The Epiphany Hotel
Casa Olga, originally permitted as a hotel in 1971, has been remodeled into an 86-room, four-star hotel and renamed The Epiphany. The renovation, completed in partnership with Joie de Vivre, included voluntary seismic upgrades, an exterior skin renovation, conversion of the first floor into a lobby and 24-hour restaurant with back-of-house functions, and the addition of eight guest rooms on the eighth floor where current dining facilities exist.
The conversion into a boutique hotel follows a thorough ideation phase orchestrated by design firm IDEO, where the aesthetic character of the hotel’s interior were carefully considered. The new hotel aims to capture the spirit of Palo Alto — curious, optimistic, entrepreneurial, tapped in, and vital. Its aesthetic vision also embodies the region’s commitment to sustainability through the use of raw, rustic, and natural materials.
