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Flowers Vineyard & Winery in Healdsburg, CA
Nov 30, 2020
House of Flowers
Design: Walker Warner Architects
Location: Healdsburg, California, USA

House of Flowers? new guest experience breathes new life into a cherished local landmark to become a destina-tion resort-style estate dedicated to the celebration of wine, food, and the natural landscape.

Located minutes from downtown Healdsburg, in the heart of Russian River Valley, and originally built as a winery in the mid-70s, the facilities on this 13.5 acre estate had deteriorated and become outdated. Long known for its rustic charm and authentic connection to nature, the site held promise.
By coinci-dence, Flowers Vineyard & Winery was looking for a venue to showcase their sustainably produced wines within a setting that expressed their nature-based ethos. Opportunity met serendipity to become a perfect union of context and intent, and a home for Flowers? hospitality house.

The challenge was how to evolve the existing collection of facilities and preserve the natural legacy while ensuring that the venue could meet the expectations of today and become a destination in its own right. ?Our approach was deceptively simple,? notes Brooks Walker, principal at Walker Warner Architects. ?Let nature dominate and use architecture to frame the experience. Ultimately, it?s about the experience of this place.?

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