Raas Jodhpur / By The Lotus Praxis Initiative

Jodhpur, India
The Lotus Praxis Initiative
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Photo © Courtesy of Andre Fanthome--Overview of restored site and new hotel block

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: HOLIDAY
CREATIVE CONCEPT:
Hand crafting a story for today.

Set in the heart of the walled city of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, RAAS is a 1.5-acre property uniquely located at the base of the Mehrangarh Fort. The brief was to create a luxury boutique hotel with 39 rooms in the context of the Old city quarter of Jodhpur.

CZP Chalet Zermatt Peak / By MLS Architekten AG

Zermatt, Switzerland
MLS Architekten AG
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Photo © Courtesy of Chalet Zermatt Peak + MLS Architekten AG--Chalet Zermatt Peak Exterior

Chalet Zermatt Peak has been created not only as a technical marvel, but a truly inspirational design project with many items bespoke designed and hand made.

Bründl Spa Hotel / By Isa Stein Studio + TEAM M Architects

Bad Leonfelden, Austria
Isa Stein Studio + TEAM M Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Isa Stein Architecture

The building develops its form from the specific site. We gave the project the name "three-dimensional earth-line".

Hotel FriendHouse / By Ryntovt Design

Kirovskoye, Dnepropetrovskij, Ukraine
Ryntovt Design
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Photo © Courtesy of Andrey Avdeenko

Ecohotel "Friend House" is located on 3 hectares plot in forest resort zone aside of Orel river bank, 30 km far from Dnepropertrovsk.

Alila Villas Uluwatu / By WOHA

Bali, Indonesia
WOHA
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Photo © Courtesy of Tim Griffith

This hotel and villa development is designed as an ecologically sustainable development. Located on the dry savannah landscape of the Bukit Peninsular on the dramatic southern cliffs of the Indonesian island of Bali, it comprises of a 50 suite hotel with 35 residential villas.

La Mola Hotel & Conference Centre / By b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos

Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos
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Photo © Courtesy of Duccio Malagamba

In a location trapped between a golf course and a forest, a considerable building volume is distributed. Three pavilions scattered on the hillside with strict rationality solve a functional program for low interpretations.

Turtagro Hotel / By Jarmund-Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL

Sognefjellet, Norway
Jarmund-Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL
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Photo © Courtesy of Nils Petter Dale

The old Turtagrø Hotel, which has been the starting point for climbing in the Hurrungane Mountains for more than a hundred years, burned down in 2001.

Strata Hotel / By Plasma Studio Architects

Sexten, Italy
Plasma Studio Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Cristobal Palma

Located on a steep hillside in the Italian Dolomites this new-built hotel has been developed as the interweaving of the free-flowing topography- indexed and organized by series of timber strips- and the serial sequence of appartment units perpendicular to it.

Grace Santorini Hotel / By Divercity Architects + MPLUSM architects

Santorini, Imerovigli, Greece
Divercity Architects + MPLUSM architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Grace Santorini Hotel

How could one revive vernacular architecture in such an exceptional setting as Imerovigli, with its view of Caldera, opposite the Skaros rock? At Santorini Grace, the layout of rooms follows in plan the broken geometries of the ground’s contours, forming in effect a series of new stone ledges in the steep drop of Caldera.

Hotel Mod05 / By Enrica Mosciaro, Fusina6

Sandrá di Castelnuovo del Garda, Verona, Italy
Enrica Mosciaro, Fusina6
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Photo © Courtesy of Ciro Frank Schiappa--Main façade at night

The hotel has two souls: a public one, which presents the dynamic of the arriving and departing zones, brings the idea of encounter, activity and leisure; and an intimate and protected one, designed for the night and the rest.

Habita Monterrey Hotel : By Landa Architects and Joseph Dirand

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Landa Architects and Joseph Dirand
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Photo © Courtesy of Landa Architects, Joseph Dirand & Habita Monterrey Hotel

The Habita Hotel in Monterrey, Mexico, opened in 2008, and was designed by Landa Architects with interiors designed by Joseph Dirand.

