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Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts

Apr 17, 2009

story hotel




www.storyhotels.com
Stockholm's newest stopover spot, the Story Hotel, is a brand new inter-city refuge that makes this act just that bit harder again..With design from the Swedish supremos at Koncept, Story is an amalgamation of heritage sophistication and contemporary innovation..Adapting original features from the period building, Koncept have maintained Story’s historical integrity, whilst expertly mingling bespoke design pieces throughout..

Apr 3, 2009

suites avenue hotel



www.derbyhotels.com
Photos of the recently completed exterior facade that architect Toyo Ito has designed for the new Suites Avenue Hotel in Barcelona, Spain, have begun to emerge..Toyo Ito transformed what was previously a dull office building by creating a remarkable facade of undulating waves that he says was inspired by his love of the work of Antoni Gaudi..

Feb 24, 2009

hotel tailored by levi's





www.25hours-hotels.com/frankfurt2
25hours Hotel Frankfurt is one of the latest design hotels of Frankfurt..The hotel which is tailored by Levi's thus looks like a long worn blue jeans displays a mixture of American popular culture and the liveliness of Frankfurt..The hotel rooms are available in the sizes M, L and XL and come in different designs and shades of blue..The furniture, lamps, carpeting, wallpaper and fabrics used on each floor were carefully selected to evoke a different decade of the 20th century..The atmosphere ranges from classic, crisp and clean to a casual cool stonewashed look..

Feb 22, 2009

hotel saint cecilia





www.hotelsaintcecilia.com
located in the heart of Austin, the Hotel Saint Cecilia resides on the estate of a historic 1880 Victorian and features a seamless combination of antiques, pop modern furniture and original artwork..the hotel takes its inspiration from experimentation of 60's writers like William Burroughs, the daring and extravagance of groups like the Stones in the early 70's and the defiance of convention embodied by artists like Miro and Warhol in the late 50's and early 60's...accordingly, the 14-room hotel features little odes to the art forms throughout: from killer soundsystems in the rooms — equipped with both turntables and iPod docks — to a library chock full of films and books on poetry, poets and musicians and an extensive collection of vinyls available for guests to check out and bring to their rooms..check out the hotel's website which has an old school cinematic vibe and it just swallows you up into the hotel's whole vintage-chic ambiance..simply love it..

Feb 6, 2009

standard hotel ny





www.standardhotels.com/new-york-city
i couldn't find more pics..those one's are from vanity fair's article..just check out the website..i simply luvv it!!
Following is from Vanity Fair:
André Balazs is a pioneer in the boutique-hotel business; his company owns the Mercer in Manhattan, Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, and the Raleigh in Miami Beach. His latest project, now nearing completion in the heart of New York City’s Meatpacking District (MePa), is a branch of his lower-priced but almost intimidatingly modish Standard hotels. The new Standard—there are already two in L.A. and one in Miami—is situated on a small plot of land that is one of the most intensely sought-after development sites in the city. MePa—until recently a Weegee-esque province of bloody-smocked meat workers and transgender prostitutes—has become a high-rent district of shops, restaurants, and clubs.“For the first time I had a hard time imagining what the hotel should look like,” Balazs says. “I usually renovate older buildings, and this was ground-up construction. Add to that the matter of the High Line and it was a unique challenge.”..

Feb 4, 2009

ace hotel ny





www.acehotel.com
hip hotel group ace hotel is getting ready to open its ny branch in march..no need to say bohem meets rock meets retro meets style at ace hotels..the interiors were designed by Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, principals of New York-based design firm Roman and Williams..

