September 13, 2024 • Posted by Design Bay Area
Tour Hotel Healdsburg, Harmon Guest House, H2 Hotel and the future site of HH Residence Hotel
Join David Baker, FAIA, and Brett Randall Jones, AIA, Principals of David Baker Architects, for an exclusive walking tour of three iconic hotels—Hotel Healdsburg, H2Hotel, and Harmon Guest House—designed through the firm’s innovative “Community-Based Hospitality” approach. Through extensive community engagement, this strategy creates hotels that prioritize serving the public with the integration of public spaces, local art, and environmental stewardship, alongside guest experience.
With a proactive, visionary, and data-informed approach to building performance, these three LEED Gold-certified hotels exemplify forward-thinking sustainability that are designed for human needs, repair local ecology, decarbonize, and prioritize health, comfort, and control. The tour will showcase how these designs foster connection and enhance Healdsburg’s vibrancy for both visitors and locals alike.
DETAILS:
- We will be walking a few blocks on accessible side walks to each hotel. All sites are accessible friendly.
- We’ll first meet at the corner of Healdsburg Ave & North Street: 400 Healdsburg Ave. This is a construction site so we can see a presentation of the newest hotel being built!
- Presenters: David Baker, FAIA & Brett Randall Jones, AIA; Principals at David Baker Architects
ITINERARY:
- 5:00 – Meet at the HH Residence Hotel site (400 Healdsburg Ave parking lot) – Brief site presentation of the upcoming 4th hotel by Piazza Hospitality & David Baker Architects
- 5:15 – Tour of Hotel Healdsburg (25 Matheson St)
- 5:45 – Tour of Harmon Guest House (227 Healdsburg Ave)
- 6:30 – Tour of H2Hotel (219 Healdsburg Ave)
- 7:00 – End at Spoonbar (within H2Hotel) for drinks and socializing!
For more information about “Commnity-Based Hospitality Design”, check out Brett Randall Jones, AIA’s recent article in Metropolis— 5 Strategies for Community-Based Hospitality Design
David Baker, FAIA, LEED AP
Founding Principal, David Baker Architects
David Baker FAIA, LEED AP, is founder and Principal of David Baker Architects (DBA), a collaborative architecture and urban design firm that creates acclaimed buildings and communities in diverse environments. Based in San Francisco, Oakland, and Birmingham, Alabama, the 65-person firm is known for exceptional housing, creative site strategies, designing for density, and integrating new construction into the public realm. Considered an industry leader in urban and affordable housing design, David has guided and overseen the design of more than 15,000 homes nationwide, including more than 8,000 affordable homes and a pipeline of more than 1,500 modular units. David was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 1996 and in 2009 received the Hearthstone Builders Humanitarian Award, honoring the 30 most influential people in the housing industry of the past 30 years. David and DBA have been recognized with the AIA California’s 2012 Distinguished Practice and 2020 Firm Awards. Along with his partner, Yosh Asato, he is a founder of StoreFrontLab, a participatory space in San Francisco that explores the storefront as a place of community, creativity, and local industry.
Contact David at [email protected].
Brett Randall Jones, AIA, LEED AP
Principal, David Baker Architects
Brett Randall Jones, AIA, LEED AP, is a Principal at David Baker Architects, a progressive architecture firm in San Francisco that is recognized for their innovative approach to hotel design—Community-Based Hospitality. He believes that being connected with the community for which we are designing is essential to the creation of meaningful buildings. Focused on place-based architecture, Brett is a key figure in DBA’s hospitality practice. He also serves as the Principal in Charge of the DBA_Workshop—our prototyping and fabrication shop—expanding our shop capacity and facilitating the integration of original designs and custom pieces into DBA’s housing and hospitality projects. Since joining DBA in 2011, Brett’s work has spanned affordable housing, market-rate housing, and hospitality, including the stand-out project Harmon Guest House in Healdsburg, California.
Contact Brett at [email protected].
Photo courtesy David Baker Architects. Credit: Angie Silvy Photography