Charlap Hyman & Herrero converts factory into cavernous Pocketbook Hudson hotel

US studio Charlap Hyman & Herrero has transformed a former pocketbook factory in Hudson, New York, into a hotel that riffs on the industrial aesthetic and includes multiple artist commissions.

Charlap Hyman & Herrero, which was announced as the winner of Cooper Hewitt's National Design Award for Interior Design this week, turned the vast 1883 building for textile and novelty manufacturing into Pocketbook Hudson.

The compact Pocketbook Hudson hotel lobby features a trio of patterned...