HOTEL ARDENT TAPESTRY COLLECTION BY HILTON

Dayton, Ohio is the birthplace of numerous modern inventions. The city once boasted the most patents per capita, having produced tools like the cash register, the airplane, and the self-starting automobile ignition. Campo is providing Architecture, Interior Design, and Historic Tax Credit consulting to the renovation of the historic Barclay Building into a ten-story Boutique hotel of 118 guestrooms. Campo's interior design team drew inspiration from images of antique blueprints and ironworks to create a tactile palette and mechanically minded details. 

The hotel's restaurant, Bistecca, a Florentine steakhouse located in the Hotel's first floor, draws inspiration from the Italian landscape, the use of dried herbs and firewood in the interior design add the Florentine earthy feel. Classical architectural elements are reinterpreted in contemporary lines through the use of thin metal arches, reminiscent of the structure of ancient wine cellars. Trellis cables refer to fields of vineyards. The restaurant's wood fire grill is highlighted using stacked firewood. The design of Bistecca sets the stage for a memorable dining experience in a warm, intimate space that is contemporary in design yet humble and simplistic in style.

The private dining room also functions as the hotel's meeting space, and thus combines design elements from both the restaurant and hotel lobby. Moody blues contrast smooth stone tile and brushed metal accents in the hotel's lobby space. Rich velvets and tweeds canvas contemporary silhouettes to strike a balance between old and new.