Diagonal patterning is seen throughout the Hotel Julian, including in the angular bookshelves and the graphic front desk.

Bespoke sofas in the lobby evoke a vintage-meets-midcentury feel.

A large portrait of the property’s original architect, Benjamin Marshall, is the focal point of About Last Knife.

In About Last Knife, original brickwork was left intact and finished with a light limewash.

A mural in an intimate seating nook references the city’s stockyards and warehouses.

Venetian plaster walls in the elevator bank contrast brass details.

People and historic portraiture was a key theme of the project, which yielded the installation of everyday portraits throughout the hotel, including in the stairwell.

Portraits were chosen from the time the building was original built in the early 1900s to present day.