Space hotel
The Russian firm, Orbital Technologies, has revealed plans for a space hotel. The space hotel could be open to greet intergalactic tourists by 2016. (Pics)
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Guests stay in converted drain pipes at the Dasparkhotel
Dasparkhotel
The Dasparkhotel (The Park Hotel) is a concept hotel by Andreas Strauss in which guests stay in converted drain pipe sections that are placed in a city park. There are currently two hotels, one near Essen, Germany, and another in Ottensheim, Austria. Dasparkhotel accepts online reservations from May to October and is sliding scale.
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One of the world’s tallest hotels to open in North Korea
Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang stands out on the Pyongyang skyline in 2009
One of the world’s largest hotels, the massive Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, is nearly ready to welcome guests after nearly two decades in the making, according to Architizer. (photos and video)
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Hotel chain hires ‘snore patrol’ to combat noisy sleepers
Snore-proof rooms are an additional measure being tested by the hotel.
An international hotel chain has introduced the “snore patrol” and “snore absorption rooms” at a number of their sites worldwide. Now guests may be able to sleep more soundly.
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Sweden’s hotel of treehouses
Tree Hotel in Sweden
Sweden’s unusual Tree Hotel does away with standardized rooms and instead puts guests up in a variety of design-y treehouses. A variety of architectural firms and the Tree Hotel partnered up to design distinct and unusual spaces all built in trees except for the ground-touching sauna. (Pics)
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Berlin’s Hüttenpalast – Cool Camping Hotel Where Guests Sleep in Refurbished Campers
Hüttenpalast
Want a great concept for a new hotel? Just convert an old, unused vacuum factory space into a budget boutique hotel. And even better, use refurbished mobile campers for rooms. Berlin’s new and attractive Hüttenpalast (that’s German for “hut palace”) has done just that. It is in the beautiful old workers’ quarter of Neukölln: allowing guests to experience the cozy camping feeling, without the bugs and in the middle of a vibrant city. But it’s not exactly ‘roughing it’ in the solitary sense. The caravans are beautifully remodeled. The bathrooms are “luxurious”. And guests can socialize with each other without the rowdiness usually associated with cheap hostels. (Pics)
‘The Ark’ – A Floating Hotel Designed to Withstand Even the Most Extreme Floods
The Ark
Speaking to the world’s rising sea levels, Russia-based architectural firm Remistudio proposes this arch-shaped floating hotel as a refuge from even extreme floods. Called (quite appropriately) the Ark, the futuristic structure has the ability to exist autonomously on the surface of the water. Designed to be a bioclimatic building, the Ark incorporates several innovative green strategies and elements to ensure that its residents can survive aboard for months at a time. (Pics)
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