The 5 new hotels around the world with the most incredible design, according to experts
1. ℃ (Do-C) Gotanda is a modern capsule hotel in Tokyo featuring minimal interiors and a rough, industrial look.
A public bath in the basement was transformed into showers and a sauna. Existing interior finishes were stripped and reconstructed to provide for a more unfinished look.
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The capsule sleeping pods, the hotel's sole accommodation, are big enough to comfortably fit a twin sized mattress.
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According to Dezeen, this hotel made it onto the shortlist because of its simple but effective interiors overhaul.
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2. Jungle Keva Hotel is a hotel that describes itself as fusing the elements of its design with the nature that surrounds it.
Location: Tulum, Mexico
Prices: Start at $105 per night
Jungle Keva is a boutique hotel situated in the Mayan jungle.
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It consists of five lodges, each of which boasts a mezzanine, terrace, and an indoor-outdoor bathroom.
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The hotel was designed by Jaque Studio with the local greenery in mind, keeping 70% of the original vegetation by constructing lodges amongst pre-existing clusters of trees.
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Palm leaf-lined ceilings and natural wooden finishes allow the lodges to blend in with their surroundings.
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The hotel has been recognized for its environmentally minded approach to design.
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3. SWEETS hotel is a collection of 28 tiny bridge houses along Amsterdam canals that were reimagined as individual hotel suites.
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Prices: Start at $132 per night
The suites can accommodate two guests each.
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The bridge houses once boarded Amsterdam's many bridge keepers, but with a centralized bridge control system, the structures lost purpose.
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In 2012, Space&Matter, a local architecture and design studio, proposed redesigning them as guest suites in the spirit of experiential travel.
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They have been working on the project ever since, with 15 of the 28 bridge houses currently accepting reservations.
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The Dezeen Awards shortlist recognizes SWEETS hotel for "combining modern initiatives with industrial heritage."
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4. Dream and Maze are two renovated accommodations within The Other Place, a boutique hotel in Guilin Litopia, China.
Location: Guilin Litopia, China
Prices: Start at $139 per night
The hotel has 10 different, dreamlike, themed guest rooms.
Source: Dezeen, The Other Place
The renovation was spearheaded by Shenzhen-based Studio10. The design was inspired by the works of M.C. Escher, a graphic artist known for his mind-bending artwork of impossible constructions.
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The final design is meant to create a mysterious atmosphere and employ elements of optical illusion.
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The 650 square foot rooms were completed in 2018. Each room relies on a pale pink and forest green monochromatic color scheme, on top of the unexpected architecture, to transport guests to an alternate reality.
Source: Dezeen, The Other Place
Dezeen included Dream and Maze on its shortlist because of its "serene and fresh environment … with the aim to distance spaces from busy, everyday life."
Source: Dezeen, The Other Place
5. Radar Station is a cozy vacation rental home inside two prefabricated timber sheds erected in 1961 on the coast of Kent, England.
Location: Dungeness, United Kingdom
Prices: Start at $1,098 per night
Source: Dezeen, Mulberry Cottages
The timber sheds were redesigned by UK-based designer Johnson Naylor into a one-bedroom beach vacation rental home in 2018.
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It maintains the exterior shed form, but the interiors were redesigned to be "gentle, natural and calm," according to Dezeen.
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The living area features yellow as a pop of color, mirroring the color of indigenous flowers in the area.
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