RH Debuts in Oklahoma City

RH (Corte Madera, Calif.) has opened RH Oklahoma City, The Gallery at OAK, which it describes in a news release as “an immersive retail experience seamlessly integrating luxury home furnishings collections from RH Interiors, Modern and Outdoor with rare art, antiques and artifacts from across the globe.”

The store has 45,000 square feet of space spread over three levels, with its top level being home to both a rooftop restaurant and a park. Unlike many other RH locales, which are housed in local landmarks (such as a former fire station in Montecito, Calif., and a converted country estate near Indianapolis), RH Oklahoma City is a new-build.

“RH Oklahoma City reflects our commitment to creating architecturally inspiring and immersive spaces that blur the lines between residential and retail, indoors and outdoors, home and hospitality,” said Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman. “Ours are spaces that engage all of our senses, and spaces that cannot be replicated online.”

The store’s façade features a new contemporary concept for the brand, consisting of an artisanal brick facade in a custom parchment-cream palette. Crafted of hand-selected Italian bricks and finished with classic corbelling, the exterior is complemented by an expanse of glass-and-bronze doors. At night, the transparent, multi-level gallery illuminated in such a way as to highlight its architectural details and landscaping.

Once inside the main level, visitors pass through a 27-foot threshold into the gallery’s great room, with floor-to-ceiling columns and natural light emanating from a skylight three floors above. Along the periphery, barrel-vaulted passageways lead to a classical arrangement of rooms presenting artistic installations of RH Collections integrated with antiques and artifacts from Friedman’s world travels.

The second level is given over to the RH Interior Design Atelier, offers clients professional design services, including a private presentation room with state-of-the-art technology, design libraries showcasing a wide assortment of textiles, furniture and lighting finishes, and an RH Rugs showroom.

Ascending the grand double staircase to the third level, enter the Rooftop Restaurant with an open focal kitchen clad in natural Taj Mahal stone, flanked by a pair of cascading water walls. Set within a year-round, skylit garden escape, all beneath an atrium with chandeliers, heritage olive trees and a central fountain.

The restaurant opens onto a landscaped rooftop park influenced by classical gardens of Europe. It features RH Outdoor lounge spaces defined by a layered composition of London plane trees, shade canopies and littleleaf boxwoods.