Village by BOA: A Heritage Resort in Porto by Pablo Pita, Heim Balp Architekten & Bacana Studio.In the Portuguese town of Porto is a neighbourhood that masquerades as a resort. Established at the end of the nineteenth century, Bairro do Silva is the sort of pace that straddles vernacular and voguish, simple and swish—with equal...
4Rooms: A Creative Playground in Kastellorizo, Greece.Candy colours, eye-popping furniture and lights that look like modern spaceships—whether 4Rooms in Kastellorizo, Greece is a children’s playground or a creative sanctuary is anybody’s guess. For the artists and creatives who work...
Masseria Belvedere Holiday Residence in Puglia by Valari.A centuries-old olive garden, sweeping vistas of the Adriatic coast, a hectare-and-a-half of land that unfolds unto the horizon—Masseria Belvedere looks as much a part of the landscape as the sky and the sea that ensconce it. When...
Moss Manor in Moss Vale by Luke Moloney Architects.Moss Manor has had many lives. Its glorious Victorian bones once housed the town's council chambers, and now, in its present avatar, it serves as the Southern Highlands’s first art hotel. To say it has set precedents would be putting it...
New Exotica: Club Tropical Suites, Port Douglas by The Stella Collective.Check in to Club Tropical in Port Douglas, an otherworldly ode to escapism, simplicity and art. Conceived by Hana Hakim of The Stella Collective, the designer blended the resort's original 80s hedonistic tiki design with the sleek and...
Rosalie Hotel in Paris by Marion Mailaender.With Hotel Rosalie, Marion Mailaender shakes up the average Parisian 4-star standard. The designer looked to build on what already exists in order to implant her work in its authentic context, with all materials equally chosen for their...
White Hotel on São Miguel Island by Quiet Studios.Leaning over the Atlantic Ocean in São Miguel, where the colours of the sea blend with the horizon, is White—a boutique hotel in Portugal’s Azores that’s undergone a revamp by Spanish interior designer Daniela Francheschini of Quiet...
Ace Hotel Toronto by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects with Little-Wing Lee of Atelier Ace.Ace Hotel’s latest branch in Toronto is Shim-Sutcliffe’s love letter to the city’s everchanging history that began as a manufacturing site now transformed into an arts and culture hub. Cursives are etched in the sweeping precast...
Summer House in Oia, Santorini by Kapsimalis Architects.Located in Santorini’s traditional village of Oia, an old house gets a thoughtful update by Kapsimalis Architects, while maintaining the existing traditional architectural elements. The design firm paid particular attention to...
