“It’s a beautiful historic property from the turn of the last century,” explained Bryan Hamlin, WorthGroup’s Vice President of Design. “It has a French feel to it, and an existing vocabulary that is historic in nature. The sense of arrival and structure, and the stone detailing and scale of the property, were extrapolated from characteristics of the existing French Lick Springs Hotel.”
The goal of the project was to develop multiple entry points for the entire resort as well as using similar materials to serve as identifiers for these entry points. The material choice for the exterior of the hotels, casino and event and conference center was Indiana limestone. “Bedford, IN, is considered the limestone capital of the world, and it is located 20 miles from French Lick, so obviously there was a huge motivation to use limestone on key elements,” explained Project Manager Brian Fagerstrom, also of WorthGroup.