Loews Vantana Canyon Resort

The Loews Ventana Canyon Resort is one of the Southwest’s premier destinations, named regularly as one of the country’s top hotels and golf resorts. The luxury resort’s design, inspired originally by the modern contextualism of Frank Lloyd Wright, has begun to gradually lose its luster and feel just like many of the other properties in the highly competitive region. Enter DADO, who rose to the challenge of updating and re-positioning this undisputed classic.

From the outset, the goal was to reinvigorate the original design intent of celebrating the unmatched beauty and tranquility of the Sonoran desert—where the land meets the sky. DADO uses simple design interventions to update key high-touch elements and relies on color and material palettes that reinforce a sense of place—the unique character of what makes this resort special, memorable and unlike any other.

The design is a masterclass in restraint and economy but manages to exude a sense of sophisticated luxury, returning the hotel back on top of the region’s essential destinations.