Generator Hostels worked together with the DesignAgency, to transform a historical brick building built in 1908, which was once the University of Amsterdam’s science department, into a fun and vibrant hostel, located right next to Oosterpark.
Aman Resorts have recently opened their second hotel in Japan. Named Amanemu, the resort is located within the Ise-Shima National Park on the Kii Peninsula, on the island of Honshu.
The resort, which overlooks Ago Bay, has been designed with a contemporary take on traditional Japanese aesthetics, using natural materials like woven textiles and large timber shutters.
Here are 16 photos to give you some inspiration for your next holiday destination.
Located on what was once just a piece of land with a small farmhouse, is the Munwood Lakeside Resort Hotel.
The hotel, designed by IDO (Init Design Office), located in Jiapeng Village, China, overlooks Erhai Lake, which is famous for the locals fishing method, using trained cormorants to catch fish and return them to fishmongers.
VIVID 2016, a festival of light, music and ideas, has taken over Sydney, Australia for 23 nights, between May 27th and June 18th.
More than 150 artists from 23 countries have created over 90 light installations and projections that appear in more than eight precincts spread across Sydney.
Let’s have a look at some of the installations and projections…
Casa Cook is a new hotel brand by travel company Thomas Cook, that just opened its first location on the picturesque island of Rhodes, Greece.
This adult only hotel mentions that it’s a “new boutique hotel for the bohemian spirit.” There are 90 rooms, and each one of the rooms opens out onto a swim-up pool. There’s also a restaurant, bar, and pool area, as well a gym and yoga space.
The hotel design was a collaboration between architect Vana Pernariv, interior designer Annabell Kutucu and design agency Lambs & Lions.
The Ripple Hotel, located at Qiandao Lake in Hangzhou, China, is a new “modern and simple” hotel designed by XL-MUSE.
The 27 room hotel took just 7 months from design to completion, and is filled with creative features like woven ceilings, custom-designed furniture, amazing bathrooms, and curved platforms that elevate the beds.
Scroll through the 23 photos of the hotel and imagine yourself on vacation…
Design firm AvroKO, have completed the design of the Arlo SoHo, a hotel in New York City. The design of the hotel includes lots of common areas like a music room and living room, a rooftop bar, and hotel rooms that have great city views.
Let’s have a look around…the lobby features shelves on all three sides filled with 500 archive boxes. These archive boxes, each with a hand-painted spine, form a type of global map. Each box has the longitude and latitude coordinates of an international destination, and within the box is an image of that place.
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Just off the lobby is a small bar that faces onto a courtyard. During the day, the space is a work area with communal tables and custom reading lamps.
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A long corridor runs from the lobby to the restaurant and connects all of the ground communal floor spaces together. Walls of metal and glass have been used along one side to maximize the natural light.
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The communal areas have been partitioned off with the same glass and black metal walls.
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Comfortable seating has been paired with bold artwork and greenery for a relaxed contemporary look and feel.
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Located adjacent to the courtyard is the living room, lined by full-height glass walls on three sides, flooding the space with natural light. Custom designed sofas and lounge chairs fill the space, and dividers can be used to separate the room and create intimacy. The suspended ceiling panel has been made of fabric and wood panels
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The hotel also has a game room, where guests can gather and socialize with others. Built-in shelving inspired by 1960’s speaker cabinets, are home to vinyl records and a turntable with headphones, games and puzzles.
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If you are having a business meeting at the hotel, there are the studios. This room with more built-in cabinetry, can be used as one large room for co-working, or it can be split into three private meeting spaces.
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A large blue tiled wall runs alongside the wood and steel stairs, that lead to other floors of the hotel.
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At the top of the hotel is the rooftop bar. When guests reach the bar, they are greeted by an wall of wood planks, each painted two colors, that the guests can removed and replace, creating an ever-changing pattern of colors.
Inside the bar, the interiors have been inspired by the urban skyline, with the lighting playing on the image of draping cables and power lines. Custom-designed booths are surrounded by perforated metal screens, while metal shadow boxes contain custom-made abstract wood sculptures that reference urban skylines.
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The hotel rooms have picturesque city views through a large window, and wood elements used throughout the design of the hotel make an appearance in the rooms too.
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Here’s a closer look at the desk from the room in the photo above.
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The hotel also has rooms with bunk beds, great for when you’re traveling with friends.
Designed to be a one stop shop for any and all who seek a modern, creative place to spend time, The Student Hotel offers a place to stay as both a short term and long term guest, meet with fellow students, hold a lecture, and grab a drink at the end of the day in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Sarafopoulos Architects, together with de Architekten Cie, and interior design firm …,staat, The Student Hotel was created in an abandoned post office in the city square. The tall tower has been divided into three sections, with the ground level targeting anyone and everyone, the middle levels dedicated to student rooms, and the top levels reserved for guests of the hotel.
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Bright colors welcome guests to the hotel and are found in bold shades throughout the interior. In the lobby modern furniture, blue carpets and yellow accents create a bright welcome and give visitors a taste of what they’ll find throughout the rest of the hotel.
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A bright yellow check-in desk is impossible to miss and happily greets people as they arrive for their stay.
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The restaurant and bar, The Pool, designed by ninetynine, features more of the fun colors with bright furniture, yellow pendant lights, and a bright pink floor at the bar that makes it nearly impossible not to have a good time.
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Guests at the hotel are able to use the bright blue gym that’s fully equipped with all of the equipment you could possibly need, including weights, machines, balls, and ropes.
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A games room with ping pong tables and a large pool table are also available for everyone’s enjoyment and are well lit by the natural light coming through the floor to ceiling windows.
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A work and study room has also been included in the hotel to offer students a fun place to work together on projects and assignments in an environment a little more social than a library.
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An auditorium with rows of seating allows talks to be given, presentations to be made, and lectures to be delivered in a modern space with lots of natural light and a unique mural along one wall.
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Bright colors and natural light fill the laundry room that lets long term and short term guests wash their clothes in a fun and engaging environment.
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A room that’s more like a life sized optical illusion provides small groups with a space to get together and watch presentations, work on projects and collaborate on ideas and creative endeavors.
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In the hotel rooms, a combination of mid-century modern furniture and contemporary design elements, like the oversized circular hooks, hanging pendant lights, and geometric bedding, create modern comfortable spaces that can be enjoyed both long term and short term, depending on your needs.
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The modern bathrooms feature large black tiles and white appliances that contribute to the contemporary look and feel of the room.
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Rooms include things like a desk, a TV, a wardrobe, felt bulletin boards, comfortable beds, modern chairs and side tables, and built-in shelving to ensure you have enough space to live comfortably during your stay.
