In Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico, Casa Gruta by architects Salvador Román Hernández and Adela Mortera Villarreal draws inspiration from the region’s ancient cenotes. Through curved concrete vaults, secluded courtyards, and tranquil bodies of water, the 254-square-meter house offers a poetic interpretation of Mexican architecture, where nature and light take precedence.
At Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino in Greece, A.N. Tombazis & Associates Architects and K-Studio draw on the mandria, a traditional rural stone enclosure, to shape a resort around the coastal terrain.
At Palacio de Godoy Cáceres, Curio Collection by Hilton, interior designer Szymon Keller introduces Peruvian influences and bespoke furnishings into a restored 16th-century Renaissance palace in Extremadura, Spain. His interiors balance contemporary hospitality with architectural heritage, drawing on Spanish and Andean traditions without concealing the building’s past.
ANSAYA PHUKET reinterprets traditional Thai architectural principles for contemporary residential living in Phuket, using passive ventilation, climate-responsive planning, and a Double-I villa layout shaped by local conditions.
Shma organized The Standard’s first Thai resort around 234 trees, turning the walk to the beach into a “Journey of the Unexpected” in Hua Hin’s century-old royal seaside town.
For WATG, preservation became a design method on an eco-sensitive island resort.
On the quieter side of Mykonos, the new Four Seasons Hotel pairs Cycladic architecture by Nicos Valsamakis with gardens by landscape architect Helli Pangalou. The quieter story is in the landscape, where a designer who already understood this architect turned an ancient idea about healing into a place you feel before you think.
Rosewood Luang Prabang is a 23-room wellness resort in the Nahm Dong Valley, a short drive from UNESCO-listed Luang Prabang in northern Laos. Its defining idea is that wellness begins with the landscape, where the river, forest, and waterfall do as much as any spa, a principle managing director Jonathan Lallemand is building the future …
Many of the most inspiring Six Senses resorts were designed by one Thai firm. Habita Architects, founded in Bangkok by Krisda Rochanakorn, is the studio quietly setting a global standard for wellness hospitality.
