Where the View Comes with a Drink
Sometimes we choose a hotel because of what’s happening on the roof. Rooftop Bar brings together the places where we like to see the city from above—cocktail in hand, sunglasses on and, preferably, suncream applied. From glamorous skyline bars and hidden urban terraces to rooftops made for long lunches and sunset drinks, these are hotels where going upstairs is an essential part of the stay.
Citadines Connect Sydney Airport, Australia A Retro-Futurist Airport Hotel That Brings the Glamour of the Jet Age Back to Travel Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● A rare airport hotel with genuine design personality, inspired by the glamour, optimism, and graphic style of aviation’s golden age. ● The top-floor Sky Lounge turns arrivals and departures…
read moreW Ibiza | Santa Eulària des Riu, Spain A colourful reinvention of an 1980s beachfront hotel, where Flower Power references meet contemporary resort architecture Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Baranowitz + Kronenberg retain the massing of the original 1980s structure while radically opening it up, turning an inward-looking building into a much more social…
read moreDistributed between 3 buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries, on a narrow cobblestone street, the Sapientia is a boutique hotel is located next to the University of Coimbra, on top of the hill overlooking the Mondego river. The style is modern, a sort of quasi-rustic minimalism, with artwork made from the pages of classic Portuguese books.
read moreThe Toronto firm of Yabu Pushelberg frequently designs what partner George Yabu calls “the best of the best of the top of the market”: Luxury in hotels and retail, including a yacht and a private jet or two. While they have tended to avoid “the big, wide middle,” Yabu says the 612-room Moxy NYC Times Square offered some absorbing creative challenges.
read moreLocated just steps from Passeig de Gràcia and Plaça Cataluña, the luxury Almanac Barcelona is the first in the Almanac Hotels collection, and is designed by Carlos Ferrater of Office of Architecture in Barcelona (OAB) and incorporates two neighboring buildings from two different eras into one seamless contemporary hotel experience.
read moreThompson Nashville, Tennessee, USA Southern sophistication, creative energy and rooftop swagger in the heart of The Gulch Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Hastings Architecture and Parts and Labor Design give this 224-room hotel a distinctly Nashville identity without falling back on obvious music-city clichés. ● Locally made details—from Patrick Hayes’ monumental reclaimed-wood lobby floor…
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