Sir Adam Hotel, part of Sircle Collection

We’d bet money that the team behind the SIR brand of hotels were big into imaginary friends as children. How else do you explain their propensity to design boutique hotels with fully formed human personalities? In this case, Sir Adam happens to be a music impresario. After a few too many years of the nomadic rock-star lifestyle, he’s looking to settle down — and he wants to invite some of his hippest friends to stay with him at his new place in Amsterdam.

His “home” is eight floors of the modernist A’DAM Tower, formerly a Shell office building. It’s one of the few tall buildings in town, built during the relatively short window of time after the advent of the modern skyscraper but before the city placed height limits on new construction. Translation: Sir Adam boasts some of the best views in Amsterdam, looking out over the decidedly non-modernist city center, Central Station, and the waterfront. And Sir Adam fits right in with the neighbors: Other A’DAM Tower tenants include the guitar manufacturer Gibson and a handful of music companies.

This is a hotel that will appeal to creative types and the people who admire them. The 108 guestrooms, the work of a New York design team, are exactly what you’d imagine from a rock star: The walls and ceiling are exposed raw concrete with floor-to-ceiling windows. There’s local art hanging on the walls, song lyrics etched into your mirrors, and an electric guitar waiting for you if the mood strikes. And you can leave your iPhone at home (or in your pocket) in favor of your record collection: each room comes equipped with a Crosley turntable. But if you’d prefer to sample Sir Adam’s musical taste — they don’t call him an impresario for nothing — check out the music library on the mezzanine.

The neighborhood’s hip too: Amsterdam Noord is former shipyard turned creative center, home to the EYE Film Institute, art galleries, and an urban beach. But A’DAM Tower is increasingly the neighborhood’s social hub, so you can have a lot of fun without leaving the building. Dine in at the Butcher Social Club or head down to the basement for one of the city’s best nightclubs. If you’re lucky, you might even see the elusive Sir Adam there.