HBG Design is opening a third office location in Dallas, joining its Memphis, TN-based headquarters and its West Coast office in San Diego.
The nucleus of its new Dallas location represents a select team of key former Wilson Associates architects and interior designers. This dynamic collective will be led by Lela Richardson, NCIDQ who has joined the firm as principal and Dallas office leader. Complementing the Dallas leadership is D. James Carry, AIA, NCARB who joins HBG Design as consulting principal. While at Wilson Associates, Carry led the interior design of HBG Design’s Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center (pictured above) project in Grapevine, TX, recognized as an ALIS Development of the Year.
“We believe the integration of this diverse, talented group of former Wilson Associates professionals into our firm will further enhance and enrich HBG Design’s mission to design personal, memorable and transformative hospitality experiences for our clients,” said Rick Gardner, AIA, practice leader of HBG Design.
Together, the former Wilson Associates Dallas team has more than 80 years of combined five-star hospitality design experience designing iconic projects across the globe, including Atlantis-The Palm, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Dorado, Puerto Rico; Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Guitar Tower, Hollywood, FL; and Sofitel Mexico City Reforma, the first luxury hotel to open in Mexico City in more than a decade, according to the company.
This Dallas-based team brings a background in hospitality, luxury residential and commercial interior design to an already deep bench of talent at HBG Design, representing 100 professionals with a focused specialty in hotel design, resort destinations and gaming and entertainment design.
