Hotels
Casa Columbo – Sri Lanka
Casa Colombo is a spruced up 200-year-old Moorish mansion in Colombo’s southern Bambalapitiya quarter, a luxury hotel on a budget. This thoughtfully designed space gives the senses a real treat: trendy, wild and highly styled, the design-driven interiors were fashioned by owner Lalin Jinasena, a protégé of the renowned Geoffrey Bawa. At this hotel, personal continue reading…
40 Winks – London
Situated in vibrant and trendy East London, 40 Winks is David Carter’s home. The historic and elegant four story Queen Anne townhouse was built in 1717. Today he opens it up as a smart and whimsically glamorous alternative to visitors in the creative and fashion industries who are bored with the bland impersonality continue reading…
14 Strange, Stylish & Amazing Hotels of Great Britain
If London’s Most Stylish Hotel Rooms wasn’t enough Brit fun, check out this list. 14 Strange, Stylish & Amazing Hotels of Great Britain, as presented by WebUrbanist, covers the entire country and includes the weird, as well as stylish. The UK is packed with fun, hip, stylish and bizarre places to continue reading…
HI Hotel – France
Hi, a 38 room urban hotel in Nice located just 600 feet from the sea, is bold and creative. Described as an active hotel where everything is modulable and available to use, Hi is a ‘hands-on’ space. Hi-dentity’s rooms are inventive and fun, with the newest technology and fresh ideas sure to please continue reading…
London’s Most Stylish Hotel Rooms
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of design hotels. We get a lot of great info about the world’s most stylish stays from We Heart: Essential Lifestyle Guide. The innovative online magazine recently launched a new site, dedicated solely to design hotel openings, new bars, clubs and restaurants. The Brief delivers continue reading…
Bella Sky Hotel – Copenhagen
The Bella Sky Hotel and Conference Center, designed by 3XN Architects, will open next Monday in Copenhagen, becoming one of the largest hotels in Scandinavia. The dramatic twin towers twist and lean as they reach for the sky allowing all of the guests optimal views over the nature park ‘Amager Common’ located nearby. The hotel continue reading…
Wadi Rum Rock Resort
Wadi Rum Resort is a concept created by Florida-based Oppenheim Architecture + Design for an 80,000-square-foot hotel in Wadi Rum, Jordan that will become a reality in 2014 when the rock is cut away and rooms are built in its facade. Wadi Rum is a stretch of desert in Jordan where there are rock formations continue reading…
Sheraton Milan Malpensa Hotel
This unique 436 room hotel situated next to Malpensa Airport, Milan, has a rounded shell cut into seven bays, designed by Italian firm King Roselli Architetti. The Sheraton Milan Malpensa Airport Hotel & Conference Centre has a continuous fibreglass skin exterior which is wrapped around a series of steel arches to give the building continue reading…