Today we feauture the the cosy home of Queen Victoria and the dresses of Lady Di. This nice palace that was built to keep the commoners out is now an estate open to all. Kensington Palace reopened after a £12 million renovation that created the space for several new exhibits and revamped nearly every part of the building and grounds — from gardens first created in the 1730s to the interior State Rooms, where royal family members such as Queen Victoria and Princess Margaret once…Continue Reading “House Kensington Palace / London / UK”
I love container houses and hotels, a new trend, its becoming more and more popular to live in container houses worldwide. You will find lots of them everywhere. I noticed the omission of one particular project, the compilation of 15 shipping container in Vancouver. So we watched out for TRON Legacy, you know Sam Flynn played by Garrett Hedlund had a perfect home. It is a nice shipping container house in the movie. Our editors found out that a temporary container structure was built as…Continue Reading “Container Houses de luxe in Vancouver / Canada”
Tonight is the night legend Rod Stewart owns a mega mansion painted all in sunshine yellow in Palm Beach area. Roderick David Stewart, was born in Highgate / London, he is a singer-songwriter. He launched his solo career in 1969 with his debut album “An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down”. With his career Stewart has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best selling artists of all time. As a solo artist, Stewart was inducted into the Rock and…Continue Reading “House Rod Stewart / Palm Beach / USA”
House & Hotel Magazine welcomes you in Berlin, this hotel in former East Berlin, in the so called “party, hipster area” is a special place. Everyone knows Berlin is different and on fire. People come over to enjoy the “Berghain” club or just take a look at the left overs of the wall. At the Michelberger Hotel in the eastern part of the city you will find different things: Rooms can be comfortable, homey, full of light and use space cleverly and playfully. All come…Continue Reading “Trendy Hotel Michelberger / Berlin / Germany”
Amy Winehouse died on 23/7/ 2011 in London. The photo shows the house where she lived in London. She was a fantastic singer and songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her beautiful mix of genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Her album Back to Black was great great, led to five Grammy Awards, including three of the Big 4 which means best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July…Continue Reading “House of Amy Winehouse / London / UK”
Berlin, 2014 – Contributed by Jens Hoffmann One of my favourite hotels in Berlin-Mitte is the Hotel Adlon Kempinski, a living legend in the heart of Berlin, Germany. Located next to the famous Brandenburg Gate the Adlon has always fascinated guests from everywhere. Its the perfect address in style and sophistication. The hotel was build 1907 by Lorenz Adlon, the Berlin bulider was in close relation with the “The Kaiser” who cleared the way for Adlon’s purchase of the Palais. Even after WW2 the Adlon…Continue Reading “The luxury place in Berlin – Hotel Adlon Kempinski / Berlin / Germany”
Oh, how nice is Panama (Janosch),this beautiful four villa jungle outpost could be the inspiration for Janosch’s book. Easy to get there, lots of fine inspiration, you will love it. Panama’s steamy rainforests, swampy mangroves and kaleidoscopic coral reefs are all within easy reach of El Otro Lado, a remote retreat on 110 hectares of land that prides itself on local integration. Guests enjoy these idyllic surroundings and drinks and encouraged to discover more about the region’s Afro-Panamanian heritage. Situated near Portobelo, and adjacent to…Continue Reading “Villa El Otro Lado / Portobelo National Park / Panama”
Papaya Playa, a Design hotels startup project is going Tulum, Mexico. Nearby you find spiritual rests of Maya culture. Tulum is a Maya city serving as a major port for Cobá. The ruins are located on tall cliffs, along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea. Just beautiful. Ninety-nine cabanas have been refurbished by the Design Hotels creative team on a 900 meter stretch of virgin beach facing the turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea. Design Hotels and a group of…Continue Reading “Mexico in style – Hotel Papaya Playa / Tulum / Mexico”
House & Hotel features the “Big Dig” in Boston. The story of the “Big Dig House”, is easy to tell. Its just a “my way” project. A lot of raw steel and concrete from Boston’s massive Big Dig highway project. The home’s original owner was a civil engineer involved with the Big Dig, which took down our congested, elevated, main I-93 expressway. During its construction, the home’s owner asked Cambridge architects Single Speed Design to do something unique and almost unthinkable in residential house design…Continue Reading “House “Big Dig” / Boston / USA”
The Atlantis Dubai, is a resort at Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Palm, Dubai is a magnificent, oceanic tribute to a mythological age. Atlantis is a place of sunken aquatic chambers, submerged ruins, and exhilarating water rides, where shark experiences thrill and dolphin encounters leave lifelong impressions. This dynamic property is rising in Dubai from the coastline of the largest man-made island in the world, the Palm Island. Positioned as the flagship property it is, situated at the apex of the Palm…Continue Reading “Destination Dubai – Stylish Hotel Atlantis The Palm / Dubai / UAE”
a city changed his face. Detroit once cultural, financial, and transportation city in a region of 5.2 million people lost his soul. Known as the world’s traditional automotive center,”Detroit” is still a metonym for the American automobile industry and an important source of popular music legacies celebrated by the city’s two familiar nicknames, the Motor City and Motown. Detroit became known as the “great arsenal of democracy” for its support of the U.S. role among the Allied powers during World War II. Founded on July…Continue Reading “Houses / Detroit / USA”
Contributed by Ben Harris. The golden hptels in the world must be redefined. A huge number of new places and names have emerged over the last years. First of all, a big wow. That was truly nice, a amazing house in harmony with Caribbean nature in his creation of Jade Mountain. St.Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located near the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados…Continue Reading “Digital detox – Mountain St. Lucia in style / Caribbean Sea”
