concrete have designed a compact loft hotel room with many hidden features, for a new hotel brand named Zoku. Their first hotel will be opening in Amsterdam in the fall of 2015.
A Resort Designed To Blend Into The Desert Landscape
The Amangiri Resort and Spa, located on a 600+ acre site in southern Utah, is a collaboration between three architects: Marwan Al-Sayed, Wendell Burnette and Rick Joy.
The three architects were inspired to work together on the awe-inspiring site, to create a bold yet responsive settlement that both honors and celebrates the magic and mystery of southern Utah’s majestic cliffs and rock formations.
A Sustainable Safari Lodge Arrives In Botswana
Michaelis Boyd has worked together with local architect Nick Plewman, to design Sandibe Okavango, a sustainable safari lodge in Botswana.
+tongtong Redesign The Drake Devonshire Inn
+tongtong were tasked to reinvent a bed and breakfast and c.1880 foundry in the historic town of Wellington, Ontario. With help from ERA Architects who are specialists in heritage and conservation, they transformed the buildings into the Drake Devonshire Inn, a contemporary boutique hotel. The grand opening of the hotel is tomorrow, May 1st.
Casa Xixim By Specht Harpman Architects
Specht Harpman Architects have designed Casa Xixim, a holiday rental in Tulum, Mexico.
Design Detail – Upholstered Headboards That Wrap Around To The Ceiling
Hey contemporist friends! Here’s a good example of a popular design detail we’re seeing a lot of these days. When Studio Gaia designed the new W Hotel in Bogota, Colombia, a common theme among the rooms are these upholstered headboards that create visual interest by drawing the eye up the wall and wrapping around to the ceiling.