RH Raleigh, The Gallery at North Hills, is a 60,000-square-foot standalone Design Gallery that brings RH’s immersive retail, design, and hospitality concept to North Hills, a mixed-use destination in Raleigh, NC.
Challenge
As RH expanded its Gallery concept, the project required a standalone destination that could integrate retail, hospitality, and design services within a mixed-use development. The design needed to overcome the technical complexities of constructing a three-story building above an existing two-level underground parking structure.
Solution
We led a multidisciplinary team through all phases of work. Advanced BIM 3D visualization and meticulous installation sequencing enabled the precise coordination of building systems with the podium’s post-tension slab. The Gallery features a parchment-cream exterior accented with obsidian black details, landscaped courtyards showcasing RH’s Outdoor collection, a grand double floating staircase, and a third-level Rooftop Restaurant with a wine terrace overlooking North Hills.
Outcome
The result is an immersive retail and hospitality experience within one of North Carolina’s premier mixed-use destinations. Blurring the lines between residential and retail, home and hospitality, the project advances RH’s evolving Gallery concept while establishing a landmark presence within the North Hills development.
Signature Greenspire Linden trees, boxwood hedges, and landscaped courtyards frame the Gallery and extend the retail experience outdoors.
RH (NYSE: RH) is a curator of design, taste, and style in the luxury lifestyle market offering home furnishing collections through a retail omnichannel strategy that includes unique Design Galleries. The architecturally inspiring Galleries integrate exclusive products and interior design services with a memorable retail and hospitality guest experience. The Company is expanding its successful Gallery concept in large-format spaces in urban and suburban locations across North America and Europe.
As the Architect of Record, NORR led a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers, constructors, and planners for all phases of work at RH Raleigh, The Gallery at North Hills. The three-story, 60,000 square-foot standalone building is podium up construction, built on top of an existing two-level underground parking structure. The success of the project hinged on precise, complex coordination of building systems with the structural podium’s post-tension slab. Leveraging advanced BIM (Building Information Modeling) 3D visualization with meticulous installation sequencing, the infrastructure aligned with structural requirements for functionality and durability.
The building features a parchment-cream exterior, with tracery accents of obsidian black, flanked with signature RH Greenspire Linden trees, boxwood hedges, and unique sunken landscaped courtyards showcasing RH’s Outdoor collection. Each interior level is connected by a grand double floating staircase, which provides access for guests to experience the artistic installations of RH Interiors, Contemporary and Modern collections. The third level boasts a dramatic Rooftop Restaurant, covered in windows allowing for natural light, opening to a wine terrace overlooking North Hills.
RH Raleigh, The Gallery at North Hills offers a high value immersive retail experience within a mixed-use development and shopping zone in North Carolina.
