Aggrenad hotel by AND
Korean architects AND imagined this hotel on Geoje Island as a hand of outstretched fingers, with rooms and balconies pointing out in different directions (+ slideshow). More about Aggrenad hotel by AND
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Water Discus underwater hotel by Deep Ocean Technology
The world's largest underwater hotel is being planned for Dubai, with rooms both on the seabed and on stilts above the surface (+ slideshow). More about Water Discus underwater hotel by Deep Ocean Technology
Iceberg by Wouter Biegelaar at Icehotel
Dutch designer Wouter Biegelaar used blocks of ice to sculpt a single piece of furniture for lounging, sleeping and dining inside a suite at the Icehotel in Lapland (+ slideshow). More about Iceberg by Wouter Biegelaar at Icehotel
Eco-Resort Pedras Salgadas by Luís Rebelo de Andrade and Diogo Aguiar
These seven woodland cabins are nestled amongst the trees of a park and spa in northern Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Eco-Resort Pedras Salgadas by Luís Rebelo de Andrade and Diogo Aguiar
Twenty-ton treehouse under construction in Sweden
News: Finnish studio Rintala Eggertsson Architects is constructing a twenty-ton treehouse for Swedish hotel Treehotel. More about Twenty-ton treehouse under construction in Sweden
"People want Stockholm to be a low city" - Josefin Larsson on Victoria Tower
World Architecture Festival 2012: in this movie we filmed, architect Josefin Larsson of Wingårdhs tells Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs how the residents of Stockholm want it to be a "low city", but that her studio's controversial high-rise hotel there is a "real midget" compared to the skyscrapers of Singapore, where the World Architecture Festival took place. More about "People want Stockholm to be a low city" - Josefin Larsson on Victoria Tower
Quality Hotel Expo in Oslo by Haptic
London studio Haptic has created a forest-like lounge at a hotel in Oslo, filled with trees, stacks of lumber and a plant-covered wall. More about Quality Hotel Expo in Oslo by Haptic
Hôtel Droog by Droog
Dutch design brand Droog has opened a hotel in Amsterdam where guests who venture out from their rooms can attend lectures, visit exhibitions and shops or relax in a "fairy-tale garden" without leaving the building (+ slideshow). More about Hôtel Droog by Droog
QR-Code Hotel Room by Antoine Peters
In the most extreme example yet of QR codes used as decor, the new Hotel Modez in Arnhem has a room covered entirely in scannable codes that link to "pornography, pin-ups and other piquancies". More about QR-Code Hotel Room by Antoine Peters
Hypercubus by WG3
Austrian architects WG3 have designed a mobile hotel room that could be delivered to all kinds of outdoor locations. More about Hypercubus by WG3
Villa Extramuros by Vora Arquitectura
Guests can lounge amongst orange trees and a water basin in the secluded courtyard of this dreamy Portuguese guesthouse by Jordi Fornells and Rolf Heinemann of Vora Arquitectura (+ slideshow). More about Villa Extramuros by Vora Arquitectura
Endémico Resguardo Silvestre by Gracia Studio
This hotel by Mexican architects Gracia Studio comprises 20 separate cabins dotted across the landscape in one of Mexico's wine-making regions (+ slideshow). More about Endémico Resguardo Silvestre by Gracia Studio
Hotel Topazz by BWM Architekten und Partner and Michael Manzenreiter
Austrian architects BWM Architekten und Partner and Michael Manzenreiter have completed a hotel in central Vienna with big oval windows all over its brown mosaic facade. More about Hotel Topazz by BWM Architekten und Partner and Michael Manzenreiter
Black Lodge by Jägnefält Milton
Tourists to a remote Swedish island will soon be able to abandon the hotel rooms of a luxury resort to sleep inside triangular huts on a deserted beach. More about Black Lodge by Jägnefält Milton
Mountain Lodge on Sognefjorden by Haptic
Slideshow: a swimming pool, spa, cinema and games room will be hidden in the rock beneath the main cluster of buildings at this Norwegian hunting lodge and hotel by London architects Haptic. More about Mountain Lodge on Sognefjorden by Haptic
Bridge Studio by Saunders Architecture
Slideshow: we've already featured three artists' studios from Canadian Fogo Island, making this wooden hut on legs the fourth (photographs by Bent René Synnevåg). More about Bridge Studio by Saunders Architecture
Dream Downtown Hotel by Handel Architects
American firm Handel Architects have completed a New York hotel with porthole windows that give it an uncanny resemblance to children's game Connect Four. More about Dream Downtown Hotel by Handel Architects
Designed in Hackney: Shoreditch Roomsby Archer Architects
Designed in Hackney: today's featured designers in our London borough of Hackney showcase are Archer Architects, who inserted a Corten steel-clad hotel behind the facade of a derelict pub in Shoreditch. More about Designed in Hackney: Shoreditch Roomsby Archer Architects
Panic Room by Tilt
French graffiti artist Tilt has swamped one half of a Marseille hotel room in decoration, while the other half remains completely blank. More about Panic Room by Tilt
Sumatrakontor by Erick van Egeraat
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has completed a mixed-use block in Hamburg with a facade that parts like a pair of red curtains. More about Sumatrakontor by Erick van Egeraat