Located at the western edge of Lausanne’s central Le Flon district, this hotel building presents a monolithic mineral block that blends with the site’s industrial heritage. Utilising the template provided by the district’s street plan to optimum effect, the design echoes the dense urban grid patterns characteristic of Le Flon’s traditional warehouses and completes the square from which it is acc..
located on an evergreen hill in tsilivi, a small village in the greek island of zakynthos, the ‘olea all suite hotel’ develops around a 4000 sqm lake-like pool. designed by block722 architects+, the hotel comprises 93 luxury suites and a series of communal facilities that focus on natural techniques and materials. the result is a contemporary, peaceful retreat that combines mediterranean archite..
18세기 저택을 현재의 호텔로 변경하는 작업은 오랜 시간이 숙성된 공간을 현재에 연결하는 작업이다. 기존 재료를 적극적으로 드러냄으로써 클래식한 느낌을 구현하였다. Grey stone walls and jet-black joinery meet to form the monochromatic interiors of this boutique hotel in northern Spain designed by Francesc Rifé Studio. Casa Grande Hotel is situated in Granon, a tiny village in Spain's La Rioja region that's populated by just a few hundred people. The hotel's owners – ..
Housed in a former hospital in the centre of Hiroshima, Japan, KIRO HIROSHIMA by The Shared Hotels is a pared-down boutique hotel that swaps extravagance for authenticity, and luxurious amenities for human connection. With a wealth of attractions to explore, from the nearby Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall and Atomic Bomb Dome, to the surrounding islands in the Seto Inland Sea, the hotel w..
About 3 kms from the city center, away from the urban grid, stands the Casino and Hotel Ovalle, founding a citadel in the middle of the valley of the Limarí. As well as the ancient inhabitants of the valley settled to the interior of the gullies; real cracks that striped the central plateau of the valley, this intervention aims to constitute a new gully on this new site. This crack seeks to give..
When I walked into the deep forest of the Shenwang Line of Baofu Town, Anji, for the first time two years ago, I felt that life is was so nice, noiseless in the forest with the bird’s singing. As a designer who has been living and working in the city for a long time, the mountains, bamboo, water, fog, birdsong, and air have brought unprecedented feelings. The previous old houses, but now the gue..
Fosbury & Sons Transform a Landmark Building in Amsterdam into Contemporary Cowokring Spaces Occupying an historical canal-side building in Amsterdam, Fosbury & Sons Prinsengracht is the first co-working location outside the company’s native Belgium. Taking its name from the former Prinsengracht Hospital that it occupies, the project carries on Fosbury & Sons’ predilection for landmark buildings..
While the essence of Bali lies in interaction between different cultures, the ubiquitous resort typology currently in Bali and other tropical destinations paradoxically emphasises hotel guests’ exclusive enjoyment, detached from the life of the local community. Located on one of the last remaining unoccupied beach front sites in Seminyak, the Potato Head Studios challenges the typical resort typ..
Ace Hotel has revealed the first photos of its new venue in Kyoto, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and Los Angeles-based design studio Commune. Now open for bookings from April, Ace Hotel Kyoto is the brand's first hotel in Japan. It is housed within the former Kyoto Central Telephone Company, built by architect Tetsuro Yoshida in the 1920s. Kuma has overseen the building's conversion ..
New York studio Parts and Labor Design has taken cues from Washington DC's maritime past to create the interiors of a hotel in the city's Navy Yard neighbourhood.Thompson Washington DC is an 11-storey hotel by local firm Studios Architecture with interiors by Parts and Labor Design.Located in the city's southern Navy Yard neighbourhood, the hotel has 225 guest rooms, an Italian restaurant called..
