Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh
Hotel Missoni Edinburgh is the city’s most exciting new hotel development designed by famous Italian fashion house Missoni.With their characteristic Missoni décor, boasting ’70s inspired furniture, vivid contrasts of black and white, geometrical patterns and multicoloured stripes, the luxury guestrooms at the Hotel Missoni Edinburgh offer an elegant yet welcoming setting for your stay in the Old Town.
4 0 WiNKS London Boutique Hotel by David Carter
Situated in vibrant and trendy East London, David Carter’s home is a historic and elegant four storey Queen Anne townhouse built in 1717. With two used guest bedrooms, 4 0 W i N K S is being launched to help give photographers, stylists, art directors, designers, buyers, models and anyone in the creative and fashion industries somewhere fun and different to stay when they are in London for work or pleasure.
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Aircruise Concept by Seymourpowell
London, UK, Leading design and innovation company Seymourpowell is today unveiling full details of its visionary transportation concept, Aircruise – a giant, vertical airship powered by natural energy and designed to carry travellers in style and luxury.
Originally a self-generated project, Seymourpowell’s Aircruise is the concept design for a hotel in the sky, with low passenger numbers and huge internal spaces offering room for living, dining and relaxing, as well as scope for dramatic and inspirational public spaces. The initial design proposes a bar/lounge zone, four duplex apartments, a penthouse and five smaller apartments.
The concept subsequently captured the imagination of Korean giant Samsung Construction and Trading (C&T). Driven by its interest in new materials for building, Samsung C&T appointed Seymourpowell to refine the idea and produce a detailed computer animation of the proposed experience to illustrate this visionary approach to the future.
From the docking rig at the base to the tip, the ship is 265 metres tall. Hydrogen, the lightest gas, is used as the lifting gas, and is capable of lifting around 1.2Kg per cubic metre of volume. Large PEM hydrogen fuel cells will provide on board power and some drinking water.
Recycled Airplane Hotel Suites, Netherlands
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Cold War-era East German Airplane has been transformed into a luxury hotel suite. The airplane, which sits at the Teuge airport has been installed by Dutch company 
Guests even have access to the fully-equipped cockpit at the front of the plane.The one-room suite includes three flat-screen televisions, a sauna, jacuzzi and a Blu-ray player.
Luna2 Private Hotel in Bali by David Wahl and Melanie Hall
Architect David Wahl, based in Washington, collaborated with Melanie Hall, owner of Luna2, to create this groundbreaking design which is a vastly different approach to the ubiquitous ‘modern Bali’ style. Its simplicity is intended as a launch pad for the excellence within.
It’s terraced front patio includes a stocked pond, a lap pool and a breathtaking view of the ocean in Indonesia’s top travel hotspot. The residence itself is a contemporary classic, a design by David Wahl that rests perfectly on its well designed landscape.
November 16, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Beach House, Hotel, Latest, Travel - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1
Baggage Belt Advert for Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, USA by Masterminds Agency
The advert titled Baggage Belt was done by Masterminds advertising agency for HOTEL BEAU-RIVAGE company in USA.
The idea was to create a refreshingly tranquil oasis for the weary passenger, mimicking the cool water of Beau Rivage’s tropical pool. The baggage belt was transformed into a swimming pool complete with swimmers and playful slogans. The result was a total change in how people react around the hectic space of a luggage belt.
“Popcorn Makers,” Room 23 at White Hotel
“Disturb Me” is an interactive installation between human and his environment. It is to make perceptible the reciprocal links and often forgotten contact, that we maintain with our environment.
The projection depends on the sound emitted by the spectators and creates consequently, a transitory and colored environment. The projected forms are revealed when in contact with surfaces of the room.
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Copenhagen Penthouse Interior by Norm Architects
This project was completed by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Rønn of Norm Architects for a penthouse apartment in the Frederiksberg area of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vertical Indoor Garden at Bardessono Hotel, California
The vertical indoor garden was designed for a space without irrigation or drainage at the platinum LEED certified Bardessono hotel in Yountville, California. It is a striking substitute for wasteful displays of cut flowers produced through a collaboration by Flora Grubb; a landscape designer, Kevin Smith and the architect Seth Boor.