Feb 3, 2009

fashionable holidays




www.moschino.com
www.missonihotels.com
Hotel Missoni (1st pic) will be opened in Edinburg around May and then in Kuwait by June..Maison Moschino (2nd and 3rd pic) is scheduled to open this year in Milan..Both look great but just can't wait to see Maison Moschino which looks soo fabulous!!
following is from Moschino:
To sleep is to dream. Dreams are fairytales that we are allowed to experience first hand; tales from a surreal fantasy world that we have created ourselves. They are an alternate life in which we direct and stage the scripts of our very own play. This is how Moschino interprets its very first hotel, located in Milan on Viale Monte Grappa in an old 1840’s neo-classical railway station. While the exterior has been faithfully restored, the interior will be transformed by Moschino’s distinct style where an ordinary world is painted over with a surrealist’s brush..Located on four floors, each of the 58 rooms and 7 suites are an individual interpretation of a dream like environment. On the ground floor, the entrance hall and bar usher visitors into the new, fun, light-hearted world of Moschino. The restaurant extends from the main entrance hall to the garden while the basement hosts a gym and spa..

and from Missoni:
Hotel Missoni Kuwait is a luxury lifestyle hotel due to open in Kuwait's shopping and entertainment district of Salmiya by June 2009. It will be among the very first of several properties of a joint venture between the Missoni fashion house and The Rezidor Hotel Group, and will follow a 136-room property in Edinburgh, Scotland which opens in May 2009. The hotel's architects are Dino Georgiou & Partners, while the interior designer is Italian architect Matteo Thun in collaboration with Rosita Missoni. It is currently planned to be the only designer hotel in Kuwait and the first in the Middle East.

roughluxe




www.roughluxe.co.uk
London's latest hip hotel called Rough Luxe opened in a Georgian terraced house and designed by London-based designer and curator Rabih Hag. Following is from Rough Luxe:
At Rough Luxe you must set aside all thoughts of hotels with conventional air-conditioned constancy, marbled flooring, polished finishes and bland colours. Rough Luxe is the complete antithesis to all of that. According to Rabih Hage: ‘Beauty is subjective. Perfection doesn’t mean beauty. It’s not important. What makes a place great to stay is the location, the welcome you get and how well you are looked after. The material side is irrelevant.’

Dec 11, 2008

mama shelter




www.mamashelter.com
Once a multistorey car park in Paris, the fabulously designed Mama Shelter hotel shows how cities can recycle their old buildings..The hotel is designed by Phlippe Starck..Pay attention to superhero-mask reading lamps!

Oct 31, 2007

le bellechasse


www.hotelbellechasse.com
check out recently opened "parisian" hotel "le bellechasse" which is designed by legendary fashion designer christian lacroix..

Aug 6, 2007

hats & poems


www.hotel-particulier-montmartre.com
paris hosts one more trés-chic hotel which is hotel particulier montmartre..the aristocratic-mansion-restored hotel has 5 suit rooms and they are all designed by renowned artists, photographers, poets, designers..seen pic is the "hats and poets" room which is created by olivier saillard - a 40 years old poet and artist who is in charge of the exhibitions at the fashion museum of paris..he hangs on every object and furniture a poem in a small envelope..just like the price tags you find in the shop..which means that the objects do not have any monetary value but do have an artistic value that can not be bought..check out the other rooms..

Jul 26, 2007

enjoy communist-style





www.ostel.eu
meet ostel..a new budget hotel in berlin that celebrates communist retro chic..

Jul 19, 2007

jura lodge


www.isleofjura.com
seen pic is the music room of jura lodge..a stylish lodge located at west coast of scotland which is available for private rental at certain times of the year..also see the other rooms, kitchen and bathroom..!

Jun 14, 2007

grims grenka



"Scandinavian design doesn’t end with Sweden and Copenhagen, as Oslo’s new Grims Grenka illustrates. But the Grims Grenka hotel provides something more: the cosmopolitan experience of London and New York, in the far northern attitudes of Norway. In the middle of town, minutes from Akershus Castle, Karl Johans gate and Akers Brygge, the Grims Grenka hotel itself is a lifestyle experiment mixing modernist design with a groundbreaking nightclub, international fusion cooking and a rooftop lounge." grims grenka will be opening its doors on 1.8.7

Jun 9, 2007

ace of base




www.acehotel.com
recently opened in portland, style meets bohem meets rock in ace hotel..