| 2007 Best Project Award - Hilton Capitol House Hotel |
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2007 Best Project Award A gift of $65 million to renovate this dazzling 1930s hotel, a historic landmark, to its former grandeur included updating the interior and rooftop garden plantings to complement the building's architectural embelishments. At the entrance, small kentias planted in an antique container original to the hotel and mounted on pedestals draw the eye upward. On the executive floor, lucky bamboo brings a Zen look to the bar area. In the rooftop garden, marble planters feature showy plantings, including five 36-inch Magnolia 'Little Gem' trees, four 24-foot Bambusa Oldhamii, 20 40-inch 'East Palatika' holly trees and 12,000 4-inch Liriope. During the installation, the contractor was asked to use the underground "tunnel" that once transported celebrity guests like Huey Long privately into the hotel. Interiorscape Contractor Heroman Services Plant Company Designers Henslee-Cox Landscape Architects, Lisa Condon, Lisambiance Interior Design Major Foliage Suppliers Cherry Lake Tree Farm, Sunborne Nursery Major Container Accessories Supplier, Anamese Garden Pots
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