http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T17:19:13Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/The%20Egg%20Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/13/94146/5169 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/egghotel.jpg" class="top"><p> 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? <p>The latest futuristic hotel to marvel over is what we're calling <b>The Egg Hotel</b>, 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 <i>Hospitality Design&#146;s</i> 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><p>Operating like a living organism, the Envision juliana 2009-03-13T09:46:09-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/