One of the most recognizable landmarks in the Wicker Park and Bucktown area of Chicago, North Tower is a 12-story Art Deco style building built in 1929 by Chicago-based firm Perkins, Chatten, and Hammond. Today, it’s home to The Robey, a 69-room hotel by Belgian design duo Nicolas Schuybroek Architects and Marc Merckx Interiors with rooms that evoke all the cool of hardboiled detective novels with a modern twist. Photo 3 of 24 in 12 Modern Hotels in Historic Buildings Around the World

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One of the most recognizable landmarks in the Wicker Park/Bucktown area of Chicago is North Tower, a 12-story Art Deco-style building that was built in 1929 by Chicago-based firm Perkins, Chatten, and Hammond. Today, it’s home to The Robey, a 69-room hotel designed by Belgian design firms Nicolas Schuybroek Architects and Marc Merckx Interiors. They created rooms that recall old-school detective novels with a modern twist.