“Our first instinct was to really pack the plants in,” Ms. Grubb said. “But then as we pulled them apart, they became so much more special, like abstracted sea creatures.”
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Harads Tree Hotel by Tham & Videgard Hansson Arkitekts
Harads is a tree hotel concept inverted by Swedish architects Tham & Videgard Hansson.
The tree hotel with a small kitchen, terrace, living area and sleeping area is good enough to spend a small, or even an extended vacation, away from the hustle and bustle of crowded city life.
The mirrored surfaces blends this conceptual design into the environment.
February 9, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Hotel, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 19
Solar Powered Mountaineers Hut
The retreat which resides at 2,810 meters above sea level was designed by both students and professionals at the ETH in a combined effort to create a modern, efficient building. Interestingly, the structure was pre-fabricated from from wood and digitally optimized to become a state of the art hotel.
Dolder Grand Hotel in Zürich
Designed in 1899 by Jacques Gros, the Zürich’s Dolder Grand Hotel has a wonderful city location overlooking Lake Zürich and the Alps. The health/spa hotel has been re-invented as a modern luxury hotel by a famous team of architects from London’s Foster and Partners, by United Designers, also of London, and by spa-industry visionary, Arizona-based Sylvia Sepielli, for the spa concept.
Hotel Aire de Bardenas by Monica Rivera & Emiliano Lopez
Single-story design surrounded by nature, forming part of the landscape.Designed by Monica Rivera & Emiliano Lopez to be on only one floor, there are 22 rooms from which to choose; some featuring a private garden, some a large outdoor designer bath, others are designer bungalows set apart from the main complex in the middle of wheat fields.
Patios of almond trees and the native vegetation serve to blend Aire in with the natural landscape. In the restaurant, you will be able to delight in the authentic feasts on offer in this natural setting.
June 20, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Hotel, Travel - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 8
Nurai Island Resort by Studio Dror
Abu Dhabi has many island developments in the works. But few will be as sparsely populated, or as pricey, as Nurai Island, the name developers have given to one of the area’s most private and upmarket communities.
The 130,000-square-meter island is about to be transformed into an achingly glamorous and luxurious resort and exclusive private residential estate, comprised of one boutique luxury hotel resort with 60 suites, 31 beachfront estates and 36 water villas. The project is a collaboration between New York based Studio Dror, led by Dor Benshetrit.
June 19, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Hotel, Travel - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 4
Glass Igloos
Ice hotels have recently gained popularity, scattered across the wintry north and boasting everything from a bar to beds made out of ice. For those travelers who want just a little more warmth, but don’t want to skimp on the Lapland ambiance, there are glass igloos.
March 11, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Hotel, Travel - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1
Ray Hotel Project by Hagy Belzberg
The Ray Hotel is a Hagy Belzberg project that uses the existing Ray warehouse in Venice to anchor the new boutique hotel .
The hotel reuses the warehouse and combines sustainable features with modern design. Along with the 57 rooms boutique style hotel, the design will include a spa, gym, museum, bookstore, lounge, restaurant, conference room and surf shop.
January 15, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Hotel, Travel - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1
Crystal Island, the World’s Biggest Building by Foster and Partners
Foster + Partners have released designs for the biggest building ever built: Crystal Island in Moscow will be 450m high, cover an area of almost half a million square meters and contain a total floor area of 2.5 million square meters.The Crystal Island has already earned the reputation of the most ambitious building project in the world. The construction is evaluated at four billion dollars.
January 4, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Hotel, Travel - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 14
Armani Hotels and Resorts
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. and EMAAR Hotels & Resorts LLC are pleased to announce that their respective Chairmen, Mr. They have today executed the formal contractual agreement between the two companies for the development of a unique international collection of ‘Armani Hotels and Resorts‘.
Giorgio Armani has been one of the world’s most influential designers who is now set to extend his design sensibilities into the arena of hospitality. Armani Hotels & Resorts will be places that offer the same kind of welcome to guests as the designer would privately extend to his friends and family. The website will continuously update the new Armani Hotel & Resort developments which now includes the Armani Hotel Milano and the Armani Hotel Dubai.
December 10, 2007 - Category: Architecture, Hotel, Travel - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
