© Sama J.Canzian

Architects: D’Ambrosio Architecture & Urbanism
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Client: Jawl Investment Corp.
Completion: 2011
Structural Engineer: Stantec Consulting
Civil and Mechinal Engineer: Genivar Consultants Ltd
Electrical Consultant: Applied Engineering Solutions Inc.
Acoustic Engineer: Wakefield Acoustics Ltd.
Landscape Architect: Murdoch DeGreeff Inc.
Photographs: Sama J.Canzian

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© Hiroyuki Oki

Architects: Vo Trong Nghia
Location: Binh Duong Province, Vietnam
Completion: 2006
Project team: Minoru Sakata, Hisanori Ohara, Nguyen Hoa Hiep
Photographs: Dinh Thu Thuy, Hiroyuki Oki

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Courtesy of GRAFT Architects

Designed by GRAFT Architects, Vertical Village is a residential, hotel and entertainment development in Dubai that harnesses the most powerful renewable energy source in the desert, the sun. Organized to reduce solar gain and maximize solar production, the buildings are massed as self-shading slabs at the north of the site on the east-west axis to reduce low-angle sun penetration. At the southern end of the site, a vast solar collector array optimally angles itself toward the sun and faces the main public strip as a potent gesture to the developments sustainable intent and minimum LEED Gold rated performance. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Nacasa & Partners

Architects: Doyle Collection – Aiji Inoue, Yuki Kanai
Location: Kagoshima, Japan
Completion: October 2011
Floor Space: 161.9 sqm
Collaborators: Tully’s Coffee Japan
Seats: 75 seats
Photographer: Nacasa & Partners

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Courtesy of Trahan Architects

Trahan Architects have proposed a 4.3 million square-foot mixed-use development in the historic city center of Zhengzhou, China – the capital and largest city of the Henan province, with a population of 8.6 million. The concept is part of a broad scale master plan for redeveloping Zhengzhou through ecological and infrastructure development. Continue after the break for more images and the project description.

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© Courtesy of Goodweather Design & The School of Fish Foundation

Looking for a nice place to go and have dinner tonight? Here’s some inspiration from project published in 2010. Like the Floating Dinning Room, which floats on over 1,700 recycled plastic bottles. Maybe you like something like the Rockwall Bar & Grill, desgined by Dock4 Architecture in Tasmania. Or Donovan Hill’s tapas bar: Ortiga. Want some pizza? Check out this one in London, by Michaelis Boyd. Looking for something different in L.A.? Try Earl’s Gourmet Grub. Not hungry yet?

Courtesy of Hiperstudio + Arkiz

The Aliah Project, a hotel for a green World Cup, designed by Hiperstudio + Arkiz has been awarded as the winner of a competition organized by Aliah, a company which promotes sustainable development through practices and businesses that are profitable with a positive socio-environmental impact. A sustainable luxury hotel complex for the 2014 World Cup, their design serves as a model of sustainable architecture by disseminating innovative concepts that promote a green lifestyle. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Andrea Pertoldeo

Architect: Estudio N - Andrés Holguin, David R. Morales, Alvaro Solis
Location: Venice, Italy
Structure: Thetis Spa, ing. Giovanni Zarotti
Completion: 2012
Area: 1,100 sqm
Photographs: Andrea Pertoldeo

   
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© Severin Wurnig

Architects: Söhne & Partner Architekten
Location: Albertina Passage, Vienna, Austria
Photographs: Severin Wurnig

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Courtesy of HKS Architects

Live Between, a concept design by HKS Architects, is a newly launched hotel experience for guests who enjoy the extreme. Their design seeks out urban cities to set up short-term residency between existing buildings. As it moves from city to city, it is designed and installed specific to its temporary inhabitance. Taking on various forms from a spider’s web to a constellation, the hotel formation is ever changing and always evolving. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Phan Quang

