As a warm welcome, we created a more expansive lobby experience upon entering the hotel. Cream colored porcelain tiles extend from the porte-cochere to the lobby opening up to clerestory windows and a 20-foot pyramid skylight lined by refinished wood. The central art piece, a brushed-brass sculpture, suspends from the vaulted ceiling and was chosen for its sense of movement and alluring shadow play. The abundance of natural light, paired with plant life and terrarium accents, gives the space that coastal disposition coveted by California visitors and cherished by those who live here.

Embracing Sheraton’s signature pattern work was a welcome addition to our overall design. Custom wooden screens featured in the lobby are inspired by Frederick Law Olmsted’s landscape drawings for Stanford. Leather, laser cut tiles make up the focal wall behind the registration desk and quatrefoil patterns abound for those with a keen eye for intricate, material details. Universally, pattern pervades every aspect of the Sheraton design from tile backsplashes and interlocking geometry in the Cardinal Lounge to the mirror formations and accompanying carpet motif in the Cypress ballroom.