If I wasn’t a designer, I would be
A chef. I’ve always experimented with the celebration of food and eating environments.
Wish I had designed The St. Louis Arch
City to watch Havana
Hotel design is Storytelling through the experience of place
Stanford Hughes BraytonHughes Design Studios, San Francisco www.bhdstudios.com
Recently completed projects Cavallo Point Lodge, Sausalito, California; Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe, California (above); Hyatt Regency, Calgary, Canada; and the Kaufmann-Clement Guesthouse, Woodside, California
Projects on the boards
Presidio Lodge, San Francisco; Ritz-Carlton Marassi, El Alamein, Egypt; and the Zhejiang Housing Complex, Cixi, China
Hero Eliel Saarinen. What he created at Cranbrook provided the foundations of American design.
One item I can’t live without “Boston” electric pencil sharpener
Person who makes me laugh J’nyah, my two-year-old granddaughter
Book on my nightstand Stephen Sondheim: A Life
Guilty pleasure
1994 Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon
My motto
If it looks good, it is good!
Big break Being hired by Robert Venturi and working with him on the Knoll showroom in New York
