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Hotels & hospitality

Hotels, baths, restaurants and the architecture of stay.

6 entries

Rooftop terrace with multi-level black timber walls, dark stone steps, wood decking, and lush green planters, cityscape backg

Places to Visit

The High Line: A Raised Walkway for Urban Reimagination

The High Line in New York City exemplifies adaptive reuse, converting a disused elevated railway into a celebrated linear park. This urban intervention redefines public space and landscape design.

9 Sept 2026

Wavy, sculptural concrete roof with skylights, viewed from above, with a city skyline in the background.

Landmark Stories

Southern Cross Station: A Victorian Echo in Contemporary Timber

Southern Cross Station in Melbourne exemplifies a modern transit hub, integrating a vast, undulating roof structure that pays homage to Victorian-era railway architecture.

22 Aug 2026

Highlands Rammed Earth Hammam with textured earth walls and stone foundation in a rugged landscape.

Future Living

Rammed Earth Retreat: A Highlands Hammam Reimagined with Critical Regionalism

A contemporary hammam in the Scottish Highlands demonstrates how critical regionalism and rammed earth construction can create architecture deeply rooted in place.

22 Jul 2026

A light-filled bathroom features timber wall panels and beams, with travertine marble tubs and benches.

Architecture Travel

Gothic Revival Hammams in New England: A Confluence of Style and Craft

This article explores the rare intersection of Ottoman hammam typology with 19th-century New England Gothic Revival architecture, analyzing how local craftspeople adapted traditional styles and materials.

5 Jul 2026

Concrete interior with a wood reception desk, glass walls, and a large skylight.

Future Living

Biometric Logic: The Adaptive Environment of Personalized Space

Biometric logic in architecture represents a paradigm shift towards environments that respond to human physiological and emotional data, creating adaptive and personalized spaces.

22 Jun 2026

Auditorium with concrete walls, wood paneling, and an Acoustic Logic-designed wood slat ceiling.

Architect Minds

Acoustic Logic: Architecture as a Resonant Instrument

Explore acoustic logic: the architectural art of sculpting space through resonance, geometry, and material density to design the perfect soundscape.

19 Jun 2026