Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto
A 52-room hotel by Kengo Kuma on a wooded hillside in Kyoto’s Higashiyama district, with a natural hot spring and an open-air Noh stage.
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Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
A Four Seasons in Kyoto’s Higashiyama temple district, built around Shakusui-en, a pond garden dating from the 12th century.
Buahan, a Banyan Tree Escape
Sixteen open-sided villas without walls or doors in the jungle of the upper Ayung valley, north of Ubud. Adults only.
Upper House Shanghai
Swire’s Shanghai House: 111 large studios by Piero Lissoni on Nanjing West Road, with the informal service the group is known for.
Hoshinoya Bali
Thirty villas along canal-like pools above the Pakerisan River, east of Ubud, run with Japanese order and calm.
andBeyond Punakha River Lodge
Six tented suites and two villas on the Mo Chhu river, in the warm rice-growing valley of Punakha.
Park Hyatt Jakarta
Indonesia’s first Park Hyatt: 220 large rooms at the top of a tower in leafy Menteng, with interiors drawn from the crafts of the archipelago.
Trunk(Hotel) Yoyogi Park
Twenty-five rooms with balconies facing the trees of Yoyogi Park, a rooftop pool and the cafés of Tomigaya at the door.
Yangshuo Sugar House
In 2006 the Hong Kong investor Danny T.T. Chan and his mainland partner Yang Xiaodong bought an abandoned sugar mill of the 1960s on the north bank of the Li River, a few minutes’ drive from Yangshuo, meaning to make it a heritage resort with art and artists in residence. Vector Architects, the Beijing practice … Read more
RAKxa Integrative Wellness
Bang Krachao is a loop of the Chao Phraya just across the river from Bangkok, protected from development and known as the city’s green lung, although it lies in Samut Prakan province. There, on some 200 rai, the Thai developer M.K. Real Estate built RAKxa with VitalLife, the wellness centre of Bumrungrad International Hospital, which … Read more