Here is a mind boggling piece of space saving wizardry by Hong Kong based architect Gary Chang that helped him transform a tiny cramped apartment into something really special. With the use of accordion-like wall units, he is able to create at least 24 different room configurations out of his 344 sq. ft apartment. Gary calls the house a ‘Domestic Transformer’. The futuristic sliding wall mechanism he devised virtually enables the interiors to change to different forms to suite different purposes.
With stunning views all around and sporting a 150m long infinity swimming pool set on top of the world’s largest public cantilevered platform, the Marina Bay Sands hotel opened up to much fanfare on June 23rd in Singapore.
Designed by Moshe Safdie, this hotel has several features you won’t find in an ordinary hotel.
Hotel
– 2,560 luxury rooms in three hotel towers, totaling 265,683 square meters (2,860,000 square feet)
Sands SkyPark
–the three hotel towers are connected at the top (200 meters/656 feet) by a 9,941 square meter (107,000 square foot) park that brings together a public observatory, jogging paths, gardens, restaurants, lounges, and an infinity swimming pool
- This 1.2 hectare (3 acre) tropical oasis is longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall and large enough to park four-and-a-half A380 jumbo jets
- It spans from tower to tower and cantilevers 65 meters (213 feet) beyond to form one of the world’s largest public cantilevers
- It is 340 meters (1,115 feet) long from the northern tip to the south end
- The park’s maximum width is 40 meters (131 feet)
- The 1,396 square meter (15,026 square foot) swimming pool is the largest outdoor pool at its height and has a 145 meter (475 foot) vanishing edge
- The entire park can host up to 3,900 people
- Its lush gardens include 250 trees and 650 plants
Casino
– the “atrium style” casino features four levels of gaming and entertainment in one space totaling 15,000 square meters (161,500 square feet) with the atrium ceiling holding a 7 ton chandelier with 132,000 Swarovski crystals and 66,000 LEDs
Sometimes, hotels can provide excellent inspiration for home. If you remember, we had previously featured an interesting hotel having some bizarre themes. Here is something more for you. These shots are from Fox Hotel, Copenhagen. 21 international artists from the fields of graphic design, urban art and illustration turned Hotel Fox to a piece of art with unique individual themes for its 61 rooms.
Inside Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, lives a luxuriously new and often dark world called theArmani Hotel Dubai. Elegant and understated only begin to describe this moody 11 story hotel where the exclusive Club members share access to the Armani restaurants, Spa, lounges and a Nightclub. Luckily, everyone has equal rights to the hotel’s own Georgio Armani retail store – they wouldn’t want to deprive you from that! The residences were designed by Armani himself and the hotel architecture was designed byWilson Associates. A clever job was done of reflecting the Tower’s spiraling form, which explains the soft cut corners and oddly cool spaces in some parts…
This dark conference room’s ceiling is sky high which makes for better acoustics!
A bit too cold but definitely intriguing Spa…
This ambient modern corridor makes you feel like you’re about to board a UFO- ultra cool!
The bathroom is covered in bamboo marble tiles. Yep- they even had us fooled!
The bar/lounge’s massive windows were dressed in plenty of Armani Home shades for a textured effect.
The Georgio Armani retail store standing stoic with understated opulence inside the hotel.
With a view from this tower, the $2,400 per night for a studio is perfectly reasonable!
