Enveloped by the lush green hills of Ubud, Hoshinoya Bali overlooks the Pakerisan river. Running through the property are sacred water canals which are part of the island’s age-old water temple network recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage landscape.The resort village built entirely around three pristine swimming pools. Check here …

Tim and Kit Kemp, founders of Firmdale Hotels have now opened The Whitby, their second New York hotel.Situated in the heart of upper midtown Manhattan on West 56th Street at 5th Avenue, The Whitby Hotel is a celebration of contemporary art and design. There are 86 individually designed bedrooms and suites, …

Set on the edge of the mountain forest hugging the Olmoti volcano to the north of Ngorongoro Crater, The Highlands strikes a perfect balance between a true wilderness experience and a high-style, contemporary escape. The design, by the Cape Town firm Artichoke, is stunning, with the eight elegant domed suites …

Masseria Moroseta is a white stone house standing on a ridge overlooking the Adriatic Sea and the nearby town of Ostuni. Built with local materials and using traditional techniques, its modern architecture was influenced by the great estates of the Puglian countryside.  Surrounded by five hectares of organic olive groves, …

Soho House Barcelona is in a restored 18th-century building on the Plaça del Duc de Medinaceli in the city’s Gothic Quarter neighborhood, a short walk away from the iconic Las Ramblas. The House has 57 bedrooms, club spaces, a roof terrace, Cowshed spa, a gym and two pools. European food …

I love Italy’s open air museum city Florence. You can feel Michelangelo and Machiavelli, Donatello and Dante, the Renaissance in every corner of the city. It is one of the world’s greatest artistic capitals, with statues, sculptures, historic churches and palaces adorning the streets. But this is not an austere …

Once a working sugar mill, Alila Yangshuo is now a modern retro resort, combining stylish simplicity, in tandem with its picturesque setting of Guilin. Designed by Dong Gong of Vector Architects, with interiors by award-winning Ju Bin of Horizontal Space Design, the vision for Alila Yangshuo is to integrate the …

Deplar is a converted sheep farm, situated in the remote Fljot valley in the mountainous Troll Peninsula in northern Iceland. Today’s modern structure celebrates a rugged past, and honors authentic Icelandic architecture with 13 en suite bedrooms. It’s a one-stop-shop for adventure, solitude, mystery, and high-end amenities. By day, you …

Zeitz MOCAA is a public not-for-profit contemporary art museum which collects, preserves, researches, and exhibits twenty-first century art from Africa and its Diaspora; hosts international exhibitions, designed by Heatherwick Studio. They reimagined the Grain Silo Complex at the V&A Waterfront with an architectural intervention inspired by its own historic character. …