Last July, we reported on the opening of the first citizenM Hotel at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, and we mentioned that they were planning to open another more urban location. Well, they’re now officially a hotel chain with the opening of the citizenM Amsterdam City location.

Located in Amsterdam’s financial district, between the World Trade Centre and city centre, and with rates starting at 69 Euros a night, citizenM continues to target the frequent traveller market. The low rates are made possible by the ultra-compact rooms that are actually built in a factory and then transported to the site and stacked on top of the pre-built ground floor. The 215 room, five floor hotel was designed by the Dutch architectural firm Concrete.

Besides the innovative room design, the ground floor is especially filled with designer touches. As a result of their partnership with Vitra, there is a variety of designer furnishings including the Marshmallow sofa by George Nelson, the new Vegetal chairs by the Bouroullec brothers, child-size Panton chairs, the Porcupine Desk by Hella Jongerius, and cute plywood elephants by Ray and Charles Eames.