A Concrete Vision: Casa TO Boutique Hotel in Mexico by Ludwig Godefroy.Inside Ludwig Godefroy’s concrete masterpiece is a calming and sensory oasis. A beautiful interpretation of Mexico’s Oaxacan Temple, Casa TO offers visitors a heightened sensory experience with voluminous voids and grand cut-outs. With...
Back to the 50s: La Relève in Marseille by Junod Marc Architects and Honoré.In the Marseille district of Endoume, most everyone knows La Relève, as did once their parents and their grandparents before them. This bar-slash-B&B has been a much-loved local landmark since its inception in 1944. In 2013, its refresh...
Liminal Space: East Side Gallery Berlin Hotel by Grzywinski+Pons.A new hotel has opened at the heart of the East Side Gallery memorial in Berlin’s Friedrichshain neighbourhood. Honouring the place's history, Grzywinski+Pons conceived the hotel and its multipurpose public domain as a liminal space—a...
Water, Wine, Wood & Industry: The Rebello in Porto by Metro Urbe and Quiet Studios.The Rebello, a five-star hotel in Vila Nova de Gaia (a ten minute drive from Porto), spread across four 19th-century industrial buildings with panoramic vistas of Porto. The work of architects Metro Urbe and interior design studio Quiet...
A Sense of Aesthetic Slowness: The Largo Hotel in Porto by Space Copenhagen.Danish design studio Space Copenhagen have just completed the interiors for The Largo Hotel in Porto, Portugal. Located on the historic Largo de São Domingos, the 18-room hotel, restaurant and bar is a unique hospitality development,...
Palazzo Luce: A Dazzling Hotel-cum-Gallery in Lecce by Anna Maria Enselmi.Two Renaissance-style portals, emblazoned with the numbers 2 and 4, are the first indications that Palazzo Luce isn’t just another hotel. The internal courtyards confirm this suspicion, with excavated columns from a long-ago Roman...
R48 Hotel in Tel Aviv by Liaigre.Commissioned to work on the lobby, suites and the rooftop of Tel Aviv’s 1930s Bauhaus building meticulously restored by Israeli architects of AN+ agency, Liaigre stitch their signature modern touch with layers of history inside the R48...
Polished, Grown-up & a Little Bit Wild: Birch Selsdon Hotel by A-nrd.Situated in the 200-acre historic Selsdon Park, just 30 minutes from Central London, Birch Selsdon is the sort of place where you can slip off your shoes and into the wilderness, with nowhere yet everywhere to go. Once a 19th-century...
Half-Old and Half-New: Ignacia Guest House in Mexico City by Andrés Gutiérrez and Factor Eficiencia.Ignacia Guest House shares its name with its once-upon-a-time housekeeper (who looked after it for over 40 years), but its spirit is decidedly its own. The Mexico City guest house, which opened its doors in 2017 and occupied half a...
