Category Archives: DESIGN

Bali has never been at the top of my list of destinations I want to visit. I’m not sure if it’s because I was lucky enough to spend most of my weekends surfing the east coast beaches of Australia or because I only knew of Kuta beach which seemed to be a dodgy hub for western tourists. Either way, over the past few years I’m seeing more and more amazing resorts and villas popping up that just make too hard to resist. Alila Villas Uluwatu is the lastest piece of paradise to lure you over to Indonesia. Looks like a great place to take a lady friend.

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Alila Villas Uluwatu is designed by award-winning Singapore architectural firm, WOHA, which has built a global reputation for innovative design for projects in tropical environments earning it the Royal Australian Institute of Architect’s (RAIA) International Award at the 2006 National Architecture Awards in Brisbane for their House on Rochalie Drive in Singapore, and Architectural Review MIPIM future projects award for The Met, a high-rise condominium in Bangkok, to name a few. Since 1989, directors Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell have been involved in the cutting edge of Asian hospitality design, having worked on many well-known hotel and villa developments.

Richard Hassell speaks of this eco-friendly project …”We are very pleased that Alila Hotels have embraced the Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) principles, and we are using many ESD measures including local materials, water conservation with soaks and rain gardens and recycling with grey water systems, using local plants from the special Bali Savannah ecosystem on the Bukit, which are being raised in a nursery on site to encourage local bird and animal life, heat pumps for water heating, salt water pools – among many others. The resort is registered for Green Globe certification, and will be the first hotel in Bali to get the highest level of certification for ESD. As it is built into the resort from the beginning, there will be a strong combination of the built fabric and on-going operations side working together to reduce the long-term ecological footprint of the resort.”

The design of the interiors is completely integrated with the architecture, as the design flows from inside to outside. All the materials are locally sourced. These beautiful local materials are environmentally sound and support the local communities.

For reservation or general inquiry :
Alila Villas Uluwatu
Jl Belimbing Sari
Banjar Tambiyak, Desa Pecatu 80364
Bali, Indonesia
P : +62 361 848 2166
F : +62 361 848 2188
E : uluwatu@alilahotels.com

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It seem’s all the big fashion brands are jumping on the hotel buzz. Now it’s Maison Martin Margiela’s turn. A former home to a Viennese princess, the converted townhouse is just brief stroll away from Champs Elysées.

Hotel La Maison – Champs Elysées

8, rue Jean Goujon | Map
75008 Paris France
TEL #: +33-1-40746465

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