KALHA Hotel – “Unico” Village Renewal, surrounded by farmland and forests in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, was designed by Cplus in 2024. The hotel provides a new living space for urban commuters visiting “Unico,” with its 10 guest room units forming a continuous system divided by courtyard walls while conforming to the surrounding sloped landscape.
Newly designed in 2024, the Ada Hotel is a highlighted project of the Michigan-based OTJ Architects. Located in Kent County, MI, United States, this hotel features a design style that interprets the town’s historic landmarks through a contemporary lens. Services include interiors that highlight an open lobby with storytelling walls consisting of local artifacts and art, as well as three levels of communal space reconfigured with elegant staircases.
Located in Beijing, China, designed by Archstudio in 2024, Lei Homestay is a hotel that organizes its architectural design around three trees, forming two well-proportioned courtyards that bring in ample sunlight and views of seasonal changes. The main structure is crafted from glued laminated timber, which, beneath the double-pitched roof, supports a variety of staggered platform spaces, evoking the sensation of living amidst a forest.
Hotel House is a compact two-bedroom residence in South Yarra, Australia, designed by Splinter Society in 2025. Combining architectural elegance with the allure of boutique hospitality, this project creates a luxurious city retreat.
The Tribe Hotel in Baden-Baden, Germany, was designed by Studio Aisslinger to offer a balance of comfort, aesthetics, and functionality. Completed in 2023, the hotel features rooms with contrasting materials, bold colors, and elegant furniture.
The El Fraile Ranch House hotel in Guanajuatito, Mexico, was designed by Heryco. It expands an existing country home into a contemporary retreat in 2024, featuring two volumes linked by a service corridor. The design incorporates natural materials and a retractable glass façade to blend modernity with the surrounding rural landscape, aiming for a seamless indoor-outdoor experience.
Hotel Romeo Roma, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, has opened in the Italian capital. Situated at Palazzo Capponi on the Via di Ripetta, the building was converted into a hotel from a historic palazzo, which dates back to the 16th century. The studio aimed to create contemporary interiors featuring vaulted ceilings and three-dimensional forms that contrast with the building’s Renaissance exterior.
South African studio SAOTA has completed the Noom Hotel Abidjan Plateau in Ivory Coast, featuring a layered facade as a contemporary extension of the city’s modernist heritage. The studio references local patterns and motifs within clean, rational forms at this skyscraping hotel, blending modernism with regional identity advancements in both design and architecture.