Located in Southwest Texas’ expanding business district, Lubbock’s new Hilton Garden Inn brings a fresh rural modernism to the Lubbock hotel scene. mackaywong was challenged with designing a new hotel that would bring energy and character to the Hilton Garden Inn brand that reflects the local landscape. The design team led the creative response with a rich palette of colours and textures inspired from the semi-arid desert landscape that is represented in the use of natural crafted local materials and artistic flare. Its open concept plan unites the hotel’s lobby, bar lounge, pantry, and executive boardrooms to offer inviting and social spaces for guest to feel at home. Rustic yet modern the new Hilton Garden Inn offers the best of Texas for its guests.