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Maybe you can travel at the moment. Maybe you can't. One thing is certain. In spite of the earth-shuddering hit the sector has taken over the past year, the planning of hotels and other contract locations for vacationing is back. There's a strong possibility that those destinations that offer distancing from other guests via their architectural design might be the medium-term winners. Read on for our latest survey on holiday cabins...
Simon Keane-Cowell, Editor-in-Chief
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Ensemble piece: the latest cabin projects
Photo: Florent Michel @11h45
I want to be alone. Well, almost. Check out our global survey of cabin projects, where contemporary architecture becomes something akin to a sculpture park.
Cor-ten steel is used as a structural and decorative material in shipbuilding, industrial and civil construction. We use cor-ten to create sculptures because of its high quality and noble red-brown colour. The rust on metal elements serves as protection.
A change is as good as a rest: adaptive reuse in hotel design
Photo: Nicole Franzen
Repurposing an existing structure in architecture generally signals good news for the environment. When it comes to hotels, where architects get to celebrate, rediscover and reinterpret a building’s story, it also means creating added value for discerning guests in search of engaging and unique hotel experiences.
An acoustically-protected haven for meetings and privacy. Six modules of different dimensions, from the phone booth to the bigger one, used as a meeting room for up to six people. Different levels of customisation, lighting and ventilation system included.
The design for the Hotel Storchen was primarily inspired by the intended repositioning of the house as a unique, homely yet contemporary five-star hotel for a new, international, young-at-heart clientele.
Italian manufacturer DRESSWALL shows how to clad walls in hours rather than days with its new DresswallStripes collection – creating environments that range from the minimalist to the theatrical.
The MoBar collection from Swedish manufacturer DOMETIC demonstrates how gardens, terraces, patios and backyards can be transformed into outdoor gastronomic hotspots.
A 19th-century design language articulated via 21st-century creative collaborations: GEBRÜDER THONET VIENNA GmbH's bentwood expertise is defining some of the finest contract spaces the world over.
Barber Osgerby’s AXOR One shower thermostat module from 2015 has now been expanded into a tactile new bathroom collection – one that has reinvented archetypes.
Founded in 2010, Fyra is one of the leading interior design agencies in Finland and specialises in working environments, hotel and restaurant spaces as well as different concepts and cross-sectional projects.
