International House is New Orleans’ premier boutique hotel.  It features 117 rooms, suites and penthouses, a soaring lobby, "loa":http://www.ihhotel.com its candlelit bar, "Rambla":http://www.ihhotel.com its Basque-influenced restaurant and "Entrepreneurs' Row":/projects/entrepreneurs-row its conference center / start-up workspace.

The hotel not only radiates this city's signature sense of place but heralds a bright new time. New Talent. New Ideas. New O.  Food. Music. Architecture. Film. Digital Media. Sports. Joyful culture. Opportunity. And optimism. Inspired as they are admired, there are layers upon layers to discover.

Architect Brooks Graham, designer LM Pagano and owner Sean Cummings did what they do best in updating this beautiful 1906 Beaux Arts style building which also served in 1949 as the world's first World Trade Center. They harness the power of beautiful design to uplift the human spirit and express a cogent statement about New Orleans today, a joyful city with a unique sense of "time” and "place".

To spice-up the design, the trio engaged more than 17 local artists to furnish the hotel and selected eight annual rituals which enliven the hotel with a palpable energy and give it "voice".

Indeed, Los Angeles based Pagano, whose  private clients include Johnny Depp and Nicolas Cage, describes the design as "…pristine but tattered grace, coupled with unexpected moments that infuse the hotel with a sensual and elegant sense of glamour." Evident local influences from Senegal, France, Spain, Italy and Caribbean Islands find distinctly contemporary expression. As a result, this hotel is a sophisticated urban sanctuary that has become a mecca of sorts for the forward-looking artisans, entrepreneurs and visitors who are reinventing the great city of New Orleans.

International House is the boutique hotel in America's boutique city.