Alentejo Country Hotel features log facades to match the surrounding cork trees
Vertical logs cover the gabled elevations of this rural hotel in southern Portugal, designed by Lisbon studio Future Architecture Thinking (+ slideshow). More
Vertical logs cover the gabled elevations of this rural hotel in southern Portugal, designed by Lisbon studio Future Architecture Thinking (+ slideshow). More
American architect Richard Meier says his first Korean project, the Seamarq Hotel, has qualities that are similar to influential homes he designed in the 1960s and 70s (+ movie). More
A steaming hot spring is screened behind bamboo shoots at this hotel near Beijing, which features seven new suites by local studio Elevation Workshop (+ slideshow). More
Chilean architect Felipe Assadi has built a series of wooden hotel cabins on a Chilean hillside, offering guests the chance to glimpse wild llamas, pumas and rheas in their natural habitat (+ slideshow). More
Icehotel has announced plans to build a permanent hotel alongside its seasonal frozen lodgings within the Arctic Circle, in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden (+ slideshow). More
These glass and timber holiday cabins by Norwegian architect Snorre Stinessen overhang the coastline of Norway's Manshausen Island, providing a base for Arctic Circle explorers (+ slideshow). More
A wine estate near the city of Lixa, Portugal, has been converted into a hotel for wine tourism, featuring rustic stone structures and contemporary buildings clad in pre-weathered steel or timber slats (+ slideshow). More
A rooftop infinity pool boasting views over Battersea Power Station has been unveiled for the Foster + Partners-designed building proposed beside the historic London structure (+ movie). More
Shanghai studios Ares Partners and Atelier Liu Yuyang have converted a group of disused farm buildings into a boutique resort nestled among the rocky pinnacles of China's Yangshuo County (+ slideshow). More
A wooden floor that curves up to become a wall allows light and air to flow through this bathhouse by Japanese studio Kubo Tsushima Architects. More
Guests at this hotel near the Spanish city of Alicante stay in prefabricated cabins, which are raised off the ground to reduce their impact on the rugged landscape and enable views over the adjacent valley (+ slideshow). More
Beijing architect Cao Pu has created a compact hostel in a traditional hutong courtyard that gets even smaller when its front wall is rolled back to provide extra external space (+ slideshow). More
British designer John Pawson has unveiled his plans to convert a former convent and hospital in Tel Aviv's Jaffa port into a hotel and apartment complex for the W hotel brand (+ slideshow). More
Plants climb all over vertical concrete louvres surrounding the facades of this holiday resort on the Vietnamese coastline designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects (+ slideshow). More
This dog-friendly guesthouse and residence in the South Korean province of Chungcheongnam features doors decorated with canine illustrations and a sloping playground overlooking the rural landscape (+ slideshow). More
Scandinavian firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen has completed a canal-side cultural complex in Malmö, Sweden, featuring a 1,600-seat concert hall, a conference centre and a trio of hotel towers (+ slideshow). More
Dutch design firm OMA has been appointed to design a new hotel for the huge Amsterdam RAI exhibition and events complex. More
The American architecture studio led by Pritzker Prize-winner Thom Mayne has unveiled its design for a 381-metre-tall mirrored hotel tower in Vals, Switzerland. More
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has added a wooden building with a pointy metal roof to a seaside hotel complex he completed five years ago in Nagasaki, south-west Japan (+ slideshow). More
Tall red brick walls with softly scooped outlines frame the passageway that leads guests to their rooms, at this hotel in Thailand by architecture studio Onion (+ slideshow). More