1 Hotel South Beach offers unparalleled views of the Atlantic ocean, Miami’s natural paradise, Biscayne Bay and Downtown Miami’s ever-expanding skyline. Throughout the 426-room hotel the celebration of nature is evident, from the graceful twist of driftwood furnishings to the ever-present sounds of the ocean and abundance of living natural material. 426 guest rooms th...
It has been designed as a home away from home. A welcoming and visible entrance, featuring an inspiring commissioned work of art by Julian Opie that covers the entire front façade, is angled towards the terminal & RER station. citizenM charles de gaulle offers Paris 230 of its signature guest rooms, set on top of a vibrant living room area, an open and dynamic space that...
Inspired by Michael's vision, we worked closely with him and Annabell Kutucu, the interior decorator, to develop Scorpios' master plan and architectural language. The design result is an atmospheric experience that celebrates beach culture and transcends the various design disciplines to present a total experience that submerges the visitor from the master plan to it...
Not just tourists - keep in mind - but curious visitors, careful to genuine plots, notes, perfumes and colors. In Masseria Prosperi there is a quality of life idea that makes reductive any definition. Our philosophy is simple: to give back a unique experience, made of authenticity and intensity. Our best reward is to leave the imagination entirely to you: our story w...
Original features have been meticulously maintained and the history of the site lives on, in the Masseria’s stunning vaulted ceilings and 17th century chapel. Having undergone four years of extensive renovation, the family-owned Masseria Petrarolo on Puglia’s idyllic Adriatic coast, showcases a breath-taking blend of contemporary style and rustic luxury. Originally co...
Being very elegant and cozy, the design remains contemporary. The entrance gold desk married with a black and white floor and black walls, give it a fifty 's look, making it very chic. In the living room, we find that feeling back with lighter colors, such as a clear blue on the walls. The moroccan rug, revisited in a contemporary look, is stunning and frames the de...
DESIGN CONCEPT WRITE UP MOD’s design draws inspiration from this heritage and specifically the historic Loke Thye Kee restaurant, its 100-year-old namesake and neighbor. Both the restaurant and the residences re developed by the same owner, 1919 Global Sdn Bhd. Harking back to the romance of the early 1900’s, Loke Thye Kee Residences recalls the spirit of a bygone era b...
designed by nick plewman architects and london-based michaelis boyd associates, the organic form of the lodge draws its influence from animals that inhabit and carry their shelter with them, in this case, the elusive pangolin – africa’s endangered armadillo. raised on stilts, with a timber decking that weaves its way through the trees and marsh land, the environmentally...
We sought to achieve the prosperous future by enhancing the charm of this town with the theme of this project “cycle.” Many tourists, cyclists especially, visit Onomichi city, where have come to know it as the town with beautiful hills and “machiya,” or Japanese-style houses of antiquity. In 2013 the city of Onomichi accepted our proposal to utilize a seaside warehous...
while featuring stunning design elements, exemplified by a central atrium, the structure was modified by rusan arkitektura to better reflect the modern requisites for exclusivity and relaxation. the atrium was updated with dark teak surfaces which contrast with the light airy space and white finishing of the original design. to better integrate the building with the cour...
The Press Hotel, housed in the renowned Portland Press Herald building, is slated to open as a 110-room hotel with a contemporary vision conceived by the New York-based design firm Stonehill & Taylor. The modern aesthetic of the hotel’s public spaces – reception, four lobby lounges, a local art gallery and bar - exude an urban sophistication, while allowing guests to...
Context The master plan calls for a highly-concentrated built-up site that serves as a clear motorway reference point for the nearby city of Roeselare, a dynamic economic area in the heart of West Flanders. The office zone comes to the fore as a prominent economic landmark for the city. A phased approach was adopted to the area because of the ample availability of sp...
Each of the fifteen guestrooms is individually designed to evoke the feeling of a breezy beach cottage and capture the history and charm of this seaside destination located at the tip of Cape Cod. Salt House Inn offers relaxed and accessible luxury with warm service and thoughtful amenities that appeal to today’s traveler, including well-appointed bathrooms, plush bed...
with occupancy slated for spring 2016, the development features a 77-room hotel; two 12-storey residential towers comprising 150 homes, (including 12 penthouses; a private membership club; two restaurants; four swimming pools; a state-of-the-art spa and fitness center); more than 40 beach cabanas; and an expansive park and oceanside gardens. the project contains 51 uniq...
The new Ruff Well Water Resort designed by Shanghai-based architects AIM is an outstanding example of how that practise is reflected in contemporary society, particularly in new facilities for the urban middleclass. With high quality architecture and an innovative spatial layout, the resort adds a new wellness-location to the map of present-day China. The hot spring reso...
It is no surprise, then, that tourists flock there from around the world to spend leisurely days indulging in the good things in life. While some may be content to spend a lazy night dozing on the beach or in a humble bungalow, others demand the height of luxury, even when on vacation. The Reflection Condominium development, from the Major Development company, is specifi...
The country inn, bar and restaurant is in the historic town of Wellington in Prince Edward County, an area known for its artisanal foods, new wines and freshwater beaches. Hotelier Jeff Stober hired original Drake designer John Tong and his design studio, +tongtong, to help him and the Drake team reinvent a circa 1800 foundry as an 11-room and two-suite inn. The inn is ...
In architecture is associated with the critical process to find the essential elements which are to remain, those that must be removed and new ones, prostheses, which may be added. This intervention follows two options: the archaeological recovery by mimesiswith the past and the contemporary statementby comparison with present realities. The goal was to search for a bala...
