HotelChatter - Tag: Futuristic Hotels

Design Competition Proves The Green Life Can Be The Suite Life

Heidi Atwal — 2009-10-27T13:02:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/sustainable.jpg" class="top"> A mock-up of the winning design Be honest; when you hear the phrase "environmentally friendly," the sensation of scratchy hemp rubbing against your skin and the cloying smell of patchouli come to mind. Before we were familiar with the versatility of a green lifestyle, we thought the same thing. Hotels like Portland's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Nines/local/1224">The Nines</a> have taught us otherwise, though, and once you get into the finer points of sustainable design, it's clear that luxury need not be pushed to the back burner. All of the not-so-small environmental efforts that hotels are making these daysrecycling, installing low energy bulbs, et ceteraare done with the hope that we'll live a brighter future. So it's only natural that eco-hospitality

Poznan: Ground Control To Major Tom: A Cool Tin Can In Poland

shiralevine — 2009-04-20T15:13:51-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/blowup5050.jpg" class="top">A candidate for our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/13/233311/852/hotels/Best_Geek_Hotels_in_2009">Geek Hotels 2010</a> list. It makes sense that a luxury hotel decked out in electronic art would be located somewhere between Berlin and Krakow. (Or, for that matter, floating round a tin can far above the moon). <a href="http://www.blowuphall5050.com">Blow Up Hall 50 50</a> opened up last month in Poznan, Poland and it has taken interactive art to inhabitable levels. Guests figuratively should take their protein pills and put their helmets on before entering the black-walled foyer flanked with a video installation created by Tate museum display artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Think meta-meta: 2,400 CCTV scrambled images of the hotel's guests doing whatever they do in the hotel lobby recorded for art's sake. Thankfully, this

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Loving Some Hi-Tech Helix Design

amandak — 2009-04-10T11:21:35-05:00

With Abu Dhabi still trying to outdo big bro Dubai, the Gulf city has come up with a high-tech hotel that beats anything we've seen before. The Helix Hotel, whose winning design has just been announced, is not only bizarrely modern but it's also using technology to be environmentally friendly.

The shape is uber-modern, with a helix-shape floor space surrounding an empty core. Apparently this means that from inside the hotel you'll be able to look both up and down to see various public areas, and that includes looking up from underneath to see the rooftop, glass-bottomed swimming pool.

And Now Introducing The Egg Hotel

juliana — 2009-03-13T09:46:09-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/egghotel.jpg" class="top"> We love it when design and architectural firms go all out in creating fantasy hotel buildings like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/6/155725/6226/hotels/The_Death_Star_Hotel_Not_Being_Built_By_Emperor_Palpatine">Death Star Hotel</a>, a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/29/101832/980/hotels/Abu_Dhabi_Hyatt_to_Put_Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa_to_Shame">Leaning Tower of Pisa Hotel</a>, and various <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/underwater%20hotels">underwater hotels</a>. Getting them to actually rise up in the air is a whole different story but we can dream can't we? The latest futuristic hotel to marvel over is what we're calling The Egg Hotel, which looks like a massive silver egg and is designed to be extremely eco-friendly and nearly self-sustainable. The project, officially called Envision, was created by Michael Rosenthal Associates for Hospitality Designs Radical Innovation. And it is radical alright. From the <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/03/12/giant-eco-egg-skyscraper-a-conceptual-luxury-hotel/">Inhabitat Blog</a>:<blockquote>Operating like a living organism, the Envision

Baku: The Death Star Hotel Not Being Built By Emperor Palpatine

juliana — 2008-03-06T16:09:49-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/deathstarhotel.jpg" class="imgborder">Maybe this planned hotel will make our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/24/144612/104/hotels/Best_Geek_Hotels_in_the_World_2_0">Best Geek Hotels</a> in the World list for the year 2020.Architects are presenting renderings for this unusual-shaped hotel which some are already calling the Death Star Hotel. <blockquote>Heerim architects are looking to build the Star Wars staple in, of all places, Baku, Azerbaijan. They're hoping to bring this design, called the Hotel Full Moon, and another, the Hotel Crescent, to one of the fastest growing economies and will rightly call the area Full Moon Bay. </blockquote>According to <a href="http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=1357">SkyScraper News</a>, the Death Star hotel will be a 35-story luxury hotel with 382 rooms. The pod-shaped structure on the bottom will be residential apartments called Palace of Wind 1 and 2.Both