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Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
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Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bab Samhan, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Diriyah
Nineteen low-rise buildings with sand-colored mudbrick facades, carved wooden frames, and courtyards planted with fig trees.
Babel Tulum
Blush-pink chukum plaster arches and a sculptural tower inspired by 1960s sci-fi.
Babylonstoren
Whitewashed Cape Dutch gables shelter open hearths, freestanding bathtubs, and glass-box kitchens.
Baccarat Hotel New York
Gilles and Boissier interiors showcasing seventeen crystal chandeliers, pleated silk walls, and two thousand glowing Harcourt glasses.
Backstage Hotel Vernissage
Custom handmade furniture and loft cubes crafted in local artist Heinz Julen's alpine atelier.
Bahia Vik Jose Ignacio
Free-standing dune bungalows feature indigenous slate and woodwork, showcasing unique site-specific artworks and painted murals by contemporary artists.
Bairro Alto Hotel
Souto de Moura restores Pombaline architecture accented with Portuguese ceramics and contemporary art.
Baja Club
A sculptural spiral staircase connects tiered modern wings around a brick courtyard.
Bangkok Publishing Residence
Restored 1960s shophouse spaces featuring a working wire-cage elevator, vintage typesetting machines, and leather-clad industrial interiors.
Banyan Tree AlUla
Batwing canvas canopies and compressed-earth villas designed to blend seamlessly into towering sandstone canyon rock formations.
Banyan Tree Doha
Jacques Garcia interiors featuring sculpted gunmetal Trees of Life in the soaring silver-accented lobby and geometric glass motifs.
Banyan Tree Dongguan Songshan Lake
Curved wok-ear roofs, Manchurian stained glass, and handcrafted lattice screens frame serene lakeside courtyards.
Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto Hotel
Timber lattice eaves, a cantilevered gabled entrance, and an open-air cedar Noh stage overlooking bamboo forest.
Banyan Tree Ringha
Reassembled Tibetan farmhouses with hand-carved pine pillars, stone hearths, and wooden soaking tubs.
Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru
Hyperbolic bamboo arches shape the overwater Madi Hiyaa pavilion, echoing pink whip rays above the lagoon.
Banyan Tree Veya Valle de Guadalupe
Earth-toned modernist villas built into the hillside by architect Michel Rojkind.
Barceló Torre de Madrid
Jaime Hayón interiors feature sculptural furniture, jewel tones, and a giant zebra-striped bear in the lobby.
Bardessono Hotel and Spa
Pioneering LEED Platinum architecture constructed with 100,000 square feet of salvaged wood.
Barranca Kangaroo Valley
Architect-designed modern sheds combining upcycled sandstone, native timbers, wood fireplaces, and floor-to-ceiling escarpment views.
Basecamp Amsterdam
Elevated timber cabins and cardboard Wikkelhouses connected by boardwalks over wild wetlands.
Basq House
Moroccan riad architecture wraps an open courtyard around a palm-fringed magnesium pool.
Batty Langley’s
Witty Georgian maximalism showcasing antique needle showers, carved four-poster beds, and reclaimed wooden throne water closets.
Bawah Reserve
Hand-built bamboo pavilions and overwater suites with hammered copper tubs and reclaimed teak.
Bay Point Landing
A raised cedar clubhouse with sculptural V-shaped roofs anchors Scandinavian-style cabins and custom Airstream trailers.
Be Tulum Hotel
Reclaimed timber boardwalks and limestone walls tuck beneath native coastal palms.
Beaverbrook Town House
Maximalist interiors pair theatrical playhouse tributes with jewel-toned velvets and hundreds of curated Japanese woodblock prints.
Beijing in S&N Resort
Local stone masonry foundations and Naxi-inspired timber frames step gently along the mountain riverbank.
Bela Vista Hotel & Spa
Restored azulejo tiles, painted wooden ceilings, and nautical palettes across three villas.
BelArosa Chalet
Ancient spruce, two-hundred-year-old oak, and fifteenth-century church stones frame double-height alpine chalets with bespoke Italian furnishings.
Belden House & Mews
Restored Victorian woodwork and ceramic hearths meet clean-lined modernist mews rooms.
Belle Mont Sanctuary Resort
Bill Bensley drew on traditional chattel houses, adding wraparound verandas and outdoor tubs.
Bellonias Villas
Pressed cement walls, low-profile beds, Traventino marble surfaces, and a poolside outdoor bar by K-Studio.
BELLUSTAR TOKYO
Muted earth tones, bespoke oak furnishings, and a soaring thirteen-meter dining atrium two hundred meters high.
Beniya
Low-slung pavilions designed by Tetsuo Kobori capture breezes around private garden courtyards.
Beniya Mukayu Ryokan
Modernist timber architecture framing forest gardens, with site-specific works by Kenya Hara.
Bergaliv
Two-story stilted timber cabins feature a minimalist birch sleeping room and an open-air panoramic viewing deck.
Gold. Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver. Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze. They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed. A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
Design. Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe. Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local. It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Heritage. A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness. You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic. The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort. A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.