Photos: NoMad hotel joins crop of boutique inns giving second life to L.A.’s historic office buildings

The lobby of the NoMad.

An exterior view of the NoMad in Los Angeles, the Sydell Group’s boutique hotel.

The NoMad building was originally built in the 1920s as the headquarters for the Bank of Italy.

Rooms at the NoMad typically cost more than $400 a night.

An exterior view of the NoMad hotel at 7th and Olive streets in Los Angeles.

Green velvet drapes are reflected in a glass tabletop in the NoMad’s lobby.

A view of the NoMad’s fully restored gold and blue Italianate lobby ceiling.

A view of The Lobby restaurant at the NoMad.

A view of the dining area at the NoMad.

A view of The Coffee Bar at the NoMad hotel.

A view of The Lobby restaurant at the NoMad. Food service is by New York restaurateur Will Guidara and award-winning Swiss chef Daniel Humm.

The NoMad’s design theme is California-meets-Northern Italian.

Rooms at the NoMad typically cost more than $400 a night. This is the Superieur.

Among the NoMad’s room options is the Atelier.

The vault on the NoMad’s underground level now serves as the entrance to restrooms.

A view of the vault at the NoMad.

The NoMad is at the intersection of 7th and Olive streets.

An exterior view of the Freehand hotel in Los Angeles, also owned by Sydell Group.

The Freehand is housed in the historic Commercial Exchange Building.

A view of the lobby at the Freehand, Sydell Group’s young-skewing, less-expensive brand.

A view of The Exchange restaurant at the Freehand.

About a third of the Freehand’s rooms are communal, where guests can sleep on a bunk bed for as little as $40 a night.

Interior of The Exchange restaurant at the Freehand hotel.

The Freehand offers a pool deck.

A view of the Broken Shaker bar and dining area on the pool deck of the Freehand.