ARCHITECTURE | TRAVEL With endless blue waters, marine life at your doorsteps and all the exceptional services that make a holiday perfect, the Angsana Velavaru Resort is a miniature paradise. Let’s begin with an open invitation from the resort staff: “Imagine arriving in a seaplane on a speck of land that emerges from miles and […]
One of Europe’s fastest growing tourist destinations, Montenegro Covering just 13,812sq km, Montenegro is endowed with natural beauty and high biodiversity along its 300km Adriatic coastline and across its ever-changing interior. In the coastal region, the luxury hotel island resort of Aman Sveti Stefan, Porto Montenegro and the master-planned resort town of Orascom Lustica lead […]
ARCHITECTURE | TRAVEL Project: Reethi Rah Five-star Resort| Architects: One&Only | Location: Maldives | I am constantly coming back to fascinating Maldives, now I am daydreaming at Reethi Rah five-star resort developed by One&Only. According to the official resort description, “One&Only Reethi Rah is home to 130 private villas discreetly placed along the shore – with 98 Beach […]
Can we discuss how amazing this hotel from Áman Resorts in Utah is?!? Amangiri (meaning ‘peaceful mountain’) is located in the Four Corners, where the states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet. I love how architecturally, the resort blends into the dramatic and raw landscape and is so seemingly minuscule compared to its surrounding […]
ARCHITECTURE | TRAVEL Project: Nowhere but Sajama House | Architects: Yadutaka Yoshimura Architects | Location: Tokyo, Japan | Compleated: 2009 Nowhere resort is the resort program that is renting out weekly vacation house. Suggesting new urban life style by making shorten the distance to weekend house from standard 3 hours up to 1 hour. The environment must get close to urban when shorten the distance, […]
ARCHITECTURE | TRAVEL Project: Six Senses Con Dao Resort | Architects: AW² Architects | Location: Con Dao, Vietnam| Compleated: 2011 The Six Senses Con Dao site is an amazing setting and certainly one of the most beautiful places on Con Dao Island. The beach, a one kilometre long strip of white sand with its dunes and turquoise sea, is surrounded by dark […]
ARCHITECTURE | TRAVEL Project: The Saffire Freycinet Resort | Architects: Morris Nunn and Associates| Location: Tasmania, Australia. The Saffire Freycinet is a recently completed resort in Tasmania, Australia. Tasmanian architects Morris Nunn and Associates, together with interior designers from Chhada Siembieda, were asked to design an iconic development that captures the essence of the region and connects with its environment. The […]
TRAVEL Project: Jumeirah Vittaveli Resort | Location: Maldives | Building completion: 2011 Jumeirah Vittaveli is a brand new Resort developed by Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts that opened earlier this month. Located in the Maldives, the resort has 91 villas and suites, each with its own private pool, private massage room, direct beach or lagoon access, and more. Villas and suites can be booked all […]
I can’t stop daydreaming about Soneva Kiri, a peaceful retreat on Koh Kood – one of Thailand’s largest yet most uninhabited islands. Set amidst a lush tropical rain forest, the 102 acre, eco-friendly and zero emission resort boasts 29 luxurious villas and private residences. Honestly, this place takes rest and relaxation to another level.
Presidential Suite at the Intercontinental Hong Kong. Conrad Maldives Rangali Island Anantara’s Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort. Mykonos magic at The Royal Myconian. The Whitsundays look wonderful at qualia.
