The Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates that designed by New York based practice architect Asymptote Architecture is one of the main architectural features of the ambitious Yas Marina development and so central to the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which is also near completion. The Yas Hotel features a fluid skin of diamond-shaped glass panels which was influenced and inspired by speed, movement and Islamic artistry. The Yas Hotel is a 500-room, 85,000-square-meter complex now under construction by Aldar Properties PJSC and targeting an opening in this coming October, 2009. Read more »

Called Nisha Acapulco Bar Lounge, this sensual Acapulco lounge bar was designed by Pascal Arquitectos is an entertainment place dedicated to the senses that located in Acapulco, Mexico. Expressed through the architecture, the people, the music and the images an alternative and virtual atmosphere is created. Read more »

The Six Ramsgate is a private residence at Six Ramsgate Road, in Singapore. Singaporean architect firm Wallflower Architecture + Design recently has completed the enclosed Six Ramsgate open house, a multi-courtyard house with a 40m continuous vista across entrance foyer, formal living area, formal dining areas, swimming pool, several internal gardens court, while creating a sense of balance. Read more »

This flagship boutique in United States was designed by Sybarite UK Ltd captures the mood of Miami’s Design District. Circular forms repeat throughout, particularly in the treatment of the walls which are covered in a graduated pattern of circles in ‘haute relief’, slightly raised from the background, echoing the textured, Art Deco render of the local buildings. Read more »

Chalkidos Street Residence was designed by Armon Choros Architects is located in Larnaca, Cyprus. Chalkidos Street Residence was asked for an introvert residence, with internal yard where the water would constitute the sovereign element of the space but also of the whole work. Exploitation of the natural parameters to the best possible means, being the south-east sun and the western air, the spaces to have height and light and also to be plain and hospitable to the art collection of the householder. Read more »