Media Buzz Praise for Our Award-Winning Chicago Four Star Luxury Hotel
Awards for Hotel Burnham, a Kimpton Hotel
National Geographic Traveler, April 2008
Hotel Burnham was the only Chicago hotel named to the magazine’s first annual "Stay List," honoring 150 properties across the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Read More » (pdf)
Condé Nast Traveler, 2008
One of the hotels on the Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of 721 World's Best Places to Stay – Top Hotels, Resorts, and Cruise Lines. Read More » (pdf)
Travel & Leisure, 2007
Hotel Burnham once again chosen as one of the Top 500 Greatest Hotels in the World, an honor also received in 2005.
Condé Nast Traveler, 2006
Condé Nast Traveler Gold List
Go Magazine, July 2006
Hotel Burnham ranked #2 on their list of the Top 20 Best Boutique Hotels.
Condé Nast Traveler, 2005
Hotel Burnham repeated as one of the hotels on the Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of World's Best Places to Stay, having also been on the 2004 list. Hotel Burnham, a Kimpton Hotel, is one of the very few Chicago four-star hotels to be awarded such an honor.
Condé Nast Traveler, 2004
Condé Nast Traveler Gold List
Our Chicago luxury hotel is listed on the National Trust's Historic Hotels of America register. Other organizations also laud the Hotel Burnham's commitment to historic preservation:
Urban Land Institute
2002 "Awards for Excellence" Winner
October 2002
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Preservation Honor Award
July 2001
American Institute of Architects
Honor Award for Architecture
January 2001
American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter
Distinguished Building Citation of Merit and the Interior Architecture Honor Award
October 2000
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Chicago Chapter
Redevelopment of the Year
November 2000
Landmark Preservation Council of Illinois
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Project of the Year
September 2000
City of Chicago, Commission on Chicago Landmarks
Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence
June 2000
Friends of Downtown, Chicago
Best Restoration
2000
Commercial Real Estate Awards, Greater Chicago Food Depository
Redevelopment of the Year
1999
Chicago Sun-Times
Redevelopment of the Year
1999
Travel guides and critics alike praise the service and decor at the Hotel Burnham, a
Chicago luxury hotel
The glamour and history of Chicago in the early 1900s is readily apparent at our Chicago luxury hotel, as is the modern-day energy and excitement of our thriving city. The plush decor, service and one-of-a-kind atmosphere thrill critics and guests at Hotel Burnham, a landmark hotel in a landmark city. Find out what people have been saying about us:
Time Magazine, February 2008
Hotel Burnham's "Pillow Library" featured in article "Pillow Talk." Read More » (pdf)
Chicago Sun-Times, January 2008
Atwood Café in Chicago Sun-Times—featuring "Hot Cocoa, all grown up" Read More » (pdf)
Crain's Chicago Business, January 2008
Atwood Café in Crain's Chicago Business—featuring the 25 favorite places for lunch! Read More » (pdf)
Chicago Magazine, May 2007
The Ideal Hotel Room For...Your history-buff, architecture-obsessed uncle. Read More » (pdf) Citysearch.com, February 2007
Critically acclaimed author, Erik Larson, gives Burnham his personal review... Read More » (pdf) LapTop Magazine, April 2005
Hotel Burnham, Chicago - Want to stay within your budget without skimping on comfort?
Check in here... Read More » Arts and Auction, May 2003
I also like the Hotel Burnham, right in the center of the Loop. Designed by D. H. Burnham, who famously said, "Make no little plans," a charming hotel with reasonable prices and good, personalized service. CitySearch.com, February 2002
Humphrey Bogart would feel right at home at this architecturally interesting Loop hotel. Travel & Leisure, November 2001
Style doesn't have to come at a price. In 21 cities across the nation, we found 25 hotels where sophisticated design and great value go hand-in-hand. Hotel Burnham: In 1895, the steel-and-glass Reliance Building designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, anticipated the modern skyscraper. Later towers overshadowed it - until 1999, when the partnership of McCaffery Interests, E. Barry Mansur Co., and Granite development, invested $27.5 Million. Vivid mosaic floors, red marble walls, and filigreed elevator grills replicate the original State Street entrance to the 25-story tower. Upstairs, antique mahogany doors open onto indigo-and-gold guest rooms, where half-canopy beds and chaise lounges seduce business and leisure travelers alike. WestWays, May/June 2001 Hats off to historic hotels
Some of Chicago's trendiest hotels are in historic buildings. San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group operates the hippest: the Hotel Burnham, 1 West Washington, in the 1894 Reliance Building has cast iron elevators and original wooden doors with opaque windows.
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National Geographic Traveler, April 2008
