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Geoffrey Bawa’s Anantara Kalutara Resort finally completed, after 15 years
Sri Lankan master architect Geoffrey Bawa’s tropical modernist legacy is burnished with the completion of the Anantara Kalutara Resort One of the world’s great train journeys skirts Sri Lanka’s west coast, hugging the shore where the Laccadive Sea meets the land. It’s a natural wonder that ultimately must be abandoned for the inland trip towards …
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- Interiors , Lifestyle
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- Anantara Kalutara Resort , Channa Daswatte , Colombo , Geoffrey Bawa , Hotel design , Hotels , MICD Associates , resort , Sri Lanka , travel
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Holiday Inn opens new resort in Hua Hin with interiors by Ashley Sutton
Holiday Inn Vana Nava Hua Hin Hua Hin’s newest hotel addition, the Holiday Inn Vana Nava Hua Hin officially opened its doors to the public at the end of February. The building becomes Hua Hin’s tallest structure. The shape of the hotel’s facade was modelled after a traditional Thai fishing trap, a nod to the town’s fishing …
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- Architecture , Lifestyle , Top Story
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- ashley sutton , holiday inn , Holiday Inn Vana Nava Hua Hin , hotel opening , hua hin , Thailand , travel
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TUMI UNVEILS stylish NEW COLOURS FOR its iconic 19 DEGREE ALUMINUM case
Tumi introduces a limited matte black with rose gold trim version and a sophisticated blue to its architecture-inspired 19 Degree Aluminum travel collection highlighted with sleek silhouettes Renowned for its extensive range of premium travel, business and lifestyle accessories, TUMI recently celebrated the launch of a new store at the Elements Mall in Tsim Sha Tsui with the …
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- Lifestyle , Perspective Promotions , Products
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- architecture , design , designer , Hong Kong , interior design , interiors , product design , travel , Tumi
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Barcelona takes on its modernisme in architecture inspired by Gaudí
Barcelona, the Catalan capital of modernisme, continues its architectural evolution while keeping its roots firmly planted in its past – another facet of its independent spirit To see Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia is to see the city itself. Modernisme (literally ‘modernism’) was the movement that sought a distinctive Catalan identity and its icons, which have come to define …
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- Architecture , Top Story
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- Antoni Gaudí , architecture , art , Barcelona , Building , Casa Milà , Catalonia , culture , Hotel , Hotel design , interior , La Pedrera , La Sagrada Família , Mandarin Oriental , modernisme , Spain , travel
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Phuket’s beach resort The Slate undergoes a chic facelift
Phuket’s Indigo Pearl is now The Slate. Hotelier Prakaikaew Na-Ranong, heir to Thailand’s tin-mining pioneers, reveals her vision for its design Perspective first travelled to Indigo Pearl, Phuket, in 2012 and found a delightful resort cleverly crafted by architect Bill Bensley. Its beautiful industrial chic interiors had been inspired by the history of the property’s …
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- Architecture , Dose of Design , Interiors
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- architecture , design , Hotel , Hotel design , Indigo Pearl , interior design , interiors , Phuket , resort , Thailand , The Slate , travel
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Bill Bensley’s sleek design for the JW Marriott Resort in Vietnam
Bill Bensley’s designs for the JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort & Spa have resulted in a property that is as dramatic as its setting Nestled among verdant slopes and set next to a pristine white-sand beach, JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort & Spa instills a sense of French elegant chic into …
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- architecture , designer , features , Hotel , interior design , interiors , travel
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Architects and designers tell their most memorable travel experience
Mark Twain famously said that “…broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all of one’s lifetime.” Modes of travel may have changed since his time, but today, people still voyage all over the globe to observe, imagine, learn and relax. We asked …
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- 40 Under 40 , architect , architecture , Hong Kong , Hotels , interior design , interior designer , travel
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Singapore’s Warehouse Hotel steeped in scintillating history
Nestled on the banks of Robertson Quay in Singapore, The Warehouse Hotel — the first hotel development from hospitality group Lo & Behold — is more than just a place to lay your head. The former warehouse building is steeped in scandalous and mysterious history that has been used as the foundation for its contemporary …
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- Interiors , Lifestyle , Top Story
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- architecture , Home design , Hotel , interior design , interiors , Singapore , travel , Warehouse hotel
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The Hari London creates a new brand standard
Following a 58-year heritage in hotel development and management, Harilela Hotels opened the doors of The Hari in London’s Belgravia last autumn, marking the launch of a new brand for the global travel market Late last autumn, Londoners were given the first glimpse of The Hari hotel concept before the new brand begins its worldwide …
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- architecture , Harilela , Harilela Hotels , Hotel , interior design , interiors , London , The Hari , travel
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Going wild in the country at Sandibe Safari Lodge
Earthy yet glamorous, this beautiful safari escape co-exists harmoniously with the beasts of the spectacular Okavango Delta in Botswana Surrounded by a forest of wild palms and fig trees, and inspired by the nests of weaver finches and the armoured shell of pangolins, Sandibe Safari Lodge appears like a mythical village hidden in the heart …
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- Architecture , Interiors , Lifestyle , Top Story
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- &Beyond , architecture , Botswana , design , interiors , Michaelis Boyd Associates , Nicholas Plewman Architects , Sandibe Safari Lodge , travel
