Conde Nast 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards
Hotel Modera was ranked in Condé Nast's Readers' Choice Top 20 Hotels in the Pacific Northwest for 2012!
Read MoreLandscape Magazine
No one has managed to build a major new hotel in Portland, Oregon, in many years, despite the city’s latent demand and available properties next to the soaring glass convection center. What has been happening instead is the reworking of second-class hotels and nondescript motels into striking, sleek place so stay. These properties are meant to appeal primarily to travelers in their...
Read MoreConde Nast 2011 Readers Choice Awards
Hotel Modera was rated 72 out of 200 top hotels in the United States!
Read MoreOregon Home Design Piece
The deliberate contradiction between modernist black and white and traditional botanical print produces energy and creates a sense of whimsy in the space. Read...
Read MoreArchdaily City Guide Mention
This week our Architecture City Guide is headed to Portland, Oregon. As one of the greenest cities in the world, it is a leader in sustainable architecture. Even though Portland is only the 29th most populous city in the U.S., it has the second highest number of LEED-accredited buildings. Only Chicago, a city more than four times the size of Portland, has more green buildings. Beyond its...
Read MoreStudio Art Direct Commissions Another 6 Works of Art for Hotel Modera
Hotel Modera’s an urban-chic-meets-Northwest-cool boutique hotel in dowtowm Portland, Oregon. From the modern lobby to the perfectly outfitted master suites that cater to the business traveler, Modera brims with art created by Portland area artists. Read...
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Best Hotel Gardens: Hotel Modera in Garden Design Magazine
By the time guests check into Hotel Modera, they’ve already checked out the boutique hotel’s unique courtyard garden. In what used to be the unsightly parking lot of a 1960s motor lodge, Jane Hansen of Lango Hansen Landscape Architects has conjured a chic contemporary oasis in downtown Portland. The focal point is a 64-foot-long, 12-foot-tall living wall planted with drip-irrigated...
Read MoreSunset Magazine Travel Guide
A luxe-redux of a frumpy former Days Inn, Hotel Modera skimps in only one way: the rate. Portland architecture firm Holst brings its clean-lined modernism to the renovation, but there’s warmth in the details, particularly the walnut paneling, faux-fur bed–spreads, and outdoor fire-pits. Perhaps the coolest spot is the courtyard, where plant lovers (and just about everyone else) will dig...
Read MoreThe Denver Post Travel Piece
Stay here if: you want to see where hotels are going. The Modera is a casual, contemporary masterpiece, an old Days Inn recycled into a hip — and affordable — headquarters for a stay in Portland. With its luxe courtyard and laid-back vibe, it has a resort feel, but the emphasis is on value and convenience. They get that the Wi-Fi has to work and the valet has to be waiting if...
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