They were really open about sharing their culture, which allowed us to find patterns within baskets to incorporate into our design that would give this property a uniqueness in the market when you look at some of the other competitive casinos, because it tells their story. We researched their culture they provided books to us, and photos of artifacts. “For the Tule River Tribe, it was really important to tell their story. HBG designed the new casino property with the vision of a lodge and a more mountainous style of architecture with a home in the Valley.Ī DESIGN THAT SERVES COMMUNITY AND CULTURE So as we started to learn about these things, it layered on to us a desire to create a property that spoke very closely to those themes,” said Rob Jurbergs, AIA, Principal, HBG Design.

“As we started to get more and more involved and inspired by those Tribal themes, we began to wonder how we could integrate some of that history and some of that cultural richness of the giant sequoia tree, the mountainous region, the tales of the ‘hairy man’ as they call it, and the basket patterns themselves, which each hold very particular meaning.

The Tribe met with HBG Design and shared elements of the rich tribal history, including archival images of beautiful baskets, the process of basket making along the Tule River, legends of tribal origin, and focused on the details of the higher elevations of the tribal homeland. It’s like a 25-plus-year process of acquiring the land and envisioning a property in the Valley, closer to Porterville in the population base, so it’s remarkable the perseverance that the Tribe has shown to get the project realized,” said Joe Baruffaldi, AIA, Principal, HBG Design. For the Tule River Tribe, however, this project’s vision began in the 1990’s. “One thing that we learned during our process is that, for us, this project started fairly recently. Virtual meetings continued with the Tule River Tribe and the design advanced through all the obstacles faced from Covid-19. The nationally-recognized Top 10 hospitality and entertainment design firm, which has offices in Memphis, San Diego, and Dallas, started design of the project in 2020 and continued design right through the pandemic. ( Eagle Mountain Casino, Porterville, CA 93257) – In the Fall of 2019, HBG Design was selected as designer and architect for Eagle Mountain Casino’s highly anticipated casino relocation project.

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