corte san pietro hotel

corte san pietro hotel by architect daniela amoroso. sassi, via caslnuovo, matera, italy.

in the heart of the sassi district, an abandoned structure from the 17th century has been restored & reinvented as the corte san pietro hotel.  the architect uncovered the original tufa stonework after removing layers of pavement.

the rooms overlook an internal courtyard characterized by original stone pavement called  "chiancarelle". the rooms are rigorously monochromatic in shades of chestnut brown, from the beige of the stone to the brown of the wood & the weathering steel. the interior design is based on restored vintage furniture & natural & timeworn objects such as tree logs & old benches are throughout.

under the hotel, are 8 bell shaped cisterns, evidence of the former system for the collection of rainwater & are excellent examples of sustainability. rainwaters were forwarded through gutters & drainpipes  down to the cisterns which can be reached via narrow inner passages.

please to take me there!

sleepbox hotel tverskaya

sleepbox hotel tverskaya by arch group. moscow, russia.

russian studio arch group has filled an old building in moscow with its portable sleeping capsules to create the first sleepbox hotel. the modular hotel rooms were first developed for travellers taking naps in busy urban environments.

conceived as a midpoint between a hotel & a hostel, the 4-story building contains units for up to two people on it's 1st & 2nd floors, while the op floor is filled with single person capsules. each sleepbox is mobile & can be place anywhere, provided it can be connected to a power source. as well as beds, the rooms are equipped with LED reading lamps, plus sockets for charging laptops & mobile phones.

a lobby & reception occupy the ground floor & includes an information zone where guests can use iPads to access the internet, plus a storage area filled with lockers. showers & toilet cabins are located on each floor & have bright green circular lights on the outside to indicate when they are occupied. the building also contains a handful of regular hotel rooms, which were added to the top floor in spaces where the ceiling heights were too low for a sleepbox.

sleepbox hotel is located in downtown moscow in the immediate vicinity of the kremlin. the hotel is only 3 minutes away from belorusskiy railway station, where aeroexpress trains arrive from sheremetyevo airport. the sleepbox hotel is 3 times cheaper than nearby hotels. (from what i can tell on their website, it looks like the day rate for a double is around $87.)

pretty nifty idea if you are just staying for a night or a student traveller.  

rooms hotel

all photographs by irakli bluishvilli

rooms hotel by designers nata janberidze & keti toloraia. caucasus mountains, kazbegi, georgia.

let's go!

tequendama falls & the haunted hotel

in 1924, the luxurious hotel (refugio d)el salto was opened on the cliff facing the tequendama falls in columbia. (about 30 miles from bogota) due to contamination of the river water, the hotel was closed in the early 90s. today the hotel is abandoned & reportedly haunted but that hasn't stopped tourists who stop there & are offered grilled meat skewers by locals. i soooo want to go there!!

the amangiri resort & spa

the amangiri resort & spa marwan al-sayed, wendell burnette & rick joy. located in canyon point, southern utah, close to the border of arizona.  who wants to go?