Resort architecture
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about resort architecture
Project • By Skylab Architecture • Hotels
Cascade Bungalows at Brasada Ranch
The Cascade Bungalows at Brasada Ranch are the newest luxury hospitality offering at this all-season family resort in Central Oregon. The bungalows are 16 new guest room experiences that bring a contemporary and bespoke approach to life on the ranch. The buildings are stepped with the topography and offer privacy for every unit and unobstructed views of the Cascade Mountains. Each Bungalow features a custom coffee bar, breakfast concierge service, locally sourced art and furnishings, a sunken living area with a fireplace, and a private hot tub and outdoor shower.
Mark Mediana/ Drex Agency
Mark Mediana/ Drex Agency
Mark Mediana/ Drex Agency
The Bungalows were designed to create a sense of escape from the noise and stres... More
News • News • 18 May 2023
3deluxe develops an eco-friendly beach district using rammed earth construction
German design office 3deluxe has developed the architectural concept for an eco-friendly beach district in the UAE. The Kalba Beach development sits on the coast east of the Dubai Metropolitan Area and is part of an urban oasis that extends for over a mile along the shoreline. The project’s most visible feature will be its rammed earth construction, a material that is gaining popularity with environmentally-conscious architects and constructors.
3deluxe
Described as a “biophilic neighborhood of rammed earth structures,” the development’s fifteen buildings will house a number of amenities, including a mix of established and local restaurants, cafes, and kiosks. The collection of buildings will be “embe... More
Project • By Alan Blakely Architectural Photography • Private Houses
Hillside Lodge
Beautiful family vacation cabin located in the pristine Utah mountains.
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© 2022 Alan Blakely, AIAP. All Rights Reserved.
© 2022 Alan Blakely, AIAP. All Rights Reserved.
© 2022 Alan Blakely, AIAP. All Rights Reserved.
© 2022 Alan Blakely, AIAP. All Rights Reserved.
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News • News • 2 Nov 2021
Patina Maldives Hotel by studio mk27 embraces the extreme island experience
Located in one of the most remote places on the planet, the Patina Maldives Hotel by studio mk27 embraces the extreme island experience with a hospitality concept that provides romance and contact with nature while boosting social encounters. The light and delicate volumes are respectful of their surroundings, capturing and amplifying the spectacular landscape.
Georg Roske
Sitting delicately on the earth, the only path on the premises is built of wood and determines an axis that organizes the program of the hotel. To the left are the main buildings and the villas, to the right, there is a spa and the common spaces of the village and beach club. The pathway extends outward from the resort to reach most of the beaches on the island.... More
Lagas Aegean Village Hotel
Lagas Aegean Village is a hotel resort located on the golden sandy shores of the south coast of Kos Island, Greece.
Built on a slope, every spot offers beautiful views of the Aegean Sea. It's Its layout and use of space is characteristic of the distinctive Aegean architecture.
Completely renovated in 2011, Lagas Aegean Village Hotel resort in Kos, Greece, chose Lodes lighting fixtures for the decoration of the main lounge.
Lodes' suspensions Kelly Sphere and Kelly Cluster blend in naturally with the local design, decorating and illuminating, together with Rain, the main building’s lounges. More
News • News • 31 Mar 2021
Resort concept captures the textures and spatial patterns of a traditional village
At the foot of Mount Tai, the small village of Dongximen has been quietly declining as villagers have left over the last years. In an attempt to activate the village as a high-end resort, the LuShangGroup has introduced a new resort hotel. Called the Cloud of Hometown Resort, the resort design by gad line + studio captures the textures and spatial patterns of the original village in a contemporary way. While respecting the original site, as little design imposition as possible is made to naturally reveal the site.
Pan Jie
Beginning in the southwest corner of the site, there were four run-down utility rooms. Enhancing the relationship between them and the connection of life to the natural mountain environment, the rooms were renovated... More
News • News • 19 Mar 2021
Lighthearted and playful PokoPoko Club House emerges from the forest
Outside of Tokyo, Nasu Highlands is a lush farming region and urban escape dominated by Mount Nasu. PokoPoko by Klein Dytham Architecture is the playful result of the client’s desire to connect two hotel buildings and provide a new amenity on a lush resort site.
Mark Dytham
The client’s vision includes the extension and renovation of both existing hotel buildings and their rooms. This includes an original smaller guest house dating from 1986 and a larger later complex. The total number of rooms on site is 40. A new footbridge links the two hotel buildings and a new path meanders through the forest. It is here, that PokoPoko emerges to provide a family-oriented clubhouse and activity centre for hotel guests.
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News • News • 26 Jan 2021
Treehouse concept drives the design for South Tyrol hotel extension
In Siusi, South Tyrol, Parc Hotel Florian has been expanded with ten new suites in a new stand-alone building. Designed by Noa* architects, the design brief was to connect the new build to the existing structure and preserve as the unique surrounding landscape, which includes ancient trees, an idyllic pond and outdoor pool.
Alex Filz
To leave as much of the existing land as possible untouched, the new building is elevated on a series of three-meter high supports, leaving the grounds below fully accessible. The intellectual concept of the building as treehouse thus began to take shape.
Alex Filz
At the end of a connecting walkway that forms the backbone of the new development, a two-storey structure contains the new suites, with... More