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Design
Hotels as architecture. Reviews and reportage on the studios, materials and decisions that turn a property into a piece of design worth a detour.
A Swiss Summer: Three Hotels That Show What the Country Does When the Skis Are Gone
Switzerland is famous for its winters. Its summers, when the cable cars run for hikers, the city beaches open along the lakes, and the old towns slow into their long northern light, are arguably the better season. Three hotels across the country, from an alpine village to the financial capital to the old town of Geneva, illustrate what the Swiss summer actually does.
Three Hotels in Istanbul: The Quiet Design Wave Reshaping Two Continents
A close look at three restored boutique hotels in Istanbul (Orient Occident and Orientbank in historic Sirkeci, The Bank Hotel in contemporary Karaköy) and the broader story of a city teaching its older buildings to do new things.