Bringing the lobby to life

摘要

When Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants relaunched Hotel La Jolla in San Diego last summer, a focal point was the lobby, which was viewed as a living room instead of a space merely to check in and out. Designers Gulla Jonsdottir and Claude-Anthony Marengo aimed to bring the hotel's lush surroundings inside via floor-to-ceiling windows, leaf shapes incorporated into the ceiling, a petrified wood fireplace and cocoon-like, casual furniture where guests could relax.