Each year, NanaWall honors the most visionary and transformative architectural designs incorporating commercial glass doors. The 2024 NanaAward winners for hospitality, dining, and restaurant design celebrate projects that redefine how indoor and outdoor spaces interact, creating immersive and flexible guest experiences. This year’s restaurant submissions showcase how NanaWall systems have become essential in elevating restaurant spaces—enhancing ambiance, expanding seating, and connecting guests with their surroundings.
Best Hospitality Silver Award Winner: Society Burger Restaurant
In Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the design team at Narrate Design partnered with the owners of Society Burger Restaurant to create a dining experience that fully immerses guests in both indoor and outdoor settings. At the heart of this project are the folding SL70 commercial glass doors, which transform the restaurant design and patio into an integrated, year-round space. With its ability to fully open and erase the threshold between interior and exterior, this innovative Silver NanaAward-winning design enhances seating capacity, guest flow, and customer experience while maintaining an authentic, welcoming ambiance.
Staff Pick for Best Restaurant Design: The Spur Restaurant
A NanaAwards Staff Pick, the Spur Restaurant design in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, embodies rugged elegance mixed with mountain charm. Architect Cornelius Kinsey envisioned a seamless transition between the indoor dining space and the breathtaking outdoor landscape—a vision realized through SL70 commercial glass doors. Known for its durability and thermal performance, this system ensures that diners can enjoy the majestic mountain views while remaining protected from the elements.
“The NanaWall SL70 was the perfect solution to bring our vision to life. Known for its reliability and durability, this thermally broken aluminum framed system is ideal for demanding commercial applications and extreme weather conditions.”– Matt Tudor, Sales Rep.
Elevating Island Dining with Commercial Glass Doors
At Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Wailea, every meal comes with a front-row seat to one of the most breathtaking dining views on earth. Designed with commercial glass doors, the restaurant’s expansive lanai blurs the lines between indoors and out, transforming the space into an immersive experience where luxury meets the Pacific breeze. With SL70 opening glass walls that disappear on demand, the vibrant energy of Maui seamlessly flows through, offering guests an unparalleled connection to paradise. Whether enjoying a perfectly aged steak or a glass from the towering opening glass wine wall designed using a NanaWall frameless system, the atmosphere is effortlessly elevated—elegant when enclosed, and boundless when open. This is more than dining; it’s architecture in motion, shaping an atmosphere as unforgettable as the cuisine itself.
Best Hospitality Design Gold Award: Ada Hotel & Rix Restaurant
Nestled along the picturesque Thornapple River, the Ada Hotel reimagines hospitality design by erasing the boundaries between indoors and out. A hotel that breathes with its environment. Designed by OTJ Architects and contracted by Superior Glass Co., the hotel’s four key amenity spaces leverage NanaWall systems to create a luxurious yet approachable atmosphere. On the first floor, The Post Tavern Restaurant welcomes guests with folding glass window systems, opening the space to intimate river views and the energy of the pedestrian-friendly streetscape. The Lark Wine Bar has floor-to-ceiling folding glass walls, seamlessly connecting the cozy interiors to the outdoors. On the third floor is the hotel’s true jewel, their Rix Restaurant—a dining space that opens to a 900-square-foot terrace accessed via three 9-foot-tall SL70 systems. This elevated perch provides expansive panoramic views while an HSW75 sliding glass wall expands or encloses the private dining room, offering flexibility for seasonal use. The result is a space that effortlessly shifts between open-air dining and climate-controlled luxury.
“There have been so many comments on the sleek, modern look of the NanaWall systems. The hotel is truly a work of art, and it can’t be overstated how large a role NanaWall plays in that.”– Ryan Hallock, Superior Glass Co.
Best Country Club Gold Award Winner: Muirfield Country Club
At the Muirfield Country Club, members now experience the dining and banquet space transformed by the Gold NanaAward winning design vision of Architect Design Collective and Contractor Shaffer Construction. The opening commercial glass doors were central to this renovation, creating a fluid, sophisticated dining atmosphere that adapts to the changing needs of its members. The club design incorporated multiple opening glass doors including SL60 and SL70 systems. Whether guests are celebrating after a round of golf or enjoying an intimate evening, the flexible openings allow for an inviting feeling, perfectly balancing indoor comfort with fresh outdoor energy.
“The NanaWall systems have breathed new life into the dining and banquet components of the club. They have changed the dining from static to a truly dynamic dining experience.” - Muirfield Country Club.
Best Country Club Silver Award Winner: Gulph Mills Golf Club
Set in the rolling landscape of King of Prussia, PA, the Gulph Mills Golf Club has embraced an unparalleled connection to its stunning golf course views. The HSW60 sliding commercial glass doors span an impressive 109 feet with 37 individual panels stacking into a discreet single parking bay. This Silver Award-winning project by Contractor W.S. Cumby, Inc. expertly integrates with the club’s traditional architecture, offering year-round enjoyment of sweeping panoramic vistas from the clubhouse dining area. The effect is both dynamic and timeless, allowing members to experience the best of the outdoors, no matter which season.
Final Thoughts
The 2024 NanaAward projects stand as shining examples of how thoughtful architecture and innovative engineering can redefine dining and hospitality experiences. Each of these spaces demonstrates how commercial glass doors create immersive, flexible, and visually stunning environments in restaurants, luxury hotels, and private country clubs. With limitless possibilities, NanaWall continues to empower architects, designers, and restaurateurs to craft transformative, functional, and breathtaking spaces.
View the full list of 2024 NanaAward winners and explore the inspiration gallery to see how NanaWall can bring your next project to life!
