EdOnline

When the team at Leo A Daly first walked into the three-story lobby of Hollywood, Florida\'s storied Diplomat Beach resort (now part of Hilton\'s Curio Collection) they found a long fountain bookended by black granite sculptures and \"palm trees lined up like soldiers in a row,\" says Kathy Chaves, director of hospitality interiors. Job number one, then, was removing any traces of 1980s mall decor to create a destination resort that brought the beach back into focus.