Palazzina Grazzi on the Grand CanalJanuary 14, 2010
For his first hotel designed in Italy, French designer, Philippe Starck, scored the Palazzina Grassi. The newest hotel in the heart of Venice, Italy is located on the Grand Canal, right next to the famed... Read More
Michelberger Hotel set to Open in BerlinAugust 20, 2009
Hotel veterans might say newcomer Tom Michelberger is playing at being a hotelier which would be fine by him as “play” is a central theme to his brand new hotel. The “first” Michelberger Hotel... Read More
Giant Eco-Egg Skyscraper: A Conceptual Luxury HotelMarch 13, 2009
Source: Inhabitat by Haily Zaki From the unseen, unsung files of design competitions past comes the Envision Green Hotel proposed by Miami-based Michael Rosenthal Associates for Hospitality Design’s Radical... Read More
Jumbo Hostel-SwedenFebruary 17, 2009
There are many unique hotel concepts around the world. From the one room mobile Hotel Everland that is transported to different rooftops around Europe to the rooms inside massive concrete drainpipes of... Read More
Room Mate Grace – New YorkJanuary 20, 2009
Grace: Creative, multicultural, charismatic… So their web site states. But they left out unique, cool and hip. A good idea, as in today’s marketing world, those words have become cliché and... Read More
San Francisco: A World Of ExperienceNovember 10, 2008
San Francisco is one of those cities that is whatever visitors want it to be. Once referred to as the Paris of the West, a better description might be the world of the west. Visitors can circle the... Read More
Vancouver Dreams GreenOctober 18, 2008
Modern Vancouver is more than part of the eco-revolution; it may be the hub of an existing eco-evolution. It’s no wonder locals have affectionately known this green city for decades as the “city... Read More
Hotel Unique – São Paulo, BrazilJuly 24, 2008
The main financial hub in the country, São Paulo is also Brazil’s most cosmopolitan city, with top-rate nightlife, restaurants and impressive cultural and arts scenes. Many of Brazil’s wealthiest... Read More
Hotel Screen Kyoto – Kyoto, JapanJuly 14, 2008
Year after year Kyoto continues to maintain its status as one of Japan’s most beautiful cities and a highly sought-after travel spot. The city is rich in cultural history and incredible architecture,... Read More
Jerónimas 8 – Lisbon, PortugalJuly 14, 2008
While the Portuguese are generally cosmopolitan world travelers, the capital of Lisbon is not the global city one might expect. Lisbon is still affected by the nearly half decade of military dictatorship,... Read More
Lux 11 – Berlin, GermanyJuly 2, 2008
Berlin is no stranger to good press. As one of Europe’s older yet newer cities, its construction boom has received much attention in the years following the reunification of Germany. Despite the... Read More
Hotel Omm – Barcelona, SpainJune 25, 2008
Barcelona set the standard throughout the world in the 1990s for urban planning and regeneration in preparation for the 1992 Olympic Games. The poster child for the modern makeover fell victim to its... Read More
The Library – Koh Samui, ThailandNovember 17, 2007
Blazoned on the website of The Library on Koh Samui Island just south of Thailand’s mainland is the phrase, “shifting ordinary functional ideas to discover the art of design.” The... Read More
Hotel Josef – Prague, Czech RepublicNovember 16, 2007
The 109-bedroom Hotel Josef designed by Prague-born architect, Eva Jiricna, has been holistically designed from the outside in to respond to its sophisticated, urban location, and from the inside out... Read More
Arctic AccommodationsApril 24, 2006
What began as an enormous igloo to house ice sculptures has turned into, literally, one of the coolest hotel destinations in the world. Over 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle the pure waters of the... Read More
