Creepy Tiki: Abandoned Arne’s Royal Hawaiian Motel
The closed and abandoned Arne's Royal Hawaiian Motel was a welcome oasis for overheated travelers passing through the Gateway to Death Valley in Baker, CA. Hold the Pineapple Arne's Royal ...
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So Over It: Japan’s Abandoned Hotel La Rainbow
Somewhere over the sea lies the abandoned Hotel La Rainbow, a cracked jewel of Japan's Bubble Era that failed to attract its target market of bridge geeks. A Bridge, Too Far The “Hotel La ...
Haunted Hotel: Unfinished Abandoned Okinawa Resort Inn
The reputedly haunted Nakagusuku Hotel in Okinawa, Japan freaked-out construction workers so much, they walked off the job before the hotel was even finished. Guest Lost The ruins of the ...
None of Your Beeswax: Urban Anti-Hives Designed for Solitary Bee Species
Talk of bees usually conjures images of buzzing hives acting in concert, but most species around the world are actually lowners, hence this series of chic abodes for less social bees. Honey bees ...
Dispersed Hotel: Distributed Urban Suites Inspire Exploration of Historic Kyoto
It's a simple but powerful idea, spreading out and embedding hotel rooms into the urban fabric to give visitors a space from which to explore as well as a place that feels like it's more part of ...
The Other Place: Surreal MC Escher-Inspired Hotel Interior in China
A maze of staircases leads absolutely nowhere within a series of new hotel rooms at 'The Other Place' in China, nodding to artist MC Escher’s famous lithograph print entitled 'Relativity.' ...
Sleep in a Legend: Bauhaus School Opens Student Rooms to Public Guests
A pivotal institution in the early development of Modernism, the iconic Bauhuas school in Germany has been renovated to match its 1926 look and feel, complete with studios and sleeping spaces ...
3D Dragon Gates: New Twist on Coastal Feng Shui by Zaha Hadid Architects
A new building has sprouted up in Macau that innovates in three dimensions on a form often found across the delta in Hong Kong: rectilinear boxes with central linear voids, a classic feng shui ...
New Banksy Gift Shop: Souvenirs from the Walled-Off Art Hotel in Palestine
Located just a few hundred meters from the checkpoint to Jerusalem and a mile from the centre of Bethlehem, the Walled-Off Hotel (a play on Waldorf) project features works of art and artistically ...
LightHotel: Mobile Shipping Container Room Fits Underutilized Urban Spaces
Designed for year-round use in the hot humid summers and icy cold winters of Minnesota's Twin Cities, the LightHotel represents an innovative and eco-friendly approach to on-demand ...
