Portuguese family home turned into brightly-hued hostel
Aurora Arquitectos and Furo have transformed an old family home near Lisbon into a hostel, with colourful accents throughout based on the tropical patina of sunshine and vacations. More
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Un.Box Studio converts neglected stone building into progressive Austin hostel
American firm Un.Box Studio has transformed historic structures in Austin into a high-design hostel that is meant to serve as an alternative to pricey boutique hotels. More
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EKAR Architects designs concrete-block Thailand house for vet and pharmacist siblings
This mixed-used building in Thailand includes the home and work spaces of a pair of siblings, arranged around planted courtyards and perforated concrete-block walls. More
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Latticed framework incorporates seating around the edges of Shenzhen hotel and cultural centre
Shenzhen studio Aether Architects has transformed a derelict residence in the city's Guanwu district into a hotel and cultural centre that is wrapped in a latticed framework of white cubes. More
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Ministry of Design targets millennial travellers with COO concept hostel
In our next movie from the AHEAD Asia 2017 awards, Singapore architect Colin Seah explains the concept behind COO, a new hostel and bistro aimed at young, design-conscious travellers on a budget. More
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Chicago hostel The Hollander connects guests on Instagram prior to arrival
Dishevelled surfaces and industrial details create a shabby-chic aesthetic at this hostel in Chicago, where guests are encouraged to interact with each other via Instagram before their stays. More
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Micro hostel with tiny concrete rooms installed by Zhang Ke in old Beijing hutong
Chinese architect Zhang Ke has slotted a hostel into one of Beijing's ancient hutong neighbourhoods, featuring tiny rooms that project at angles into a central courtyard. More
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Stacked shipping containers house bedrooms at Vietnam hostel by TAK Architects
Brightly painted shipping containers are stacked one on top of the other to house bunk beds at this hostel in Nha Trang, which also features aerial bridges and giant communal hammocks. More
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Döðlur converts 1940s warehouse into design hotel and hostel in Reykjavík
Icelandic design studio Döðlur has paired 20th-century design pieces with custom-made furniture inside this hotel-cum-hostel on Reykjavík's waterfront. More
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He Wei adds portable plastic rooms to youth hostel in a converted Chinese house
Architect He Wei has transformed a traditional rammed-earth property in China into a youth hostel, featuring house-shaped polycarbonate rooms-on-wheels (+ slideshow). More
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Archicao's tiny Humble Hostel expands and contracts with a rolling facade
Beijing architect Cao Pu has created a compact hostel in a traditional hutong courtyard that gets even smaller when its front wall is rolled back to provide extra external space (+ slideshow). More
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Peter Barber uses a "collage of materials" in hostel for homeless people
London office Peter Barber Architects has remodelled a Victorian sheltered housing scheme in the city, employing different types of brick and render to indicate where new additions meet the original buildings. More
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Proposed mountain hostel by Atelier 8000 looks like it has crashed into the Earth
This giant cube that appears to have landed on its side in the mountains is a proposal by Czech studio Atelier 8000 for a facilities building in Slovakia's High Tatras peaks (+ slideshow). More
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Hostel by Sergio Rojo provides rest stop on medieval pilgrimage route
Architect Sergio Rojo has renovated a dilapidated nineteenth-century cultural centre to create a hostel for weary travellers on the Way of St James pilgrimage route in northern Spain (+ slideshow). More
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Generator Berlin Mitte hostel by Ester Bruzkus with Anwar Mekhayech and Mark Asipowicz
Exposed ductwork and rough materials feature at this hostel in central Berlin (+ slideshow). More
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Emanuel Hostel by Lana Vitas Gruić
Bunk bed booths provide sleeping sanctuaries at this hostel in Split, Croatia, by local designer Lana Vitas Gruić (+ slideshow). More
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Hostel in Kyonan by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects
Five wooden cabins fan out around a site on Tokyo Bay to form this capsule accommodation by Japanese office Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects. More
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MiNO by Antonio Ravalli Architetti
Italian studio Antonio Ravalli Architetti have converted an old factory in Migliarino, Italy, into a youth hostel where guests can stay in these tall fabric-covered pods. More
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Movijovem Youth Hostel by ComA Architects
Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of an extension to a youth hostel on a Portuguese mountainside by ComA Architects. More
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Jumbo Hostel at Arlanda Airport, Stockholm
Jumbo Hostel, a hostel housed in a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, opened last month at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden. More
