Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood spent decades as the city's most aggressively redeveloped corridor, which makes the survival of a low-slung 1950s modernist building on Pharr Road feel genuinely unlikely. The Kimpton Sylvan Hotel, which took over the structure in 2021, leans into that midcentury inheritance rather than obscuring it — the horizontal banding of the facade, the flat roofline, and the dark steel pergola at the entrance all preserve the building's original register while signaling something newly considered within. Interior designer April Powers shaped the 105-room property around a palette that bridges the building's era with present-day Atlanta — moss green upholstered headboards, tan leather bench ends, and Hans Wegner Wishbone chairs at oak writing desks in the guest rooms, set against herringbone-patterned carpets in soft grey. A thin black perimeter line runs at cornice height through the rooms, a graphic device that tightens the composition without adding weight. The restaurant shifts register dramatically: dark navy walls, deep aubergine banquettes, green marble tabletops, and globe pendants overhead conjure a moodier, more European atmosphere than the rooms suggest. The rooftop bar pulls the scheme apart entirely — painted cinder block covered in bold orange and turquoise murals, wire-frame lounge chairs, and an unobstructed sightline toward the Buckhead skyline, the whole thing closer to a neighborhood hangout than a hotel amenity.

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Tucked into the leafy edges of cosmopolitan Buckhead, this boutique retreat is a lush anomaly among cookie-cutter high-rise hotels. We’ve taken a former 1950s residential enclave and turned it into an oasis of modern, mid-century style. Dine in our glamorous supper club, wander the gorgeous gardens, grab a nightcap on our rooftop playground bar.