The March 2024 multimillion-dollar renovation of the Resort La Jolla, Curio Assortment by Hilton, launched Sea & Sky, a brand new restaurant on the penthouse stage. Led by Government Chef Ernest Lopez, the sea-to-table restaurant options a sublime fundamental eating room, personal eating space, present kitchen, and an expansive bar. Award-winning hospitality design agency Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA) took inspiration from the coastal atmosphere of La Jolla, often known as “the jewel of San Diego.” “We have been gifted with this breathtaking, panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean in probably the most picturesque cities in California. Our staff targeted on the reward Mom Nature provided us on this setting,” mentioned HBA Los Angeles Senior Designer Lauren Hausner, who labored with Affiliate Ashley Brilliant on the design of Sea & Sky. “With the restaurant’s eleventh flooring location, we performed with the serene palette of the lapping waters and the richness of a sundown, permitting our design staff to interject playful, vibrant colours for an sudden pop. By crafting an atmosphere that enhances the encircling pure magnificence and brings the outside in, we sought to create a sense the place friends exist in concord between sea and sky.” To foster that feeling, the HBA staff chosen furnishings with “comfortable, sweeping curves, with snug and tactile upholsteries,” Hausner described. “Within the material alternatives, we introduced collectively tranquil blues as a nod to the surf and sky but in addition wealthy leather-based textures for a extra granular really feel (just like the sand) and pure power, honoring the steadiness of supplies present in nature. Stone accents within the desk and bar tops have been chosen so as to add curiosity to the area. … The wooden flooring is basic and stylish in its patterning, however stained with the feel of a discovered, tumbled piece of driftwood on the shore.” HBA Los Angeles partnered with distributors who custom-designed furnishings and fixtures for Sea & Sky, together with lights “developed in shut collaboration with Bluebird Lighting, who translated our imaginative and prescient into tangible components that enhanced our narrative for the area,” Hausner associated.
1Cliffs and Shores
Fluted limestone layers down the bar entrance evoke sea cliffs sculpted by nature, whereas the accent flooring tiling remembers sea glass collected alongside the shores.
2A Nod to the Nautical
Braided ropes allude to seafaring ships and function a divider between the principle and personal eating rooms.
3Nature-Impressed Accents
The leaf-shaped ceiling components have been retained from the pre-renovation area. “We modified the end to clean up the element,” mentioned Hausner. “General, it labored with the nature-inspired design, so we breathed slightly new life into it to make the previous new once more.”
4Seaside Way of life
“Our paintings choice was impressed by the native tradition and its refined and carefree essence,” Hausner defined. “Glossy, black-and-white images captures the world’s wealthy historical past, whereas vibrant items rejoice the easygoing seaside way of life of the locale that has continued all through generations.”
