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By: Curbed
23Nov2011Brooklyn Bridge Park, the partially complete mixed-use public space at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, will soon get its very own hotel and condo complex. Developers such as Extell, Toll Brothers, and Starwood have all submitted designs; Curbed NY..
By: Curbed
2Nov2011Those clever cats over at McSweeney's have taken it upon themselves to parody the growing trend of ecologically designed hotels by penning a faux letter to faux guests from the faux Ecopod Habitat Biotel by Marriott. Mentioned: "handrails made f...
By: Curbed
26Oct2011Photo by Jessica Wohl via Flavorwire Tennessee-based artist Jessica Wohl has installed layers of thick synthetic hair in the stairway of the old, abandoned Mountainaire Hotel in Hot Springs, Ark.—thus "transform[ing] this rotting archi...
By: Curbed
19Aug2011Tubhotel, tube-shaped lodgings in Tepoztlán, Mexico by architecture firm T3arc, creates what architect/artist Guy Dessauges would likely describe as a Utopian village. In the '60s, Dessauges was a vocal proponent of cylindrical housing; a...
By: Curbed
10Aug2011The Indian capital of New Delhi is shrugging off the staid governmental shroud and embracing a new cultural awakening. As usual following an artistic revival, someone came in looking to make a buck. Luckily, the hoteliers have brought their best....
By: Curbed
1Aug2011The world's highest tennis court is perched on Burj Khalifa, a luxury hotel in Dubai and, at 1,053 feet, currently the fourth tallest building in the world. Click over to see the Federer vs. Agassi video footage from 2005—and please...
By: Curbed
30Jun2011Queue up the Chicken Little: the W Austin Hotel and Residences has closed indefinitely because the sky is, indeed, falling. More accurately, panes of glass—the first piece fell into the pool earlier this month and sent a few people to...
