Hilton Headquarters First Floor

Featured on the ground floor of Hilton’s headquarters in McLean, Virginia, “The Social” features a brand new food hall and Starbucks open to the public. The space encourages formal and informal meet-ups, increasing interaction among HQ staff and guests.

The design required the development of an overall custom brand identity for the space as well as six individual fast-casual food hall stations. The sum of these parts had to be both professional and sociable, promoting productivity while also highlighting hotel-minded features as innovative design elements and global food and beverage offerings. The project required extensive coordination between trades at the kitchen service counters to ensure all power, plumbing, and exhaust was in proper alignment with design intent. The private dining room features custom perforated walnut ceiling panels, which were shipped to Switzerland to be laser cut, for sound attenuation purposes.