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The Mira Hotel

The Mira Hotel

With architects Edmond Wong of designcorp and Andrew Choy of Atelier C+ responsible for it’s finely detailed facade, the Mira Hotel is one of Hong Kong’s most stunning hotels. Charles Allem of CAD International, Inc. and Adrian Norman of Adrian L. Norman Ltd. did the interiors, with Colin Cowie as collaborating designer. In total there [...]

Colony Palms Hotel

Colony Palms Hotel

Originally built in 1936 by Purple Gang mobster Al Wertheimer, the Spanish-style Colony Palms Hotel was once scandalously known as a speakeasy, brothel and gambling house frequented by the likes of Hollywood elite, including Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable and Carol Lombard. For the next 25 years it would be a haven for young Hollywood. Recently, [...]

The Five Hotel

The Five Hotel

The theme behind the Five Hotel is to “tempt all five senses”. It’s designed by architect Vincent Bastie together with interior decorator Marie-Paule Clout and mixes “five essential elements”: colors, metals, lighting, a note of transparency and Parisian fragrances. Owners Philippe Vaurs and Pascal Laffon focus on the harmonious use of colors and materials for [...]

Propeller Island City Lodge

Propeller Island City Lodge

With 30 unique rooms to choose from, the Propeller Island City Lodge in Berlin is considered to be “a museum with guest accommodations… or a stay-in work of sculpture”. All rooms and objects were designed by German artist Lars Stroschen and vary from quirky to the outrageous.

9h Capsule Hotel

9h Capsule Hotel

The concept behind Japanese Capsule Hotels is that they cater to businessmen who don’t have the time to go home. The 9h Hotel or Nanaiwasu, however, is more of a luxury capsule hotel. Standing at 9 stories tall, it stores 125 capsules that make use of Panasonic’s environmental and lighting control system. Designed by Fumie [...]

The Daddy Long Legs Art Hotel

The Daddy Long Legs Art Hotel

The 13-room Daddy Long Legs Art Hotel is more like an interactive art exhibit than just a boutique hotel. Located above The African Music Store on Long Street – one of Cape Town’s oldest streets – the concept originated from The Daddy Long Legs Suites, owners Jody Aufrichtig and Nicholas Ferguson’s first endeavor. With architecture [...]

Thompson LES Hotel

Thompson LES Hotel

Designed by Ed Rawlings of Rawlings Architects PC with interiors by Jim Walrod and room concept by Dodd Mitchell Designs, the Thompson LES Hotel is Thompson Hotels’ fourth Manhattan property. This 141 roomed hotel stands at 18 stories high on Manhattan’s Lower East Side and is inspired by the atmosphere of it’s surrounding neighborhoods. Amongst [...]

Hidden Hotel

Hidden Hotel

Catering to the theme of “Respect and Love for the environment”, the Hidden Hotel makes eco-friendly both comfortable and stylish. With architecture by Vincent Bastie and interior design by Hidden Cabin, everything from the entrance’s wooden facade to their luxurious coco mat beds take you away from the hustle and bustle of the city and [...]

Boscolo Hotel Exedra

Boscolo Hotel Exedra

With no two rooms alike, the Boscolo Hotel Exedra Milan on Corso Matteotti is an “urban hotel” that is “set to define a new format in hotels”. boasting 154 rooms including 8 junior suites, 7 suites and 3 presidential suites, the hotel also has a new concept spa, three restaurants that are open 24-hours, a [...]

Hotel Max

Hotel Max

Modern, edgy and packed with amenities, the Hotel Max in Seattle is a hotspot for trend-setters, artists, rockstars and everyone else in between. Once the Vance Hotel, it’s reinvention can be credited to Denise Corso and Corso Staicoff, a full service interior design firm in Portland, Oregon. With over 350 original paintings and photographs of [...]

Cocoa Island Wellbeing

Cocoa Island Wellbeing

As a break from urban scenery, the Cocoa Island Wellbeing and COMO Shambhala Retreat uses holistic treatments to welcome it’s guests and to focus on the theme of peace and tranquility that the hotel represents. With architecture by Cheong Yew Kwan and interior design by Kathryn kng, the hotel is located on a private island [...]

Hotel President

Hotel President

Designed by InCorso, AMA Creation, and Dr. Home design studios the luxury boutique hotel, Hotel President Exclusive opened October 1st in the city center of Budapest, Hungary. The fusion of two renovated 19th century buildings and a modern wing, the exclusive interior design, and the helipad with a beautiful panorama of Budapest have already made [...]

Chicago Hard Rock Hotel

Chicago Hard Rock Hotel

Originally the Carbide and Carbon Building, it was Lucien Le Grange who was responsible for the restoration and conversion of the historic building to what isĀ  now The Hard Rock Hotel Chicago. The Art Deco landmark was originally constructed in 1929 at the height of Prohibition, designed by the sons of legendary Chicago architect Daniel [...]

The Westin Riverfront Resort

The Westin Riverfront Resort

Opened in September 2008 at the base of Beaver Creek Mountain, The Westin Riverfront Resort and Spa is the first upscale resort in Colorado to achieve LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Connected to Beaver Creek Mountain via the Riverfront Express Gondola, The Westin Riverfront is home to 210 guest residences, all featuring [...]

The Opposite House

The Opposite House

The Opposite House, a new boutique hotel in Beijing, was designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.
Thanks to Kunoan for sending us these images through the Hotel Design Flickr group!
Bonus: In addition to design, The Opposite House is doing something else cool for their guests. We just covered it in our hotel marketing blog.

The Racha Hotel Bar

A romantic, sunset view of the open-air bar at the Racha Island Hotel in Phuket, Thailand.
[Photo via the Hotel Design Flickr group]

Hotel Straf

Hotel Straf

Italian designers are known for being able to blend style and substance in their work, and the Hotel Straf in downtown Milan is a good example of this. Designed by architect and fashion designer Vincenzo De Cotiis, this hotel stays fashion conscious without doing away with creature comforts. Perhaps the best thing about the Hotel [...]

Hotel Omm Exterior

Hotel Omm Exterior

Hotel Omm in Barcelona designed by Architect J. Capella
[via stukinha]

Abu Dhabi Hyatt

Abu Dhabi Hyatt

From HotelChatter:
Opening later this year is the 200-room, 5-star Hyatt at Capital Gate, which will not only be Hyatt’s first Abu Dhabi hotel but will also hold a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Oddly positioned as the “World’s Most Inclined Tower,” it will lean four times as far as the Leaning Tower [...]

Hotel SO

Hotel SO

Hotel SO is a new design hotel in Christchurch, New Zealand.
“The Hotel SO concept originated from travels round US where I was staying in these huge hotel rooms where all I really wanted was a bed and bathroom, internet & TV. It seemed to me that by reducing room size but adding all the sexy [...]

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