ACRO Suites is a 5 star luxury boutique resort set on the rocky cliffside of Mononaftis Bay, in Crete, Greece. ‘ACRO’ originates from the ancient Greek word ‘Akros/Akron’ which means ‘on the edge’ – where the wellbeing retreat is built.
Project name
Acro Suites A Wellbeing Resort
Architecture firm
Study of the 1st Phase - Stavros Peppas & Afoi Orfanaki S.A • Second Phase : Afoi Orfanaki S.A
Location
Mononaftis Bay, Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Greece
Photography
Georgos Sfakianakis
Design team
Konstantina & Danae Orfanaki
Collaborators
Utopia Hotel Design, Theme Spa -Architectural Firm
Interior design
Manos Kypritidis (Restaurant & Bar Interior Designer)
Structural engineer
Edifice
Environmental & MEP
Regeon Renewable Energy Systems
Landscape
Dimitris Karameris
Lighting
Neapolis Vicky Dimakis, Tsakirellis Ioannis
Supervision
Ioannis & Nikolaos Orfanakis
Construction
Afoi Orfanaki S.A
Material
Local Stone, Antique Egyptian And Cretan Marble , Corten Metallic Details, Wood From Mount Athos, Solid Oak Phaestos Stones, Copper, Pressed Cement Mortar In Warm Tones
Typology
Hospitality › Boutique Resort With Suites And Villas
As LYX arkitekter always looks towards excellence, uniqueness and simplicity. Rock Cubes villa came as a spontaneous element situated in the charming rocky nature of Hatta UAE, one of the most famous touristic destinations in United Arab Emirates. The Villa is a true masterpiece made with love to make sure that the owner will have the ultimate joy...
Project name
Rock Cubes Villa
Architecture firm
LYX arkitekter
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, Corona Renderer, Quixel Bridge, Adobe Photoshop
Design team
LYX arkitekter
Typology
Residential › House
Dasht-e-chehel villa is an experience to reach an external-internal life in a cold climate. It is about how to stay out of the building and experience snow and rain but still remain in a safe zone. And how to be inside without losing sensory, visual and psychological connection with the outside. And also, how to blur the boundary line between insid...
Project name
Dasht-e-Chehel Villa
Architecture firm
35-51 Architecture Office
Location
Mosha, Damavand, Iran
Photography
Arash Akhtaran, Abbas Yaghooti
Principal architect
Hamid Abbasloo, Abbas Yaghooti, Neda Adiban Rad
Design team
Mohammad Reza Aghai
Interior design
Hamid Abbasloo, Abbas Yaghooti
Landscape
Neda Adiban Rad
Structural engineer
Majid Koolivand
Environmental & MEP
Hamid Abbasloo, Abbas Yaghooti
Construction
35-51 Architecture Office (Hamzeh Jalambadani)
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Conceived as an ark-like haven, Kivotos Santorini reinvents luxury hospitality by tapping into Santorini’s volcanic soul. Built high atop the cliffside in Imerovigli, the most exclusive spot on the caldera, Kivotos combines panoramic views with serenity and tranquility.
Written by
Caroline Holmberg
Photography
Hotel & Villas Santorini
Located in West Dharma Village, Fangshan District, Beijing, In S&N Resort is favorably sited amidst mountains and trees. Legend has it that the twenty-eighth generation of Bodhidharma disciples of Shaolin Temple in Songshan traveled across the world. When passing through the Baihuashan area, they built temples, spread Buddhism, did good deeds, and...
Project name
In S&N Resort
Architecture firm
Penda China
Location
Xidamo Village, Qingshui Town, Mentougou District, Beijing, China
Principal architect
Sun Dayong, Wan Shuyan
Material
Stone, Brick, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Hotel, Resort, Hospitality
British icon of the automotive world embarks on its first real estate venture with an expansion into luxury residential design. After more than a century of defining timeless elegance and British handcrafted luxury within the automotive world, Aston Martin is translating its precision engineering and design innovation for the company’s first ever f...
Written by
Aston Martin Residences
Photography
Aston Martin Residences
The project is located nearby the “The Skyline Coast”, a popular tourist attraction in Sanya, Hainan, enjoying vast and open seascape and surrounded by the lovely sound of crashing waves, which can relieve people’s spirits in the immersive blue natural ambience.
Project name
Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel
Architecture firm
GS Design
Location
Tianya Dristrict, Sanya, Hainan, China
Design team
Chao Li, Zigeng Luo
Collaborators
Furnishing Director: Yu Feng. Design Directors: Liangchao Li, Yuanman Huang
Interior design
GS Design
Client
Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel, Sanya
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Skeletal Mansion is based on the metamansion NFT keys collection under the concept of futuristic and immaterial architecture destined for the new world of the metaverse, its shape based on the skeleton of a fossil that is inhabited inside, recreating a new experience in architecture and design, as well as spaces that have a relationship between lux...
Project name
Skeletal Mansion
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Design team
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Collaborators
Company Keys
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
