The Chancery Rosewood has opened in Mayfair, London, inside Eero Saarinen’s Grade II-listed former US Embassy on Grosvenor Square. As reported by the editors of Architecture Today, David Chipperfield Architects led the restoration and retrofit, with interiors by French architect Joseph Dirand. From embassy to luxury hotel Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect, designed the building, which […]
Jonathan Tuckey Design has transformed a former carpentry workshop and cod liver oil factory into a wellness retreat in the arctic circle. Photos Andrea Gjestvang You’d be forgiven for having not heard of Henningsvær. Found way up in the arctic circle, the archipelago in northern Norway is a small fishing village of just 510 people […]
Studio Saxe has completed the Suitree Experience Hotel in Sardinal, Costa Rica. The guest rooms are raised into the tree canopy, and the idea came from childhood treehouses. Pods above the ground The hotel is made up of tree-like pods that seem to float over the site, along with a central gathering area and swimming […]
Architecture firm Onion, has shared photos of a hotel lobby they completed for Holiday Inn Samui in Thailand, whose design is inspired by the coconut shell after its meat has been grated to make Thai dessert. The curved building exterior is clad with wooden shingles, with openings giving a glimpse of the lobby inside. At […]