The design story of the Hilton Canopy Grand Rapids, is also the story of Michigan, the often overlooked birthplace of American Mid-Century design and home to three iconic furniture brands including Herman Miller. In pulling from this rich history, the design team highlighted Mid-Century aesthetics in the planning, detailing and specifying of modern materials such as breeze block, rift-cut white oak wood slats, natural stone, terrazzo flooring, plaster finishes and iconic furniture pieces and then blended them with more contemporary elements to a create a fresh and current new modernism.
