Melissa Villas is a hotel set among olive groves outside Chania, Greece, shaped by designer Evi Kotsou as a bright, low-slung retreat. Stone walls, timber balconies, and long terraces gather around the pools, while generous glazing pulls the Cretan light deep into the interiors. Inside, a warm neutral palette, woven textures, and tailored furniture frame an easy rhythm between shaded outdoor decks and quietly composed rooms.
Buddha’s House turns an apartment in Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan into a hybrid gallery and residence by designer Peny Hsieh. The project arranges a substantial Vajrayana Buddharupa collection within a calm, contemporary interior that still respects ritual and display. Living, meditating, and viewing art happen in rooms that read as both home and micro-museum, where light, shadow, and a measured palette guide the eye and settle the mind.
Room Mate Luca sits in the historic heart of Florence, Italy, shaped by interior designer Luis Garcia Fraile as a contemporary counterpoint to its neoclassical shell. The boutique hotel combines custom wallpapers, velvet textures, and polished brass with modern comfort to welcome guests a short walk from the city’s major cultural landmarks. Each room and shared area turns Florentine energy into a tactile, urban hospitality experience.
Jänkä Resort sets its hotel deep in Finland, where snowbound forest presses close to glass and timber. Designed by Fyra, the project turns shared interiors into an experiential journey that links guests to nature, Lappish culture, and each other. A generous restaurant, layered lobby, and safari lounge shape a warm sequence that balances rugged materials with soft light and finely tuned details.
Casa Ruffino stands within the Poggio Casciano estate in Bagno a Ripoli, Italy, where b-arch studio reshapes hospitality against the ordered Chianti hills. The hotel project translates the Ruffino brand into rooms and salons that balance historic architecture with measured contemporary interventions. Guests move through interiors tuned to color, light, and texture, finding a calm rhythm between working winery and refined retreat.
Résidence l’Échouage sits on a narrow point of land in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, where the St. Lawrence River presses close on both sides. Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes transform an inherited summer house into a cedar-clad residence of linked pavilions, balancing resilience with an intimate relationship to the shifting tides. The project reads as a modest house from the ground yet quietly extends into a layered landscape of rooms, courtyards, and river views.
Lebenski stands on the edge of the forest in Stary Smokovec, Slovakia, where the High Tatras rise behind a once-neglected modernist sanatorium. Reimagined by Atrium Architekti as a contemporary hotel-style apartment building, the project balances strict park regulations with an insistence on quiet clarity. Guests now look out over the Horný Smokovec valley from a structure that keeps its familiar outline while updating its mountain character for a new generation of visitors.
Tree House stands just off Squam Lake in Holderness, NH, United States, where Alchemy Architects compress a house into a precise, wooded footprint. The compact Passive House retreat draws on prefabricated construction and digitally crafted timber to shape a series of rooms that open wide to water, forest, and filtered northern light.
Click on Allow to get notifications
