Drybar in Graton, Real Estate, Californian Commercial Interior, Spa and Retail Architecture, Photos
Drybar in Graton, California
Retail and Spa Interior Development in CA, United States ? design by Heitler Houstoun Architects
Sep 4, 2019
Drybar
Design: Heitler Houstoun Architects
Location: Graton, California, USA

photo Heitler Houstoun Architects / © Clark Dugger Photography
Drybar, the nationwide chain of hair-styling salons, is a triumph of architectural branding. In the nine years since its first store opened in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, DryBar has added about 120 stores across the continent that conform to their signature design aesthetic and offer customers in any location a consistent experience.
photo Heitler Houstoun Architects / © Clark Dugger Photography
The Drybar brand is a service concept expressed as a very particular look. Certain key elements of the design are seen in virtually every store interior (except a few where the look has been modified to fit the context of a special location). These include the bar itself; the white marble countertops; a chandelier made of yellow plastic hair dryers; placement of mirrors where the customer will only see them at the end of the treatment; and a coffered ceiling made of Ceilume thermoformed ceiling panels.

photo: Steven H. Miller
?The real groundbreaking idea of the original Drybar,? explains Josh Heitler, Senior Principal of Heitler Houstoun Architects, ?was to break the mold of the sa...