Alex from Switzerland here, collecting interesting hotels, design or architecture i found on the web or visited. Sharing with people who are into special, beautiful or innovative hotels and design concepts.
A fascinating hotel on the mystical hill above Zuoz, Switzerland, integrating art, architecture, cuisine and well-being into a pleasurable holiday experience. The new Hotel Castell made the Top Ten Winter Vacation Hotels in one leap.
(Source: hotelcastell.ch)
The Montaña Mágica Lodge was built with quality material by craftsmen of surrounding communities and Puerto Fuy Neltume. It lays in the middle of the Patagonian Andes of southern Chile, in the heart of the Valdivian Ecoregion of Los Ríos /Panguipulli, is “Huilo Huilo”, the Biological Reserve. A private protected area with 100,000 hectares of native forest, supports a diversity of high natural value.
(Source: huilohuilo.com)
The “Town Hall Hotel” occupies the walls of an Edwardian Grade II listed building (built 1910 - 1937), the old Bethnal Green Town Hall, at London’s East End. Added was a modern extension by rare architects Michel da Costa Gonçalves and Nathalie Rozencwajg.
(photos: ed reeve, edmund sumner, calvin chua)
(Source: yatzer.com)
The rooftop at the Lebua Luxury Hotel in Bangkok Thailand offers several restaurants, bar and the tower club on the 59th floor!
The views are just amazing. Wanna dine up there one day!
also…take the virtual 360° tour (for high bandwidth connections)
The Ananda in the Himalayas is a yoga retreat located on the expansive (100 acre) Palace estate of the Maharaja of Tehri-Garhwal, in Uttaranchal India.
The Beatles once stayed on the estate with a view of the holy river Ganga and a 23’000 square metre SPA.
Oommm…
(Source: fivestaralliance.com)
The Oberoi - Gurgaon, India - Space, Serenity And A Legendary Service
The Oberoi, Gurgaon will set a new standard in hospitality and service. Spread over an expanse of nine acres, the hotel encompasses a 36,000 square foot central water feature surrounded with restaurants and luxury retail space. A blend of vibrant metal, crystal clear glass and open spaces amplifies an experiential journey inducing serenity and opulence.
At the Gran Meliá Colón Hotel in the beautiful old town of Seville Spain, majestic red and golden tones merge with carefully chosen, modern furniture with pieces by designers such as Philippe Starck, Marcel Wanders and Edra. With an aesthetic of rich contrasts, Gran Meliá Colón combines intelligent historical features with contemporary touches to create a most warm and elegant environment.
(Source: gran-melia-colon.com)
The “making of” the “panic room” (Graffiti Art room by Tilt) at Hotel Le Panier, Marseille, France
(Source: auvieuxpanier.com)
At the Hotel Seven in the heart of the latin quarter in Paris, France the rooms and suites (7) offer a very original, colourful or elegant ambiance.
The suites are the “Lovez-Vous” (with cow-skin bathtub & round bed), On/Off (tilt deviding glass by pushing buttons, Sublime, Alice, Suite 007 (Bond Theme), Marie Antoinette, Diamant noir (a flood of blackness). The regular guest rooms’ featured “lévitation” comes in beds and furniture that seems to be floating by means of fluorescent light effects.
(Source: sevenhotelparis.com)
A Video showing the Sikorsky made U.S. Coast Guard helicopter inside the Helicopter Cottage at Winvian Resort, Conneticut, USA.
(Source: networkconnecticut.com)
Surrounded by stunning crystal waters, in the Gulf of Naples and across Sorrento and Amalfi, on Capri Island Italy is this enchanted location of the Hotel J.K.Place. Most of the 22 rooms have beautiful views over the Sea or the Marina. Modern Hampton style furniture mixed with classic style antiques give a suitable feel.
(Source: jkcapri.com)
The “Leon’s Place”, is set in a XIXth century’s aristocratic palace in Rome, Italy. Once a historical and sacred place, it is now representing most contemporary hotel architecture. The width of the spaces, the majestic main hall, the enormous black velvet swing hanging from the central chandelier, made of elegant crystals and fabrics, all have a theatrical impact on the visitor.
(Source: leonsplace.net)
The Six Senses Resort in Laamu, Maldives, consists of gorgeous villas, suspended over clear blue waters, with hammocks hovering over the mirror surfaces, cozy day beds to lounge and more.
The Restaurants serve dishes made exclusively of plants grown in the island’s organic garden. All villas come with open-air private water garden and are totally made of sustainable materials. Bamboo enclosures, worn-out wooden jetties and glass bathtub suspended over the waters of the Indian Ocean. Nice!
(Source: luxatic.com)
“Pixel Hotel” in Linz, Austria is unconventional for the rooms/units (called “pixel”) are dispersed throughout the city in converted, unused premises. Like an old storefront, a former workshop, or aboard a ship.
Centerpiece of the courtyard-workshop pixel is a trailer; at another the bed is on a floating island; and the furnishings in Pixel “Volksküche” are all clad in Eternit tiles. Neighborhood pubs & restaurants make up for the absence of a lobby bar or food outlet.
Six Pixels were set up between 2007 and the end of “the Capital of Culture” year 2009, luckily they are still “in service” thanks to a great response.
(Source: pixelhotel.at)
The Hotel “the vine” in Funchal on the Portuguese Island of Madeira, is a hotel with soul, just like a good wine and offers panoramic pool, vinotherapy at the spa or a gourmet dinner with a view over the city.
The Contemporary elegant design is the creation of internationally acclaimed Madeiran interior designer Nini Andrade Silva.
Catalan architect, Ricardo Bofill in collaboration with architect João Francisco Caires are responsible for the unmistakable style, giving maximum representation to post-modern contemporary architecture.
(Source: hotelthevine.com)