The tropical modern - minimalist architectural design, emphasizes surface textures and artisan craftsmanship. The South (frontal) and East facing facades with its red - tinted concrete referencing traditional architectural filigrees (Jali) act as permeable membranes that filter air and sunlight and at the same time buffers outside sound. This delicate geometry - reduced ...
Privacy, flexibility, luxury, and elegance are the fundamental elements of this exclusive property, designed by Philippe Starck. With no reception desk at the entrance area, a personalized check in marks the beginning of the tailor-made service guests can expect throughout their stay. The façade of the three-story hotel is a classical 16th-century shell, behind which gen...
Located in the centre of Montenegro’s Adriatic coast, Aman Sveti Stefan incorporates the island of Sveti Stefan, the pink, sandy beaches of Sveti Stefan, Miločer Beach and the renowned Queen’s Beach, and the 32-hectare estate just back from Queens’ Beach on which Villa Miločer is situated. Completed in 1936, Villa Miločer is surrounded by more than 800 olive trees, prote...
In the 1960s Albert C. Ledner designed a pair of buildings in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood for the National Maritime Union, both punctuated appropriately by porthole-shaped windows.Handel Architects found inspiration in the round windows and gave Dream Downtown some contemporary flair, inside and out. The architects answered some questions about the recently complete...
This 21st century park that threads its way through and alongside old industrial buildings has spurred a lot of development (thanks in part to the city's rezoning of the area), much of it high profile buildings designed by well known architects. One such building alongside section two is the Hotel Americano by Enrique Norten / TEN Arquitectos. The building presents a sim...
What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project? My wife and I purchased the property in 1984 to supplement an adjacent 12-unit historic apartment building. The site contained a 2,500 square foot remodeled gas station in moderate disrepair. Can you describe your design process for the building? Unlike any of our past projects, this proje...
The cantilevered wings that make up Fogo Island Inn, a cruciform structure clad in indigenous spruce, are set at peculiar angles, appearing to be held up by slightly off-kilter stilts. This careful detail embodies a particular brand of Newfoundland humour – equal parts sly wit and bravado, born of ingenuity and necessity. The angles suggest that the 29-room hotel is so c...
David Adjaye's firm – which has also just revealed a £600 million scheme for London's Piccadilly – will overhaul the 17-storey building known as Hallmark House, in the South African city's fast-developing Maboneng district. The 66-metre-high building was completed in the 1970s to house a growing diamond polishing industry. It will now accommodate apartments, as well as ...
Oaks Prague developer Arendon Development Company has appointed London architect John Pawson to design a hotel, spa and restaurant for its luxury residential development on a former hunting estate. New York studio Richard Meier will create 25 apartments, while Czech architect Eva Jiřičná will contribute a single-family villa. The projects form part of a €400 million (ap...
Morphosis Architects has released their highly-anticipated designs for a 381-metre-tall reflective skyscraper to be built in Vals, Switzerland. The ultra-thin tower will house a luxury hotel, and become the third addition to the 7132 Resort by a Pritzer laureate. The skyscraper is slated for completion in 2019. The ’7132 Tower’ is intended to be an impressive and eye-ca...
He purchased the 104-acre Blackadore Caye with a partner nearly 10 years ago, and recently teamed up with NYC-based Delos developer Paul Scialla to create the luxury resort, which is slated to open in 2018. The plan is to make this a “restorative island”, which refers to both calming effect it will have on visitors, and how the island itself is being replenished. Blac...
Dubbed Refuge du Goûter, this space-age self-sufficient shelter is being built from locally sourced pinewood, and it will be equipped with solar panels and wind turbines. Designed for the French Alpine Club by Thomas Buchi and Hervé Dessimoz from Group-H, the refuge will be the highest building in france when it opens in the near future. Located on one of the most pop...
Dream hotel is designed as an upscale extension to the popular Dream Hostel in Tampere, Finland. The hostel opened its doors in 2010 and is located in an old industrial building in the center of the city and in close proximity of the Tampere concert hall. The cooperation between Studio Puisto Architects and Dream Hostel started in the fall of 2013 after a workshop of ...
Located near Stockholm, the concrete and blackened timber extension was built right on top of the existing wings overlooking the forest and nearby bay. Featuring 27 new rooms, this lean, stylish hotel marries Swedish architecture and traditional Japanese decor. You'll love the interiors -- for photos, feel free to hit the jump. Japanese architect Yoji Kasajima built t...
A hotel with an unconventional concept and an inspiring history that is operated to professional standards – this is how the most recent project of AllesWirdGut Architects initiated by magdas, the social business subsidiary of Caritas Austria, can be described. The hotel rooms are available to city travelers, tourists in Vienna and overnight trippers, each with a view o...
The constant change of use, the presence of different architectural styles, and the passing of the years, made from Niop a very different place in outline and operation from the conception of a traditional hacienda in Southeast Mexico. The project developed by AS Arquitectura and R79 seeks to transform this group of buildings that were previously occupied by livestock a...
De Hoge Rielen is a place for civic and ecological education in the 300-hectare forest of a former military base. The O-shaped Hostel Wadi – conceived by Studio Bernardo Secchi & Paola Viganò – encircles part of the pine forest, retained as a memento of a disappearing artificial landscape that is rapidly transforming into broadleaf vegetation. A circular, ever variable...
Located on the western edge of Munich, near the Friedenheimer bridge, and adjacent to the light-rail lines that string throughout the city’s center, Am Hirschgarten is a campus-like cluster of four buildings, each of which entails a tower, which rises from the base of every building’s plinth. The project’s urban planning requirements mandated economical, sustainable, ...
