Where the Building Is Part of the Journey
Some hotels are memorable because of where they are. Others because of the building itself. Architectural Hotels celebrates places where architecture defines the experience—from bold contemporary structures created by leading architects to historic buildings given an entirely new life through imaginative adaptive reuse. These are hotels where form, materials, history and surroundings matter, and where staying the night means experiencing the architecture from the inside.
Kapari Natural Resort, Santorini, Greece A Restored Cycladic Cave Retreat Where Heritage, Silence, and the Caldera Take Centre Stage Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● A beautifully restored collection of 300-year-old cave dwellings perched on the caldera in Imerovigli. ● Just fourteen individually designed suites that preserve authentic Cycladic architecture while introducing discreet contemporary comforts.…
read moreWhite Ark | Santorini, Greece A Three-Villa Cliffside Retreat Where Minimalism Frames the Caldera Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● An exceptionally intimate hideaway with just three private cave villas overlooking Santorini's spectacular caldera. ● Sensitive restoration by architects Alexandros and Marianna Kapsimalis, celebrating traditional cave architecture through restrained contemporary design. ● Private infinity pools,…
read moreOlea All Suite Hotel, Zakynthos, Greece A Tropical-Modernist Retreat Where Water Shapes the Architecture Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● A striking hillside resort by Block722architects+, conceived as a fluid landscape of water, gardens, and tropical-modernist architecture. ● Ninety-three spacious suites arranged around a 4,000-square-metre lagoon pool, many with direct water access or private pools.…
read moreYours Truly DC, Washington, D.C. Brutalist Bones, Bohemian Soul Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● A striking reinvention of a 1971 Brutalist landmark that transforms concrete architecture into one of Washington's most creative hospitality spaces. ● A vibrant living-room concept where locals and travelers naturally mingle over coffee by day and cocktails by night. ●…
read moreAlila Napa Valley - St. Helena, California, USA Where vineyard views, quiet modernism, and wine-country heritage settle into a slower rhythm. Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● The former Las Alcobas has been reimagined as an Alila retreat without losing the Yabu Pushelberg interiors that made the original property such a strong piece of contemporary…
read moreThe Guild Hotel, San Diego Historic Grandeur Reimagined for Modern San Diego Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● A beautifully restored 1924 Italianate Renaissance landmark that transforms one of San Diego's most historic buildings into a sophisticated boutique hotel. ● Exceptional adaptive reuse, where former basketball courts, running tracks, and even the original swimming pool…
read moreHarmon Guest House - Healdsburg, California, USA Modern California architecture, local craft and serious sustainability in the heart of Sonoma wine country. Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● David Baker Architects created a genuinely Californian hotel rather than borrowing from the Tuscan and Provençal architecture so often associated with wine-country hospitality. ● Sustainability is part…
read moreParco dei Principi - Sorrento, Italy Giò Ponti's Modernist Masterpiece Above the Bay of Naples Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● One of the world's most complete and beautifully preserved hotel designs by legendary architect Giò Ponti. ● A breathtaking clifftop setting where architecture and the Mediterranean exist in perfect harmony. ● More than a…
read moreThe Hollywood Roosevelt | Los Angeles, California | USA Where Hollywood's Golden Age Still Takes Center Stage Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● One of Hollywood's most legendary hotels, host of the very first Academy Awards in 1929 and home to generations of film icons. ● A magnificent Spanish Colonial Revival landmark where original architecture,…
read morevigilius mountain resort | Lana, South Tyrol | Italy A Cable-Car Retreat Where Matteo Thun’s Architecture Disappears into the Mountain Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Matteo Thun’s first hotel project remains a benchmark for responsible Alpine architecture more than two decades after opening. ● Accessible only by cable car, the resort offers rare silence,…
read moreHotelito at MUSA – Loma Bonita, Guerrero, Mexico A 13-room Pacific hideaway where Tropical Modernism, surf culture and regenerative living meet between jungle and sea. Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Just 13 rooms on a remote stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast, conceived as the intimate hospitality heart of MUSA — the Modern Utopian Society…
read moreParagon 700 Boutique Hotel & Spa – Ostuni, Puglia, Italy An 18th-century red palazzo that breaks every rule of the White City with eclectic interiors, secret gardens and a rebellious sense of glamour. Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Ostuni’s unmistakable Pompeian-red Palazzo Rosso, restored by owners and designers Pascale Lauber and Ulrike Bauschke as…
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