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.
The iconic architectural complex of “Largo do Botícario” in the Cosme Velho neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro is being redeveloped under AccorHotels’ JO&JOE hostel brand. AccorHotels bought the six houses that make up the architectural complex for R$20 million (4.6€m) and will invest an additional R$30 million (6.9€m) in renovations and furnishings.
read moreSacromonte Landscape Hotel - El Eden, Uruguay Mirrored cabins, Tannat vineyards and architecture designed to disappear into the Uruguayan sierra Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Brazilian-Uruguayan practice MAPA Architects designed 13 prefabricated shelters that almost disappear into the landscape, their one-way mirrored façades reflecting grasslands, vineyards and sky. ● The cabins combine radical modernism…
read moreRadisson Collection Royal Hotel, Copenhagen | Denmark The World's First Design Hotel and Arne Jacobsen's Total Work of Art Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Designed entirely by Arne Jacobsen in 1960, it is widely regarded as the world's first true design hotel and one of the finest examples of a Gesamtkunstwerk. ● Home to…
read moreHotel Le Germain Charlevoix - Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada A contemporary farmstead where Québec’s rural heritage, local food and wild landscape shape the entire stay Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Built on the site of a historic farm, the hotel reinterprets Charlevoix’s agricultural architecture as a contemporary village of barns, farm buildings and pared-back rural spaces.…
read moreHotel Infante Sagres, Porto’s “Grande Dame” mixes classic interiors with a 1950s vibe.
read moreFive years in the making, French property developer Pierre Beckerich’s model of full hotel service layered over Airbnb-type accommodation has opened March 2017. The YOOMA Urban Lodge is set between mini skyscrapers (including the unmissable 1970s Totem Tower) overlooking a busy riverside road in the 15th arrondissement of central Paris.
read moreBuilt in 1757 in traditional “Bauer Baroque” style, the authentic Gasthof Hirschen is a boutique hotel avant-la-lettre located in the bucolic village of Schwarzenberg surrounded by the mountains and pastures of the Bregenzer Forest. Behind its Baronial façade of cured timber, mandatory flowering blooms and Austrian frescos you will discover a fascinating history and an impressive art collection where rustic meets East Side Gallery.
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