Claesson Koivisto Rune has contrasted the 250-year-old exterior of Bergen's Villa Terminus hotel in Norway with bright and contemporary interiors that reference several design periods. More about Claesson Koivisto Rune converts historic Bergen retreat into 18-room hotel
A prominent art dealer has turned an estate once owned by infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar into luxury accommodation filled with items from his collection. More about Pablo Escobar's Tulum mansion becomes art-filled boutique hotel
In this movie Dezeen produced for the AHEAD Americas hospitality awards, jury members reveal that the way a hotel relates to its location was a crucial factor in choosing the winning projects. More about The best hotels respond intelligently to their context, say AHEAD Americas awards judges
Architects are touting plant-covered tower blocks as a way to tackle air pollution and improve the quality of urban life. From one of the world's tallest living walls to an entire "vertical forest" city in China, here are 10 examples showing the rise of verdant architecture. More about 10 plant-covered buildings that point to a greener future
Dezeen promotion: a cylindrical cultural centre designed by OMA, an old Mexican residence renovated with huge slatted wooden walls, and a boutique "micro hotel" with tiny rooms are among the winners of this year's Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design Americas. More about AHEAD Americas hospitality awards announces 2017 winners
The Morgans Hotel in New York, which developer Ian Schrager turned into the world's first boutique hotel, has closed and will be converted into high-end micro apartments. More about First boutique hotel Morgans closes to become micro condos
Plants will spill out between the overlapping wooden blocks that make up the facade of this hotel, which Kengo Kuma & Associates has unveiled for a site on the left bank of Paris' river Seine. More about Kengo Kuma reveals plant-covered Eco-Luxury Hotel for Paris
Designer Anda Andrei explains how the interiors of the 11 Howard hotel are designed to age over time in this movie Dezeen filmed for the AHEAD Awards in New York. More about 11 Howard hotel in New York will "look better not worse in five years", says Anda Andrei
Pastel-coloured walls, wicker furniture and an abundance of planting feature inside this Edinburgh hotel, which New York studio Grzywinski + Pons has designed to contrast with its 18th-century stone exterior. More about Grzywinski + Pons creates "sophisticatedly tropical" interiors for Edinburgh's Eden Locke hotel
In this movie, interior designer Martin Brudnizki explains how he used vintage furniture and fabrics to create a homely atmosphere in New York's Beekman Hotel, which is shortlisted in two categories at the upcoming AHEAD Americas awards. More about Martin Brudnizki converts New York office building into eclectic Beekman Hotel
French designer Patrick Norguet has applied the colourful and homely aesthetic language he developed for hotel brand Okko to its latest destination in the Porte de Versailles neighbourhood of Paris. More about Patrick Norguet creates colourful communal spaces in latest Okko Hotel interior
Guests at an eco-hotel in Tulum, Mexico, can spend the night in a sculptural treehouse that overlooks expanses of green jungle and turquoise sea. More about Treehouse hotel room peeps above canopy of Mexico's tropical woodland
Our Frank Lloyd Wright 150th anniversary series ends with the American architect's best-known building in Asia, the now-demolished Imperial Hotel, where he combined his western design principles and a fascination with Japan. More about Frank Lloyd Wright merged eastern and western architecture at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel
Photographs of New York's latest hotel Public, designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, have emerged following its opening last week. More about Public hotel by Herzog & de Meuron features fuss-free bedrooms "like cabins on a yacht"
Legendary New York hotelier Ian Schrager has unveiled Public, a hotel concept designed by Herzog & de Meuron to counter the threat of Airbnb. More about "The hotel industry is in denial about Airbnb" says Ian Schrager as Public hotel opens in New York
Brooklyn-based Studio Tack has transformed a set of run-down structures into a cosy retreat, close to the rugged landscape of the Teton mountains and Yellowstone National Park. More about Studio Tack overhauls mid-century motel to create Anvil Hotel in Wyoming
The first part of Heatherwick Studio's renovation of a former grain silo building in Cape Town's harbour has been completed, with the opening of a hotel featuring bulging windows. More about Luxury hotel opens inside Heatherwick's converted grain silo in Cape Town
Swathes of aluminium tiles wrap around this sharply pointed tower by Amanda Levete's studio AL_A, which is set in the former gardens of the British embassy in Bangkok. More about AL_A completes aluminium-plated tower block in central Bangkok
Architecture studio Bergmeisterwolf has applied vernacular log cladding to this group of holiday apartments, which extend around a courtyard in the Italian alps. More about Bergmeisterwolf reinterprets the traditional log cabin with Twisted House apartments
Australian architecture studio Carr has transformed an old cottage on the Mornington Peninsula into a hotel, featuring a charred wood exterior and dark interiors intended to recreate the atmosphere of an alchemist's workshop. More about Carr creates dark and moody interiors for art-filled hotel in Australia's wine region