The bee hotel Beezantium designed by Invisible Studio offers a memorable experience thanks to its lakeside location in the grounds of the Newt Hotel in Somerset, UK. The hive built-into walls facilitates the growth of the bee colony with unseasoned oak that offer natural holes for the bees to enter and exit. Also, copper pipes make it easier for bees to …
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Think of an artist's cottage who loves ceramics. Reborn from the gracious old bones of a 19th-century finca, on 30 hectares of land, Menorca Experimental is the countryside hotel everybody talks about now. Designed by Dorothee Meilichzon and her firm, which specializes in hospitality design, the finca is home to 43 rooms, including nine with their own dipping pools, allowing guests …
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Warm natural woods, mustard-hued sprinkled terrazzo, and few but well-intended pops of color come together at Hotel June in Los Angeles. Located in a timeless mid-century modern building, Hotel June, a spinoff property by the high-end Proper Hotels features a more approachable style and design by Venice-based Studio Collective who offers full-service branding and interior design services. The interior embraces the idea of spending time whether …
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The Standard completed its first hotel in London with a 1974 Brutalist structure overlooking King’s Cross. How to convert offices within a concrete Brutalist frame into a contemporary boutique hotel of 266 rooms hosting a new restaurant, bar, and a roof terrace above? This project is all about Repurpose, Reuse, and Readapt. The original tinted-windows in their distinct rounded rectangular frames were replaced with …
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Nothing better to start the weekend than browsing through the joyful color palette at Casa Hoyos located in San Miguel de Allende (Mexico). A seed and grain trader was transformed into this boutique hotel that works with local designers and artisans to reflect local taste and skills. Casa Hoyos is a reinterpretation of the colonial houses respecting the materials and vegetable palette …
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This 47-room property located in Istanbul’s Beyoglu district — with its cosmopolitan atmosphere and never-ending inspiration, adds another house to Spanish hotel chain Room Mate. Eclectic Luxe is probably Lázaro Rosa Violán's most known signature, and the Barcelona based interior designer wouldn't disappoint with one of his last adventures combining old and new in a city where continents cross paths and …
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