Architects: Vo Trong Nghia
Location: Phu Tho district, Thu Dau Mot Town, Binh Duong, Vietnam
Project Completion: 2008
Construction Area: 250 sqm
Photographer: Phan Quang

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© Misae Hiromatsu

Architects: Beijing Matsubara and Architects – Hironori Matsubara, Kazunori Yamaguchi
Location: Tuanjiehu Beisitiao, Chaoyang district, Beijing, China
Total floor area: 382 sqm.
Completion: 2011
Construction: LI Qiyun
Client: Beijing YilinChuangyeShangmao Ltd
Photographs: Misae Hiromatsu

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Courtesy of WOHA

Located in central Singapore, the top tier business hotel and office in a garden project at Hong Lim Park, designed by WOHA, demonstrates how they were able to not only conserve greenery in a built-up high-rise city center, but multiply it vertically in a manner that is architecturally striking, integrated and sustainable. Undergoing construction with scheduled completion in this year, the project has achieved Singapore’s Green Mark Platinum score, the nation’s highest environmental certification. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Alfonso Acedo

Architects: IlmioDESIGN – Andrea Spada, Michele Corbani
Location: Plaza Fortuny, Granada, Spain
Client: Global Suites S.A 
Design Team: Andrea Spada, Michele Corbani
Completation: January 2012
Built Area: 1,000 sqm
Photographs: Alfonso Acedo

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© Hiroyuki Oki

Architects: Vo Trong Nghia
Location: Flamingo Dai Lai Resort, Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam
Completion Year: 2010
Construction Area: 1,600 sqm
Photo credit (construction): Vo TrongNghia Co., Ltd.
Photographs: Hiroyuki Oki

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Courtesy of Marciano Architecture

Marciano Architecture shared with us their proposal for the ‘Stavia 2012′ competition. Located in Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland, the thin blades of the hotel fit the smooth landscape of the lake to create a suspended, stretched design towards the horizon. The project celebrates the meeting between the landscape of the park and the lake, nature and water, in a staging of the exchange, the pleasure of vacationing. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Mecanoo

Hilton Worldwide and Schiphol Real Estate, Schiphol Group’s real estate subsidiary, have today signed an agreement to introduce a new landmark 433 guest room Hilton Hotels & Resorts hotel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, to be designed by prominent Dutch architects, Mecanoo. The new cube-shaped building, which will feature rounded edges and a diamond-shaped façade with diagonal lines, has been designed with a view to it becoming an airport landmark. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Courtesy of Safdie Architects

If you could choose one hotel to stay from the many we have featured in the past few years, which one would it be? Tough choice isn’t it? Maybe you would choose the magnificient Marina Bay Sands, designed by Safdie Architects in Singapore. Or maybe you want something smaller, like the Vivanta Hotel in Bangalore, India. Perhaps something even smaller: the Caldor Hotel in Austria. If you want something more familiar, let’s go with the Katowice Hilton, in Poland. Now, if you want something more private in a spectacular beach, you’ll definitely stay at the Makenna Resort in Brazil. Any favorite?

© Ng Siu Fung

Architects: Panorama International Limited
Location: WuXi, China
Area: 700 sqm
Completion Date: Jan 2012
Client: Star Food Service (Suzhou) Inc.
Design Team: Horace Pan, Alan Tse, Ardy Tsoi
Photographs: Ng Siu Fung

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© Stefan Müller

Architects: Wortmann Architects + Guillermo Bañares Arquitectos + Carlos Narváez
Location: Rosellón, 390, Barcelona, Spain
Consultants: Juan Almendro Ferrer (HVAC), BOMA (Structure), TRAM (executive site management), José Luís Vázquez (client project management), Michela Mezzavila (lighting), LuchoMarcial + AVA Studio (Interior Design)
Project Year: 2009
Collaborators: Serenella di Dio, Ava Costa, Laia Capellades
Construction Company: Copcisa
Surface: 5,208 sqm (above ground level)
Photographer: Stefan Müller

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