"The concept was really to make a tropical resort hotel atmosphere, so when you step inside, you feel transported to somewhere else," said Dalton of David Dalton Associates, Inc. in Los Angeles. "The materials [used] were to support that concept."
In the entry of the 13,000-square-foot building, three variations of French Vanilla limestone -- supplied by Stone Mecca of Los Angeles -- were utilized as 16- x 16-inch floor tiles. "The limestone had the right coloration," said the designer. "It had an interesting range -- from a warm vanilla tone to fleshy peach to pale green."