ASAP gives rocky form to Downtown LA hotel tower
American studio ASAP has conceived a new hotel for the urban core of Los Angeles that is meant to evoke a rock emerging from the landscape. More about ASAP gives rocky form to Downtown LA hotel tower
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Foster + Partners reveals cascading tower complex for Mecca pilgrims
Foster + Partners has won a competition for a complex of stepped towers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, providing accommodation for pilgrims en route to the world's largest mosque. More about Foster + Partners reveals cascading tower complex for Mecca pilgrims
Koti hotel brings Finnish holiday experience to Paris
Visitors to the Koti hotel in Paris will be immersed in a Finnish experience, sleeping in wooden cabins and sharing meals around a communal table. More about Koti hotel brings Finnish holiday experience to Paris
Seven unusual treehouses you can sleep inside at Sweden's Treehotel
Seven Scandinavian architects have now built treehouses for Sweden's Treehotel, including a bird's nest, a mirrored cube and the charred timber cabin added earlier this month by Snøhetta. More about Seven unusual treehouses you can sleep inside at Sweden's Treehotel
Sandstone buildings create fortress-like clubhouse surrounded by a moat in Jiaxing
Sandstone blocks face into a central courtyard to create this huge clubhouse complex by More Architecture and AIM Architecture, which is set on an island in Jiaxing, China. More about Sandstone buildings create fortress-like clubhouse surrounded by a moat in Jiaxing
Yabu Pushelberg pairs warm wood and muted hues at Four Seasons Downtown New York
Design firm Yabu Pushelberg has completed the interiors for the Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown Manhattan, using dark wood in the public spaces and soft colours in the guest rooms. More about Yabu Pushelberg pairs warm wood and muted hues at Four Seasons Downtown New York
Snøhetta adds treetop cabin with stargazing net to Sweden's Treehotel
Snøhetta has completed a treetop cabin for the Treehotel in northern Sweden, featuring charred-timber cladding and a suspended net for observing the Northern Lights. More about Snøhetta adds treetop cabin with stargazing net to Sweden's Treehotel
Studio Fuksas suspends cloud-like auditorium inside Rome convention centre
Studio Fuksas has completed a convention centre and hotel complex in Rome, featuring an auditorium in a translucent fibreglass "cloud", suspended within a huge glass box. More about Studio Fuksas suspends cloud-like auditorium inside Rome convention centre
Oscar Niemeyer's revamped Hotel Nacional features interiors by Debora Aguiar and Studio VOA
These photographs offer a look inside Oscar Niemeyer's recently reopened Hotel Nacional in Rio de Janeiro, which features interiors by Brazilian firm Debora Aguiar Arquitectos and US practice Studio VOA. More about Oscar Niemeyer's revamped Hotel Nacional features interiors by Debora Aguiar and Studio VOA
Oscar Niemeyer's Hotel Nacional reopens in Rio after 20 years
A hotel designed by famed Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer has reopened as a luxury resort in Rio de Janeiro, after being closed for over 20 years. More about Oscar Niemeyer's Hotel Nacional reopens in Rio after 20 years
Vo Trong Nghia completes Vietnam hotel featuring walls of hanging plants
Greenery overflows from concrete planters set into the sandstone walls of this hotel, designed by Vo Trong Nghia's firm for historic Vietnamese town Hoi An. More about Vo Trong Nghia completes Vietnam hotel featuring walls of hanging plants
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 about Stacked shipping containers house bedrooms at Vietnam hostel by TAK Architects
AvroKO creates "micro hotel" in former industrial neighbourhood in New York
New York studio AvroKO has designed the interiors of Arlo Hudson Square, a new boutique hotel with tiny rooms – some of which have bunk beds. More about AvroKO creates "micro hotel" in former industrial neighbourhood in New York
Projekt Praga transforms historic brewery in Poland into minimal apartments
Warsaw studio Projekt Praga has created a suite of pared-back and plant-filled holiday apartments inside a 19th century brewery in southeast Poland. More about Projekt Praga transforms historic brewery in Poland into minimal apartments
World's first year-round Icehotel opens in Swedish Lapland
Twenty themed suites, a frozen art gallery and an ice staircase feature in Icehotel's first permanent lodgings, which have now been unveiled in Sweden. More about World's first year-round Icehotel opens in Swedish Lapland
Grzywinski + Pons tailors Leman Locke hotel to make nomadic workers feel at home
The interiors of this London hotel, designed by New York firm Grzywinski + Pons for hospitality chain Locke, are intended to bridge the gap between home and hotel stay. More about Grzywinski + Pons tailors Leman Locke hotel to make nomadic workers feel at home
Glass-bottomed pool by NOA projects out from Alpine hotel
A glazed panel in the base of this cantilevered swimming pool by architecture studio NOA gives bathers dramatic views of the South Tyrolean Dolomites. More about Glass-bottomed pool by NOA projects out from Alpine hotel
Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects transforms Belgian fort into home and guesthouse
Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects has renovated and extended a former fort in West Flanders to create a home for an estate agent and his family. More about Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects transforms Belgian fort into home and guesthouse
John Hix designs off-grid concrete guesthouse for Caribbean island
Six apartments stacked in pairs of rectangular concrete blocks make up this Caribbean guesthouse, designed by architect John Hix to be completely self sufficient. More about John Hix designs off-grid concrete guesthouse for Caribbean island
Rasem Kamal proposes warren of subterranean services for Jordan's Wadi Rum
Architect Rasem Kamal has proposed a network of burrow-like spaces that would sprawl out beneath a UNESCO-protected valley in the Jordanian desert. More about Rasem Kamal proposes warren of subterranean services for Jordan's Wadi Rum