Serene Zen Modernity Welcomes Guests at the Nobu Hotel Palo Alto
Montalba Architects' Nobu Palo Alto Garden Restaurant invites guests into a serene, contemporary garden of contemplation.
Montalba Architects’ redesign of the Nobu Hotel Palo Alto is an architectural project that could be characterized by a sense of delayed gratification ? but one worth the wait. While the property opened its doors to welcome guests into the retreat’s ryokan-inspired accommodations appointed in Nobu Matsuhisa’s modern-meets-traditional-Japanese serene aesthetics back in 2020, the architecture practice has only now been able to unveil a centerpiece addition, one notable as much for its active sustainability as its poetically serene atmosphere.
The Nobu Palo Alto Garden Restaurant is a 4,100-square-foot complementary component to the Nobu Hotel Palo Alto, but also exists wholly independent once guests cross into its zen-like confines. Accessible from the hotel?s lobby, surrounding conference rooms and from its frontage on Emerson Street, the indoor?outdoor dining experience is confident in its contrast between traditional Japanese landscaping and contemporary interior architecture and furnishings.
“Contrast” may be a misnomer of a description, except in regards to the span of periods from which each element references. The warmly appointed interior is furnished with seating and tables not dissimilar to the modernity for masses of Richard Meier’s Getty Center or Apple’s best efforts within their retail spac...
Montalba Architects’ redesign of the Nobu Hotel Palo Alto is an architectural project that could be characterized by a sense of delayed gratification ? but one worth the wait. While the property opened its doors to welcome guests into the retreat’s ryokan-inspired accommodations appointed in Nobu Matsuhisa’s modern-meets-traditional-Japanese serene aesthetics back in 2020, the architecture practice has only now been able to unveil a centerpiece addition, one notable as much for its active sustainability as its poetically serene atmosphere.
The Nobu Palo Alto Garden Restaurant is a 4,100-square-foot complementary component to the Nobu Hotel Palo Alto, but also exists wholly independent once guests cross into its zen-like confines. Accessible from the hotel?s lobby, surrounding conference rooms and from its frontage on Emerson Street, the indoor?outdoor dining experience is confident in its contrast between traditional Japanese landscaping and contemporary interior architecture and furnishings.
“Contrast” may be a misnomer of a description, except in regards to the span of periods from which each element references. The warmly appointed interior is furnished with seating and tables not dissimilar to the modernity for masses of Richard Meier’s Getty Center or Apple’s best efforts within their retail spac...
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