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Maison Twenty Seven
The building at 1001 Third Street was The Embassy Hotel in 1927 — a Mediterranean-style apartment building in the residential neighbourhood just above the Santa Monica Pier. Palisociety acquired it, stripped the decades of renovation back to the original architecture, and turned it into a hotel that thinks of itself as a residence: suites with separate living rooms and kitchenettes, bookshelves with actual books, a courtyard, and the kind of slow service that makes guests feel like they live there. The design is eclectic and earned — vintage furniture, original artwork, reclaimed materials, the bohemian accumulation of a place that has been lived in rather than designed from scratch. Third Street Promenade and the Santa Monica Pier are a three-minute walk. Main Street and its yoga studios are five. The beach is seven.
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The hotel
The design
A 1927 Mediterranean apartment building converted to feel like a residence. The bookshelves have actual books.
The rooms are suites — separate living areas, kitchenettes, the scale of a well-appointed apartment. Original artwork and vintage furniture accumulated by Palisociety. The courtyard is the social heart. The eclecticism is the point.
The design
A 1927 Mediterranean apartment building converted to feel like a residence. The bookshelves have actual books.
The rooms are suites — separate living areas, kitchenettes, the scale of a well-appointed apartment. Original artwork and vintage furniture accumulated by Palisociety. The courtyard is the social heart. The eclecticism is the point.
