Commodore Perry Estate

The 10,800 square foot, 1928 Italianate home known as Commodore Perry Estate and the brand-new hotels it houses block off the busy metropolis. You wouldn’t realize it was off bustling Red River Street and only ten minutes north of Downtown Austin. The Commodore Perry Estate feels like a remote European getaway. Because it is situated across from the more than 120-year-old Hancock Golf Course. Also, it has a Waller Creek flowing through the 10-acre property. Huge oak trees, bubbling fountains, and immaculate English-style gardens. That surrounds the 1928 Italianate Mansion that has been restored. Moreover, there is a three-story, newly constructed Inn. As you stroll the well-kept grounds, you’ll see families frolicking in the 50-foot circular pool while adults dine on the Terrace in flowing printed dresses and summer linens.

Hotels With Best Architecture; Commodore Perry Estate

The Estate gives you the impression that you have left Central Austin’s busy Hyde Park behind and may take a calm, contemplative breath. The Mansion Suites and Inn combine rustic Texas with Italianate and Spanish Renaissance themes. Moreover, the hotel’s designer, Ken Fulk, spent several years searching Round Top, Texas, collecting antiques. Those have infused the rooms with a feeling of time and place. The personality of the Perry family and friends permeates every apartment in the Mansion.

The Inn’s rounded arches, whiskey-brown armchairs, and black-and-rust star-and-cross tiling sit atop old carpets. Also, its light fixtures over the built-in four-post beds shine like mason jars packed with lightning bugs. Some rooms have balconies from which you may admire the greenhouse, organic gardens, and the Mansion.

Food and drink

Bradley Nicholson and Susana Querejazu, a husband-and-wife team from Austin’s renowned Barley Swine and Odd Duck, juggle Texas traditional food with the estate’s past as a hotspot for parties in the Roaring Twenties. Every item on the menus is made in-house using seasonal, organic ingredients. Also, many of these originate from the two-acre garden and fruit trees that are scattered across the property. You just must have the goat milk ice cream sundae with cajeta-drizzled 42-day dry-aged Texas steak served with marrow jus. Moreover, the green corn hushpuppies and truffles will give you a taste shock. Try combining dishes with the spicy-rimmed Hyde Park drink, which combines tequila, lemon, citrus-infused honey, and habanero. Feel free to explore while you eat.

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Green Solution House

Green Solution House is envisioned as a circular sustainability construction with three objectives. The first one is to show eco-friendly options. Secondly, it encourages ongoing progress. Thirdly, it facilitates knowledge transfer. The building’s design itself is predicated on several factors to demonstrate a comprehensive commitment to sustainability. Furthermore, the structure has received DGNB certification. Furthermore, it has been listed as an Active House and has been included in the Cradle to Cradle registry.

The newly refurbished hotel rooms and the brand-new conference center extend into the nearby nature park. All the seasonal lakes in the park ensure that all water is managed locally and provide habitat for red-listed species and local biotopes. The main priority of Green Solution House is your comfort. This sensation is brought on by being constantly surrounded by nature, the fresh ocean air, and a lot of daylight.

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To meet demands, a concept context and difficulties had to be faced. The pivot point is the client’s business case. Green Solution House has always been a display for cutting-edge sustainability to draw green conferences to attract business.

Their goal at Green Solution House is to do away with the idea of waste. Materials can be broken down, recycled, or biodegraded to accomplish this. Both indoors and outside, they offer active materials that filter the air. Moreover, with the help of an algae filter, they have developed a regenerative system that makes wastewater fit for human consumption.

An app specifically created for smart hotel rooms measures the impact of the visitor’s stay by keeping track of their water and energy usage. Moreover, it indicates sunshine levels, air quality, temperature, and humidity levels.

Hotel Marqués de Riscal

When the stunning Museo Guggenheim Bilbao by Frank Gehry launched, it turned the Spanish city of Bilbao on its head. Its ability to instantly convert the former industrial metropolis into a contemporary-art wonder was both praised and derided. The starchitect was hired to build the Hotel Marqués de Riscal in the Rioja wine region. It is situated close to Bilbao, thus it appears that the positive outcomes were difficult to dispute. According to Gehry, the hotel’s design, which incorporates his signature undulating waves and zigzagging elements, was intended to capture the essence of the vineyard and the area. To do this, the stunning facade is composed of wavy titanium ribbons in the colors of pink, silver, and gold.

Hotels With Best Architecture; Hotel Marqués de Riscal

These hues each represent a different aspect of the Rioja wine. It indicates the foil that covers the cork in the bottle and the mesh that is present on all Marqués de Riscal bottles. Gehry is well known for such obvious allusions. But the 43-room hotel—which also features the architect’s custom furnishings is more than just a work of art in terms of architecture. It also has a fantastic restaurant, an outstanding art collection, and, of course, a cellar stocked with Rioja’s best wine.

Morpheus Hotel

The rectangular, sci-fi-inspired Morpheus Hotel in Macau has zig-zagging lines that give the building its name. It was created by the queen of futurist architecture, Zaha Hadid. She has created a series of gaps in the heart of the tower to resemble the flowing shapes of Chinese jade cutting techniques. The resultant niches were dubbed “urban windows” by the architect. Visitors may marvel at the exoskeleton all about them as they ascend vertically to their suites in 12 of the building’s glass elevators. Despite all of this illusion, the hotel nevertheless offers all the standard pleasures, like a casino, Michelin-starred restaurants, and a staggering 770 guest rooms.

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Star Tower at Studio City Macau

The newly established Studio City Macau, which debuted in the fall of 2015, blatantly protrudes from the city’s skyline. The resort is a flashy, movie-themed behemoth with nearly every form of entertainment you can imagine. This magnificent hotel includes the opulent Star Tower hotel, a waterpark, and the tallest figure-8 Ferris wheel in the world. Moreover, they offer more than 30 dining options, indoor and outdoor pools, a huge spa, and, believe it or not, a ton more.

The legendary Golden Reel, the tallest figure-eight Ferris wheel in the world with 360-degree views of the Cotai Strip and beyond, is located between the hotel’s two towers.
Here you can play around at the biggest waterpark in Macau. There are three white sand beaches, a kid-friendly lagoon, an action river with a jungle theme called Riverscape, and 60 interactive water elements at Golden Bucket, one of the attractions.

Hotels With Best Architecture; Star Tower at Studio City Macau

Choose from the sizable outdoor swimming pool, many Jacuzzis, private cabanas, and a pool bar for a less action-packed aquatic experience while surrounded by stunning landscapes.
The Macau resort has a variety of restaurants, but Pearl Dragon stands out. In a chic environment, the Five-Star restaurant offers modern Cantonese food.

Also, you can slow down at Zensa Spa after a heart-pounding session at the waterpark and thrills. There are 13 treatment rooms, vitality pools, saunas, steam rooms, and snow rooms at the opulent and exquisite Five-Star spa.

Rooms

Hotels With Best Architecture; Star Tower at Studio City Macau rooms

The Celebrity Tower and the Star Tower are two separate skyscrapers in Studio City. Each has over 1,600 rooms that range in size from 452 to 1,991 square feet.
The more opulent of the two is the Star Tower, an all-suite hotel, with rooms that start at over 600 square feet in size. In addition, there are marble bathrooms with walk-in rain showers, Nespresso coffee makers, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a host of other amenities.
The interior design of the Star Tower rooms is utterly modern, with lots of black, gray, and white, as well as splashes of gold.
Warmer hues of subdued reds, blues, and warm-wood furnishings give Celebrity Tower rooms a cozier feel. Cinematic accents like film scrolls make sure you never lose track of where you are.