ABOUT THIS HOTEL

• DESCRIPTION
• FACILITIES
• ARCHITECTURE / DESIGN
• CONFERENCE CENTRE

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ARCHITECTURE / INTERIOR DESIGN

Frost Tsuji Architects
David Baker & Associates
Andrea Cochran

This three-way collaboration between California architects David Baker and Wendy Tsuji and landscape architect Andrea Cochran authentically fits into an old town square and the healthy lifestyle of Wine Country.

For Baker, it was vital for the three-storey, stucco building to have tall ceilings and windows on the ground floor in order to create an inviting presence to the hotel and also to its famous Dry Creek Kitchen restaurant. Light is an important element of the overall design, flooding through French doors leading onto private balconies, under trellised walkways, or through a glass-encased, free-standing stairwell, whose centre is filled with bamboo shoots. Artfully landscaped areas spill over onto public alleyways that cut across the well-kept grounds, over which steel and glass corridors are suspended, connecting different parts of the hotel.

Guestrooms display a bountiful mix of materials and creature comforts: teak furniture, pecan wood floors, Tibetan rugs, goose-down duvets and six-foot soaking tubs. Adding to the country-retreat feel are Adirondack chairs and the lobby’s bar, fireplace and also a screened in porch. Reminiscent of being at an American summer camp, films are shown on the lawn under the stars. The obvious value placed on design is further underlined by the hotel’s own Hand Fan Museum, with fans from around the world on display.