Mark Zeff Riffs on Austin’s Musical Heritage at the Hotel Van Zandt

A conference room’s oak table and wool-nylon carpet are custom. Photography by Eric Laignel.

For the lounge at the Markzeff-designed Hotel Van Zandt in Austin, Texas, Paul Villinski cut up vinyl records to make an installation of birds. Photography by Eric Laignel.

They rise from a 1906 phonograph set on a custom credenza in ebonized ash and walnut. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Cocktail tables in the lounge are by Casamidy. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The hotel name appears stenciled on the entry’s white-oak floor. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Floor tile in reception is water-buffalo hide treated with paraffin wax. Photography by Eric Laignel.

In the lounge, a brass chandelier hangs from the ceiling, clad in antiqued mirror. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Anchoring the pre-function area for the ballroom, a custom wool-nylon carpet inset supersizes a detail of 19th-century U.S. currency. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Art in the lounge includes Sydney Egan’s work made from books. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The piece presiding over an elevator lobby is by the hotel namesake’s son JT Van Zandt. Photography by Eric Laignel.

A meeting room’s custom shelving in stained oak displays vintage radios and microphones. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Stairs descend from the pre-function area to the lounge. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Willie Nelson, photographed by Scott Newton, in a corridor outside the restaurant. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Reclaimed barnwood paneling a meeting room. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The holes bored in the stained wood of the JT Van Zandt piece. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Bar stools in steel and leather custom-designed by Casamidy for the restaurant. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Its Douglas fir joists. Photography by Eric Laignel.

A sconce by Mark Maresca in a conference room. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Salvaged from the facade of the nearby LBJ Presidential Library by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, travertine slabs now surface a platform in the restaurant. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Café 605’s custom communal table is topped in ebonized walnut. Photography by Eric Laignel.

A naturally occurring hole in the tabletop reveals the cement tile below. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The stairwell’s pendant fixtures combine glass, brass, and hot-rolled steel. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Moroccan cement tile creates a feature wall in the bathroom of a penthouse suite. Photography by Eric Laignel.

A penthouse suite overlooks Lady Bird Lake. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Cotton-polyester velvet covers the sofa. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The library-style events space can be divided in three by folding doors. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Vinyl wall covering rises behind a guest room’s leather-upholstered headboard. Both are custom. Photography by Eric Laignel.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE. Photography by Eric Laignel.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE. Photography by Eric Laignel.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE. Photography by Eric Laignel.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE. Photography by Eric Laignel.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE. Photography by Eric Laignel.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE. Photography by Eric Laignel.