Vincent Van Duysen transforms 19th-century convent into Antwerp's August hotel
The ascetic living quarters of 19th-century nuns is now host to the August hotel, which features contemporary pared-back interiors developed by Vincent Van Duysen. More
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El Rey Court motel in Santa Fe is redesigned to “showcase its bones”
Husband-and-wife creative team Jay and Alison Carroll have used historically inspired decor from the American Southwest to redesign a storied adobe motor inn in Santa Fe, New Mexico. More
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The Siren Hotel references Detroit's grand history says Ari Heckman
ASH NYC co-founder Ari Heckman explains how The Siren Hotel recalls Detroit's glamorous past in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. More
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"Inventing a story means no design decision is arbitrary" says David Rockwell
New York architect David Rockwell explains how constructing a narrative can guide the design of hospitality spaces in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. More
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Mason Studio designs Kimpton Saint George hotel as "homage to Toronto"
Canadian firm Mason Studio has designed this hotel in Toronto to feature an abundance of local flavour, including decorative archways and a nod to the city's famous albino squirrels. More
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Atelier Ace and Studio Shamshiri design Maison de la Luz in New Orleans like a luxury guesthouse
Los Angeles design firm Studio Shamshiri and Ace Hotel's in-house creative team have designed this hotel in New Orleans as if it were the home of a worldy woman who has filled it with decorative souvenirs. More
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The Hoxton hotel opens in Chicago's old meatpacking area
London hotelier Ennismore has opened an outpost of The Hoxton, including a co-working lobby space and rooftop pool, on the site of an old meatpacking facility in Chicago. More
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Watch our talk on the future of hospitality and travel design
Dezeen's Eleanor Gibson spoke to a panel of experts about how hospitality and travel design is changing in this panel discussion filmed by Dezeen for the Radical Innovation Award. More
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Menu and Norm Architects complete Copenhagen hotel that doubles as a showroom
Design brand Menu has teamed up with architecture studio Norm Architects on The Audo, a hotel in Copenhagen where cosy, earth-toned guest suites double up as show spaces for new furniture and homeware. More
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Hamptons motel once owned by Donna Karan becomes A Room at the Beach
A Bridgehampton bungalow featuring a redwood forest planted by television personality Martha Stewart has been redesigned as a bohemian hideaway for summer beach seekers. More
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Champalimaud revitalises hurricane-ravaged Su Casa villa in Puerto Rico
New York studio Champalimaud has transformed a 1920s residence that was destroyed by a hurricane into a luxury holiday home on a resort in Dorado, Puerto Rico. More
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Yabu Pushelberg designs The Times Square Edition as "ultimate counterpoint to its surroundings"
Design firm Yabu Pushelberg has completed a decadent hotel in New York's Times Square featuring lush green walls and a moody dining room with electric blue banquettes. More
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Ben Thompson brings the English country home into the 21st century at Heckfield Place
British designer Ben Thompson has combined the grandeur of a Georgian manor with the informality of a modern farmhouse for the interiors of a new hotel in Hampshire, England. More
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Amanyangyun resort by Kerry Hill Architects designed to be "a living museum"
Amanyangyun hotel is designed to celebrate Chinese culture says Tanuj Goenka, director of Kerry Hill Architects, in this movie produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards. More
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Wanås hotel and restaurant opens in converted 18th-century cow barn and horse stable
A pair of stone barns on a castle estate in southwest Sweden have been turned into a boutique hotel and restaurant with interiors designed by Kristina Wachtmeister. More
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Monteverdi Hotel avoids "folkloristic approach" to restoration of medieval Tuscan hamlet
Crumbling buildings have been transformed into the boutique Monteverdi Hotel in Tuscany, which includes rustic bedroom suites and a cavernous spa. More
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The Standard completes new hotel in London
The Standard's first UK hotel opens this summer inside a brutalist building, featuring colourful interiors designed by Shawn Hausman to contrast "the greyness of London". More
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Lo Sereno hotel combines "clean lines and barefoot luxury" in Mexican landscape
This 10-bedroom hotel forms a secluded retreat in a little-known Mexican fishing village between the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra Madre mountains. More
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Atelier Ace draws on warmth of Finnish saunas for Manhattan's Sister City hotel
Ace Hotel's in-house creative team has completed a new hotel next to the New Museum in New York, featuring warm wood self-check-in booths, a diner-style restaurant and compact bedrooms designed like "Japanese bento boxes". More
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Morris Adjmi creates homey atmosphere within Roost East Market hotel in Philadelphia
Potted plants, bespoke light fixtures and Persian rugs are among the details in guest rooms at a residential hotel in the heart of Philadelphia, which was designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. More
