h2hotel Eat, Green, LEED, Stay
Healdsburg, California


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Link to the H2hotel web site and blog: h2hotel.com

h2hotel achieved LEED NC Gold Certification in May 2011.

Creek-side solar-heated pool!

The first glimpse of the undulating green roof of the h2 Hotel signals your arrival in downtown Healdsburg. The small, stylish inn—little sister to the grand Hotel Healdsburg down the road—welcomes visitors with its straightforward, vivacious feel. A broad glass entryway draws guests into the lobby lounge, a dynamic commons that invites mixing and lingering, with a reception desk that doubles as an intimate modern wine bar. Spoonbar!, the hotel's modern Mediterranean restaurant, shares the space.

View from the entry court into SpoonBar, the hotel's restaurant. Image: Brian Rose

LEED Gold certified, h2hotel infuses all aspects of its design, operations, and attitude with eco-consciousness—including such energy-saving measures as a green roof and solar panels.

Reclaiming the site of a gas station, the inn is a key part of the restoration of Foss Creek, which flows through the length of the town. The inn embraces the creek, preserving the giant, spreading Live Oak tree and restoring the surrounding banks.

The hotel rejects fussiness and caters to active users with a scaled-down pragmatic luxury. Custom bike racks hold PUBLIC bicycles on hand for guests to take a spin around town. In contrast to the energetic common spaces, the simple and functional rooms offer a restful retreat from the activity of busy north Sonoma County days.

The lobby's fire element was designed with Leonidas Kyriakopoulos, artist and artisan extraordinaire. www.ldkwork.com

The custom bike racks at the entry.

Local Black Acacia Wood for the bar and common table from Evan Shively, wood broker extraordinaire.

SpoonBar!'s community table, made of deadfall Black Acacia by Pacassa Studios. Image: Midstate Construction

H2h bathroom mock-up featuring Heath tile, made in Sausalito.

The flame element for h2Hotel by artist/fabricator Leonidas Kyriakopoulos. You can't have much more fun than this!

Hotel street sign. A collaboration between Noreen Fukimori Studio and artist/fabricator Leonidas Kyriakopoulos.

Katy's Stone's "Little Universe (Burst Boom Bloom)."

Level 4 plan

Level 2 plan

The site faces Healdsburg Avenue with Foss Creek at the rear.

David Baker + Partners Architects

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Architect

David Baker + Partners

Interior Design

Marie Fisher Interior Design

Interior Design

Jen Gadiel Design

Landscape Architect

Andrea Cochran Landscape Architects

Lighting Designer

Horton Lees Brogden

Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer

Guttmann + Blaevoet

Acoustical Engineer

Wilson Ihrig + Associates

Contractor

Midstate Construction

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project data
h2 Hotel
20612
219 Healdsburg Avenue
Healdsburg, California
June 2010
number of units
guest rooms
36
commercial
retail sf 408
density ratios
project sf 32,540
site sf 23,761
acres .55
total bedrooms 36
bedrooms/acre 65
parking
total 0
certification
LEED NC Gold
May 2011