Design hotels

Marina Bay, Singapore From $550

Mandarin Oriental Singapore

A soaring fan-shaped atrium clad in gradient terracotta tiles, paired with Peranakan motifs and batik-patterned rooms.

Songshan, Taipei From $400

Mandarin Oriental Taipei

European chateau architecture featuring a fifty-thousand-crystal lobby chandelier and hand-carved leather wall paneling.

Navarino Bay, Costa Navarino $$$$

Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino

Earth-sheltered stone villas with green roofs follow the hillside curves above Navarino Bay.

Desaru Coast 2020 From $500

Mandarin Oriental, Desaru Coast

Kampung-inspired tropical modernist pavilions anchored by centuries-old banyans, detailed with woven songket, batik, and artisan ceramics.

Msheireb Downtown Doha, Doha From $300

Mandarin Oriental, Doha

Hand-honed limestone colonnades, carved exterior apertures, and silk-embroidered walls with arabesque patterns.

Blevio, Lake Como From $1,500

Mandarin Oriental, Lago di Como

A floating Cardoso sandstone infinity pool designed by Herzog & de Meuron.

Shati Al Qurum, Muscat From $400

Mandarin Oriental, Muscat

Carved wooden portals open to trickling lobby fountains, mashrabiya screens, and desert rose marble celebrating regional craftsmanship.

Innere Stadt, Vienna From $650

Mandarin Oriental, Vienna

Restored Secessionist interiors feature custom Moser-inspired carpets, champagne-bubble chandeliers, and delicate Pannonian oak parquet throughout.

East Village, London $$$

Manhattan Loft Gardens

A double-cantilevered SOM tower framing triple-height lobby spaces and warm oak-and-stone interiors by Space Copenhagen.

Nansensgade Quarter, Copenhagen From $400

Manon Les Suites

A six-story jungle atrium frames a heated pool beneath hanging vines.

Manshausen Island 2018 $$$

Manshausen

Snorre Stinessen designed glazed timber shelters engineered against Arctic tides and winds.

Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara $$$$

Mara Plains Camp

Raised canvas suites with antique Blue Train brass chandeliers and carved Swahili doors.

Milano Marittima 2026 $$$

MarePineta Milano Marittima

Piero Lissoni redesigned the spaces with minimalist geometry, custom Living Divani furniture, and glass-walled pavilions.

City Centre, Nimes $$$

Margaret - Hôtel Chouleur

Bold scarlet arches in restaurant Rouge meet jewel-toned sofas and vintage bar carts.

Marina Bay, Singapore From $800

Marina Bay Sands

Moshe Safdie designed three sloping glass towers crowned by a three-hundred-and-forty-metre cantilevered rooftop SkyPark.

Punta Maroma, Riviera Maya From $1,000

Maroma, A Belmond Hotel

Curved white-stucco pavilions floored with seven hundred thousand hand-painted Jalisco clay tiles.

Montauk, The Hamptons From $300

Marram

White oak lumber ceilings and tadelakt plaster walls furnish the dune-facing guest rooms.

Kawaramachi, Kyoto From $500

Marufukuro

Tadao Ando combines raw concrete architecture with restored 1930s Showa-era masonry, stained glass, and decorative Taizan tiling.

Mashpi From $1,300

Mashpi Lodge

Modernist glass-and-steel structure with floor-to-ceiling window walls immersing guests directly in the cloud forest canopy.

Belsize Park, London $$

Mason & Fifth, Belsize Park

Holloway Li fitted the studios with rejected-limestone worktops and demountable timber joinery.

Na Jomtien, Pattaya From $300

Mason Pattaya

Angular raw concrete and local Ang Sila granite step toward the sea.

Leverano, Salento $$$

Masseria Antonio Augusto

Belgian furnishings and Bart Lens lighting offset restored pietra Leccese vaulted stone walls.

Diso, Salento $$$$

Masseria Diso - Il Tabacchificio

Polished concrete and recycled timber fill thirty-six soaring star-vaulted industrial bays.

Ambergris Caye $$$$

Matachica Resort & Spa

Thatched palapas redesigned with Latin American artisan craft, custom botanical murals, and ceramic bathroom fixtures.

Matetsi Private Game Reserve, Victoria Falls $$$$

Matetsi Victoria Falls

Elephant-grey plaster walls and hand-beaten Zimbabwean copper bars along the Zambezi riverbank.

Belvaros, Budapest From $400

Matild Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Budapest

Restored Miksa Róth stained glass, Zsolnay ceramics, ornate ironwork, and MKV interiors celebrating Budapest's decorative craft traditions.

Asama Onsen, Matsumoto $$$

Matsumoto Jūjō

Exposed concrete frames and corrugated ceilings meet tatami flooring and cedar woodwork.

Winkelmatten, Zermatt $$$

Matterhorn FOCUS Design Hotel

Zermatt artist Heinz Julen shaped the timber, glass, and raw steel architecture.

Mauna Kea Beach, Hawaii Island From $1,000

Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Autograph Collection

Open-air concrete breezeways and corridor-less floors look directly over Kaunaʻoa Bay.

Mauna Lani, Hawaii Island From $1,000

Mauna Lani

Canoe-lashing motifs and cedar detailing soften the arrow-shaped 1983 modernist frame.

Golkoy, Bodrum $$$$

Maxx Royal Bodrum

Terraced hillside architecture framing undulating saltwater lagoons, anchored by a monumental Refik Anadol digital lobby installation.

Washington, Litchfield Hills $$$$

Mayflower Inn & Spa

Celerie Kemble fills country-house rooms with mustard parlor walls and Turkish rugs.

Zhuzilin, Shenzhen $$

Mee Hotel

Vaulted bamboo structures, diatom mud walls, and suspended woven clouds crafted alongside traditional bamboo masters.

Alaior, Menorca $$$

Menorca Experimental

Terracotta tiles, painted arched doorways, marès stone, and graphic LRNCE blankets define the whitewashed finca interiors.

Gothic Quarter, Barcelona From $400

Mercer Hotel Barcelona

Rafael Moneo set minimalist glass partitions and pale oak against restored Roman masonry.

Barrio de las Letras, Madrid $$$$

Metropolis Hotel & Club

Interiors feature Art Deco details, bespoke woodwork, curated modern art, and drum-shaped suites with panoramic boulevard views.