THE ROOSTER, ANTIPAROS. ARCHITECTURE: VOIS ARCHITECTS YEAR: 2021 STYLE: CONTEMPORARY CYCLADIC / ORGANIC MINIMALISM COUNTRY: GREECE There are hotels that make a grand entrance, and then there is The Rooster. Tucked into the rugged landscape of Antiparos, this quietly remarkable retreat appears to have made a conscious decision not to attract too much attention. Designed…
MANNA, ARCADIA, PELOPONNESE. ARCHITECTURE: K-STUDIO & MONOGON YEAR: 2023 STYLE: HERITAGE RESTORATION / CONTEMPORARY MINIMALISM COUNTRY: GREECE Greece has a habit of being associated with whitewashed walls, turquoise water and the occasional strategically placed olive tree. MANNA, tucked away in the fir-covered mountains of Arcadia, has other ideas. Set within a former sanatorium dating back…
CASA COOK SAMOS, SAMOS ARCHITECTURE: BLOCK722 INTERIOR DESIGN: BLOCK722 YEAR: 2022 STYLE: CONTEMPORARY MEDITERRANEAN MINIMALISM COUNTRY: GREECE Greek island architecture has a rather enviable ability to make simplicity look effortless. Casa Cook Samos, set on the island’s northern coast, takes this idea and gives it a distinctly contemporary interpretation. Designed by Athens-based practice Block722, the…
DEXAMENES SEASIDE HOTEL, PELOPONNESE. ARCHITECTURE: K-STUDIO INTERIOR DESIGN: K-STUDIO YEAR: 2019 STYLE: INDUSTRIAL MINIMALISM COUNTRY: GREECE Greece has no shortage of beautiful seaside hotels, but very few can claim to have started life as somewhere to store several thousand litres of wine. Dexamenes Seaside Hotel, set directly on the Ionian coast of the Peloponnese, occupies…
OLEA ALL SUITE HOTEL, ZAKYNTHOS. ARCHITECTURE: BLOCK722 STYLE: CONTEMPORARY MEDITERRANEAN MINIMALISM YEAR: 2018 COUNTRY: GREECE Greek island hotels have a tendency to rely on whitewashed walls, blue shutters and the occasional strategically placed bougainvillaea. Olea All Suite Hotel, tucked into a hillside among olive trees on Zakynthos, has decided to take a slightly different approach.…
