","snippet":"A $60 million European-inspired hotel with gothic-contemporary rooms, a curated art collection, and MICHELIN Key status.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts visiting suburban Detroit","vibe":"Composed-glamorous · culturally-serious","highlights":["Limestone-glass facade modeled on European grand hotels","Rooms blend gothic plaster molding with contemporary ebonized millwork","400-piece Saatchi Art collection throughout; MICHELIN Key designation"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$419","pricePerNightExclTax":"$419","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/Daxton+Hotel+Birmingham,+Curio+Collection+by+Hilton2.jpg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/Daxton+Hotel+Birmingham,+Curio+Collection+by+Hilton1.jpg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/Daxton+Hotel+Birmingham,+Curio+Collection+by+Hilton4.jpg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/Daxton+Hotel+Birmingham,+Curio+Collection+by+Hilton3.jpg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/Daxton+Hotel+Birmingham,+Curio+Collection+by+Hilton5.jpg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Daxton Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]}]}