To celebrate International Women’s Day, The Aficionados – a travel resource for those seeking fabulous recommendations and accommodation that effortlessly fuses luxury, design and authenticity – presents three delightful hotels: Monsieur Didot in Athens, Greece; Haus Aerli in Ehrwald, Austria; and Villa Verde in Lagundo, Italy.
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Franziska Unterholzner, Tiberio Sorvillo
Rixos Hotels UAE is proud to announce that it has been awarded the esteemed certification by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), making it the first hotel brand in the region to attain such prestigious recognition.
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Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island
Conceived as spaces of hospitality, design and creativity, the member hotels of THE AFICIONADOS capture the genuine essence of the cities in which they are found. From the power of the Alps to the gleam of Lago di Garda in Italy, by way of the serenity of a small fishing town in the Netherlands, the personality of each property is also reflected in...
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Mühltalhof_MTH anderes Ufer, Courtesy of The Aficionados
The Aficionados inspires contemporary nomads with its curated selection of unique properties in the most evocative corners of the Italian peninsula.
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The Aficionados
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Fabio Semeraro, Andrea Vierucci, Letizia Cigliutti, Alessandro Lana, Lorenzo Butti, Florian Andergassen, Montamont
UAE-based smart and green facilities management company Farnek has launched a new state-of-the-art online remote digital platform called PowerTek, which was developed by in-house experts, at Farnek’s innovative digital solutions, sister company HITEK.
The development of Kish in terms of tourism has led to the construction of new urban texture and buildings in the city to attract tourists and it can be noted that hotels are a potential platform that attracts tourists in the city texture according to their architectural-environmental factors.
Project name
Armitaj Hotel
Architecture firm
AshariArchitects
Location
Kish Island, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign
Principal architect
AmirHossein Ashari
Design team
Ali Attaran, Zahra Jafari, Elnaz Amini Khanimani, Zahra Rahimi, Hadi Haghighat; Animation: Ehsan Shabani
Collaborators
Ali Attaran, Zahra Jafari, Elnaz Amini Khanimani, Zahra Rahimi, Hadi Haghighat; Structural engineer: MohamadSaeed Saadat; Mechanical Consultant: Zahra Shokrollahi; Graphics: Zahra Jafari, Roodabeh Lotfpour, Sara Nazemi; Coordinator: Asma Sirjani Asl; Research: Elnaz Amini Khanimani, Roodabeh Lotfpour, Zahra Rahimi; Model Maker: Asma Sirjani Asl;
Visualization
Mostafa Yektarzadeh, Zahra Jafari, Aida Rafiee, Anahita Kazempour
Client
Armitaj Investment Company (Shahram Hadadi)
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
The Hotel is located in the beautiful capital of Zimbabwe, Harare, which is one of the most important and evolving cities in this part of Africa with the ambitious vision of becoming a world-class city by 2025.
Project name
Harare Radisson Blu
Architecture firm
OODA Architecture
Location
Harare, Zimbabwe
Collaborators
ENGINEERING: A400 Projetistas e Consultores de Engenharia
Status
Ongoing, Licensing
Typology
Hospitality, Hotel
Domain Architects: Surrounded by unfinished building site, wasted land and industrial sites, this project is definitely not blessed with a beautiful site. This hotel near a scenic area consists of 48 rooms, an independent restaurant, a banquet hall, swimming pools, underground parking and spaces preserved for later phase development.
Project name
Sky Yards Hotel
Architecture firm
Domain Architects
Location
Xiuwu County, Henan Province, China
Principal architect
Xiaomeng Xu
Design team
Xiaomeng Xu, Chun Wang
Structural engineer
AND Office
Interior design
Xiaomeng Xu, Hannah Wang
Material
Concrete, Wood, Metal, Glass
Contractor
Henan Jutailong Decoration and Construction Co., Ltd.
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