Hotel Le Germain Calgary : By LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design

Calgary, Canada
LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design
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Photo © Courtesy of Pierre Belanger and Michael Alberstat

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The Germain Calgary boasts an exceptional location in the heart of downtown. On the corner of 9th Avenue and Centre Street, the hotel is a stone’s throw from all the city has to offer, across the street from the Calgary Tower and just minutes from the Convention Centre and Calgary’s various cultural institutions.

Bella Sky Hotel in Copenhagen : By 3XN architects

Copenhagen, Denmark
3XN architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Adam Mørk

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Copenhagen's Bella Sky hotel, the largest hotel in Scandinavia, is scheduled to officially open next Monday, May 16. The hotel, designed by Danish studio 3XN, tries to become a new landmark on the Copenhagen skyline, symbolizing the identity of the modern Ørestad area, and also marking the capital’s increasing importance on the international convention and congress scene.

Tree Hotel : By Tham and Videgård Hansson Architects

Harads, Sweden
Tham and Videgård Hansson Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman

A tree hotel in the far north of Sweden, near the small village of Harads, close to the polar circle.

La Réserve Ramatuelle Hotel : By Jean-Michel Wilmotte

Ramatuelle, Saint-Tropez, France
Jean-Michel Wilmotte
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Photo © Courtesy of Jean-Michel Wilmotte & La Réserve Ramatuelle Hotel

Perched on a quiet hill by the Mediterranean Sea, stands a 2,000 square metre temple of well-being called La Réserve Ramatuelle. Just minutes outside the legendary village of St. Tropez, this hilltop hideaway is part spa, part hotel and all serenity. Its seven guest rooms, 16 suites, 1,000 square metre spa and other facilities are seamlessly integrated into La Réserve’s private domain, a gorgeous pine-covered expanse, also home to twelve vacation villas that can be rented on either a short-term or long-term basis.

Contemporary Met Hotel in Thessaloniki : By Zeppos Georgiadi Architects

Thessaloniki, Greece
Zeppos Georgiadi Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Chandris Hotels and Resorts & Zeppos Georgiadi Architects

The Met Hotel is located in the new harbor area of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Designed in 2009 by Athens-based Zeppos Georgiadi Architects, the hotel offers 212 guest rooms and suites affording great city and port views.

Intercontinental Hotel & Business Center Competition Proposal : By Luis Banazol

Yerevan, Armenia
Luis Banazol
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Image © Courtesy of Luis Banazol

Luis Banazol submitted this proposal for the International Competition for the design of the Intercontinental, a hotel and business center in Yerevan, Armenia. The concept for the building comes from the perceptions of the connection between art and technology. It is derived from the architect’s own reflection on art that expresses the way people live and think, and technology as that which transports us beyond that expression. The Intercontinental is an architectural proposal in space and light with the users as the net of expressions that gives technology the meaning to exist.

Standard New York : By Polshek Partnership

New York City, New York, United States
Polshek Partnership
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Photo © Courtesy of Esto/Jeff Goldberg

Polshek Partnership raises the bar with a new benchmark in hotel design at the Standard New York. 
Imagine New York City’s UN Headquarters building transported from its stuffy midtown location to a trendy downtown spot, kinked in the middle, rotated 90 degrees, and balanced over an elevated rail-line-cum-popular parkland and you’ve got the Standard New York. The

Luna2 Private Hotel : By David Wahl and Melanie Hall

Bali, Indonesia
David Wahl and Melanie Hall
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Photo © Courtesy of David Wahl and Melanie Hall

Luna2 is a private beachfront hotel in Bali, Indonesia that has been designed by American architect David Wahl, with interiors by owner and interior designer Melanie Hall.
The hotel is called “private” because they only accept one guest booking at a time for the five bedroom Richard Neutra-inspired beachfront house.

Bayside Marina Hotel : By Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects

Seaside of Yokohama, Japan
Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects

The bayside marian hotel by japanese firm yasutaka yoshimura architects is based on the form of the shipping container. located on the seaside of yokohama, the prefabricated
modular cottages are randomly placed on the site, allowing for each residence to have
different views.the long narrow containers have been fabricated in thailand and assembled in japan.each unit is made up of two containers which are stacked upon one another.