hospitality

barefoot state of mind

Working with the inherited buildings, owner Bobby Dekeyser along with French architects Jean-Marie Massaud and Daniel Pouzet set out to breathe new life into the intimate 10-acre resort reimagined as Dedon Island. Located on the southeastern tip of Siargao in the Philippines, the property features a mere 9 freestanding villas inspired by the idea of a ‘barefoot state...

enlisting locals

Atelier PRO architects created the interior design for the new Town Hall Quarter in Deventer, Holland municipality with flexibility, sustainability, cooperation and interaction as the major basic principles. The redesign entailed a new build (about 19,500 m²) and renovation, restoration and preservation of existing national monuments. The striking new build, respectfully conforms to the existing historic buildings. Visual artist Loes ten Anscher developed aluminum window...

work, rest and play Sydney

Sydney’s century old wharf in iconic Woolloomooloo is now home to Sydney’s hottest new hotel, Ovolo Woolloomooloo, following a bold transformation designed by Hassell to appeal to a new generation of travellers. After the success of Ovolo Laneways hotel in Melbourne, HASSELL once again partnered with Ovolo’s Hong Kong-based operators to realise its vision...

Down the ‘Fox Hole’

This Hong Kong speakeasy by NC Design & Architecture is disguised behind the façade of an upscale umbrella shop. Access to the fantasy world inspired by the globe-trotting adventures of an English gentleman is via a ‘secret’ door in the Fox Shop, an elegant walk-through boutique featuring classic silver handle-umbrellas immaculately presented ‘Kingsman-secret-service-style’ within bespoke-design brass edged wall...

Paris to Cambodia

Located about 15 minutes from the bustle of Siem Reap, the newly opened boutique property Phum Baitang is a contemporary ode to Khmer village life. Reminiscent of traditional houses found in rural Cambodia, the 45 single storey villas and public pavilions have been inspired by Khmer architecture and feature stilted foundations, extensive timber construction, pitched roofs with open trusses, palm leaf...

Ocean House or Beach House… revisited

Measuring no more than 180 metres long by 123 metres wide, Naladhu, which means, “pretty little island”, is precisely that. Accommodating a mere 19 couples at any one time, Naladhu is boutique, intimate and decadently private. Whilst the island may be a tiny dot in the Indian Ocean, ‘guestrooms’ are a colossal 300 square metres and aptly named...