Design hotels

Playa Icacos, Zihuatanejo $$$

Playa Viva

Biophilic bamboo architecture by Atelier Nomadic, engineered to run entirely off-grid.

Canyamel, Mallorca $$$$

Pleta de Mar

Antoni Esteva pavilions built from dry stone and glass among coastal pines.

Agios Fokas, Tinos $$$

PNOĒS Tinos

Subterranean earth-sheltered bedrooms sit beneath whitewashed cubic volumes and private plunge pools.

Hudson, Hudson Valley $$$

Pocketbook Hudson

Restored 1883 factory timber frames custom ceramic basins by Hudson-based Misha Kahn.

Downtown Denver, Denver From $200

Populus Denver

Sculpted aspen-eye window alcoves and hanging mycelium tapestries define the biophilic tower.

Palma Old Town, Mallorca $$$

Portella

Festen designed rooms with Santanyí stone floors and hand-blown glass light fixtures.

Quadrilatero della moda, Milan From $1,700

Portrait Milano Hotel - Lungarno Collection

Mid-century Milanese salons styled with blonde Italian walnut boiserie and Carrara marble.

Palma Old Town, Mallorca From $250

Posada Terra Santa

Gothic masonry meets raw timber, custom terracotta plasterwork, and cobalt ikat textiles framing twenty-six intimate guest rooms.

Amares 1997 $$

Pousada Mosteiro Amares

Souto de Moura rebuilt the monastery ruins with contemporary steel and pale wood.

Aljezur 2024 From $200

Praia do Canal Nature Retreat

Monolithic sandstone-hued geometry by Atelier Bugio melts into the plateau, framed by handcrafted Portuguese textiles indoors.

Prestonfield, Edinburgh From $500

Prestonfield House

Theatrical baroque interiors with Mortlake tapestries, crimson velvets, and gilded antique furniture.

Champs-Elysees, Paris From $1,000

Prince de Galles, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Paris

Pierre-Yves Rochon tailored the 1930s interiors with geometric gilded accents, Macassar ebony, and listed mosaic work.

Nizam, Istanbul From $350

Princes' Palace Resort

Ottoman-era woodwork and Turkish marble bathrooms styled with contemporary coastal restraint.

Wilmersdorf, Berlin $

Propeller Island City Lodge

Handcrafted art installations with bespoke furniture, including suspended flying beds, kaleidoscopic mirrors, and velvet-lined coffin frames.

Lower East Side, New York From $650

Public Hotel

Board-formed concrete, glowing neon-lit escalators, and yacht-inspired minimalist bedrooms with tilted floor-to-ceiling windows define the tower.

Jing'an, Shanghai From $500

PuLi Hotel and Spa

A thirty-two-meter timber Long Bar, reclaimed grey brick, and dragon-scale screens frame sleek parkside interiors.

De Negen Straatjes, Amsterdam From $450

Pulitzer Amsterdam

Custom furniture, whimsical art installations, and Dutch Golden Age palettes contrast with restored timber beams and brickwork.

Pinheiros, Sao Paulo From $550

Pulso Hotel Faria Lima

Arthur Casas arranged the tower around an open-air courtyard displaying Nuno Ramos art.

Lake St Clair 2015 $$$

Pumphouse Point

Rough-sawn hardwood and exposed pipework inside a 1940s turbine house over the lake.

Yanque, Colca Canyon $$$$

PUQIO by Andean

Canvas expedition tents and round adobe casitas fitted with wood-burning cast-iron stoves.

Rain, Leogang From $450

PURADIES Naturresort

Hillside-embedded timber architecture by NOA, featuring green roofs and a sculptural lounge carved from oak cubes.

Old Town, Krakow $$

PURO Hotel Kraków Stare Miasto

Oak panelling and sgraffito tiles channel the city's mid-century modernist architecture.

Kazimierz, Krakow From $150

PURO Kraków Kazimierz

Interiors by Conran and Partners balance raw terracotta and reclaimed timber with Moroso furnishings and bold Polish murals.

City Centre, Lodz From $100

PURO Łódź Centrum

Interiors feature hand-woven Tartaruga textiles, Danish furnishings, and Cinema Paradiso with velvet screening seats.

Old Town, Warsaw From $250

PURO Warszawa Stare Miasto

GamFratesi interiors pair Dinesen wood flooring and artisanal bricks with bespoke Scandinavian furnishings and travertine bathrooms.

Andernach 2018 From $400

PURS Luxury Boutique Hotel

Wabi-sabi interiors by Axel Vervoordt mix centuries-old Flemish floor tiles, barley-twist balustrades, and dynamic digital artworks.

Nanchuan, Chongqing $$$$

PUSHINE

Dark-tiled timber pavilions connect via a red steel bridge spanning the mountain gorge.

Mahdar Sahab, Liwa Desert From $500

Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara

Fortress-style clay architecture sculpted into crescent dunes, with sunset-facing private terraces.

CBD, Newcastle $$$

QT Newcastle

Lunar ceiling pendants and an illuminated lobby orb anchor bold, jewel-toned rooms.

CBD, Sydney From $300

QT Sydney

A theatrical clash of Gothic and Art Deco architecture, accented with digital murals and vintage luggage installations.

Carvalhal, Comporta From $350

Quinta Da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort, an SLH Hotel

Whitewashed cabanas, reclaimed timber beams, and woven wicker fixtures evoke the traditional agrarian vernacular of the Alentejo.

Favaios, Douro Valley $$

Quinta da Faísca

Cantilevered timber pavilions on steel stilts beneath a zigzagging zinc roof profile.

Vidigueira 2024 From $450

Quinta do Paral - The Wine Hotel

Roman-style brick arcades frame wine-inspired works by artist David Reis Pinto.

Nimaj 2019 From $450

RAAS Chhatrasagar

Permanent tented pods feature hand-block-printed botanical linings and lightweight stone pavilions atop the historic dam.

Delwara, Udaipur From $350

RAAS Devigarh

Minimalist white marble and lapis lazuli inlays set within rugged fort walls.

Gulab Sagar, Jodhpur From $500

RAAS Jodhpur

Foldaway red sandstone jaali screens enclose contemporary wings beside restored 18th-century pavilions.