Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a conference centre in Northern California back into a luxury hotel, as originally intended by the property's founder: the inventor of the radio.
The Lodge at Marconi sits on a 62-acre site next to Tomales Bay, within the picturesque Marconi State Historic Park ? a 1.5-hour drive up Highway Route 1 from San Francisco.
Home Studios created a variety of lounge areas across Lodge at Marconi to provide an informal atmosphere
Designed for Nashville-based company Oliver Hospitality, the hotel occupies a historic property that was first built by Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian physicist who invented the radio in 1896.
"Home Studios found inspiration in the property's storied history ? particularly in the pioneering spirit of Guglielmo Marconi, who worked with a New York-based engineering company to build the property's initial building, a luxury hotel, in 1914," said the design team, led by Oliver Haslegrave. The reception counter is clad in oxblood-coloured tiles from Heath Ceramics
It took 17 months to overhaul the complex of blackened-wood buildings, which are topped with mono-pitched roofs of different heights and opposing directions.
The architecture is similar to that of The Sea Ranch Lodge further up the coast, which reopened in 2022 after its own extensive renovation.
The Redwood Dining Hall features brick flooring, blue-green tilework and eclectic contemporary furniture
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