What is fuelling the hotel conversion frenzy?
The US hotel market is in the grip of a full‑blown conversion boom - and investors are here for it. Rising construction costs, tight zoning and a thirst for speed to market have pushed brand‑to‑brand and adaptive‑reuse projects to the front of deal…
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WH studio's nanxi hotel inspired by clustered treehouses and leaf anatomy
A newly completed hotel by WH Studio, known as the Nanxi Happy Pastoral Wild Hotel Treehouse, presents an evolution in treehouse-inspired design. Following the success of WH Studio’s 2019 Xianghu Senbo Resort Treehouse in Hangzhou (see designboom’s…
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How the Global Business Class Has Transformed the Home
The rise of the global economy has led to the rise of the business class, whose ceaseless travels have empowered the hospitality industry’s growing influence. During the last several decades, hotel chains have been expanding and battling for a share…
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A growing trend in the travel industry, particularly in the realm of hotel design, is reshaping the way travelers experience their surroundings. This movement, known as biophilic architecture, has captured the attention of global travelers and…
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Ballet-inspired double skyscraper design tricks the eye
In Albania’s capital Tirana, where a spate of new towers will soon transform the skyline, architects have revealed plans for a new double skyscraper that will bend elegantly like a ballet dancer’s plié, or a lover leaning in for a kiss…
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Bjarke Ingels’ Not A Hotel Setouchi Converges Scandinavian and Japanese Design
Architecture studio BIG and Japanese hospitality brand Not A Hotel have teamed up to design a trio of villas located on Japan’s Sagishima Island. Helmed by architects Bjarke Ingels and Leon Rost, the villas are a convergence of Japanese and…
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Aman Beverly Hills to Open in 2027
After Aman Nai Lert Bangkok (Q3, 2024) and Aman Miami Beach (2026), Aman Beverly Hills is slated to be the next urban destination to open in 2027. Designed by Kerry Hill Architects, here are the first renderings of the forthcoming property…
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'Architectural Digest' Names the Arcade One of the 27 Best Hotel Lobbies in the World
Singapore, Tokyo, London, Barcelona... Cleveland? While a list like that doesn't make a whole lot of sense at first blush, it does after you read Architectural Digest's ranking of the 27 best hotel lobbies in the world…
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An Armenian Architect Built Three High-class Hotels near the White House
WASHINGTON — There are three high-class hotels near the White House built by an Armenian-American architect. What are now St…
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Reimagining the travel experience through hotel design
After the fallow pandemic years, hotels are once again competing to provide the best short-term homes to holidaymakers and business travellers alike…
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This new luxury tourism destination is an oasis in the desert
A highly attractive visitor destination and an optimum place to live and thrive, Epicon’s guests and residents can expect a truly immersive and life-affirming experience…
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1 HOTELS LAUNCHES LONDON'S FIRST NATURE-DRIVEN HOTEL EXPERIENCE
1 Hotels, the nature-inspired mission-driven hotel brand founded by hospitality visionary Barry Sternlicht, announces the official opening of 1 Hotel Mayfair, its UK flagship and first European destination, developed in collaboration with Crosstree…
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Designing Moxy Tromsø around mountains and the Northern Lights
Moxy Tromsø was designed to encourage guests to look up and out – towards Norwegian mountains and fjords…
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Combining luxurious architecture and natural camouflage together, Mertcan Güldilek’s Nordic Breeze hotel is easy to miss when viewed from above…
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AN EXCLUSIVE VISIT TO THE ROOF OF HOTEL BELLECLAIRE
Untapped New York Insiders recently gained exclusive access to the roof of Hotel Belleclaire on a members-only tour where they got to learn about the building’s architect Emery Roth, find out what’s coming in the next round of renovations, and enjoy…
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NEW 5-STAR HOTEL IS SET TO OPEN ON THIS ICONIC STREET IN SPAIN’S SEVILLA
A BRAND new five-star hotel will open in Sevilla, it has been announced. The city council is set to approve plans for a 20-room hotel on the iconic Calle Betis, which sits alongside the river in the neighbourhood of Triana…
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Sahabat Selojene creates 2.8-metre-wide hotel in Indonesia
Architecture studio Sahabat Selojene has created PituRooms, a seven-bedroom hotel in Central Java in Indonesia that occupies a site measuring just 2.8 metres in width…
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Cantilevered transparent pool hovers above hotel complex in Thailand
Mys Khaoyai Hotel by Bangkok-based studio Urban Praxis draws from the lush surroundings of Khao Yai National Park in Thailand…
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