The First Mass Timber Hotel in North America Has Opened in Austin


Hotel Magdalena in Austin, Texas. Image © Nick Simonite

Hotel Magdalena in Austin, Texas. Image © Nick Simonite

Hotel Magdalena, the latest from Bunkhouse Group, a Texas-based hospitality company known for the highly Instagrammed El Cosmico in Marfa, Texas, is an 89-room hotel that plays on Austin‘s music culture and love for lakeside living. Named after Mary Magdalene, the hotel is part of the group’s hotels that are named after Saints, neighboring the popular Hotel Saint Cecilia and Saint Cecilia Residences, which are currently under construction.

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