Arched volumes define Casona Sforza resort in Mexico by Alberto Kalach
A series of vaulted, brick arches overlook a circular swimming pool at a boutique hotel in Puerto Escondido designed by Mexican architect Alberto Kalach. More
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Wooden lattices screen concrete hotel by PPAA in Mexico City
Mexican practice PPAA has designed Casa Octavia, a boutique hotel in Mexico City that is based around the eponymous fashion brand. More
South Carolina's Post House inn features a mix of old and new
Local design studio Basic Projects combined antiques with modern furniture pieces so that boutique hotel Post House in South Carolina "feels like it has always been there". More
Sara Ruffin Costello fashions quirky interiors for The Chloe hotel in New Orleans
Inky blue walls, alligator-print carpet and grand four-poster beds appear inside The Chloe hotel in New Orleans, which has been designed by decorator Sara Ruffin Costello. More
Kasiiya Papagayo has tented guest rooms that peek from a tropical forest in Costa Rica
Tent-topped timber platforms form guest rooms in this eco-resort in Costa Rica, which Paris-based studio AW2 completed "without cutting down a single tree and without the use of concrete and nails". More
Atelier XÜK converts disused Chinese primary school into boutique hotel
Shanghai architecture studio Atelier XÜK has created a series of timber interventions to turn a former school in Qinyong, China into a hotel while leaving its original, solid masonry structure intact. More
Casa Grande Hotel in Spain occupies 18th-century stone manor house
Grey stone walls and jet-black joinery meet to form the monochromatic interiors of this boutique hotel in northern Spain designed by Francesc Rifé Studio. More
Maison De La Luz hotel in New Orleans is "madcap and fun" says Pamela Shamshiri
Atelier Ace's Kelly Sawdon and Studio Shamshiri co-founder Pamela Shamshiri explain their opulent design for New Orleans luxury guesthouse Maison De La Luz in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards More
Colourful tiles and Mexican craft feature in Casa Hoyos hotel by AG Studio
Mexico City's AG Studio has turned a colonial house in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico into a boutique hotel featuring tiled archways and yellow walls that look like a "large corn cob". More
Waechter Architecture builds ring of cabins on old school campus to create The Society Hotel Bingen
A converted schoolhouse and a series of detached cabins forms this boutique hotel in Washington State. More
Manea Kella converts art-nouveau house in Romania into boutique hotel Casa Popeea
A house on the verge of collapse in Brăila, Romania, has been given a new lease of life by London-based architecture studio Manea Kella. More
Boutique hotel complex coated in brown mortar to appear weathered
A cluster of rustic rooms forms the new Lost Villa Boutique Hotel in Zhongwei, China, designed by DAS Lab to blend into the desert landscape. More
Hotel Il Palazzo Experimental designed to be "deeply rooted" in its Venetian setting
Marble furnishings, lagoon-coloured walls and arched doorways are among the features that Chzon-founder Dorothée Meilichzon has incorporated in the interiors of this Venice hotel, which is meant to mirror its surroundings. More
Robert McKinley creates Hotel Kinsley from four historic buildings in Upstate New York
New York's Studio Robert McKinley aimed to avoid the typical aesthetic of "antlers or plaid and reclaimed wood" when creating this boutique hotel from four buildings in Hudson Valley. More
Portugal's eight-room Dá Licença hotel offers a "more personalised" guest experience
Vitor Borges and Franck Laigneau set one-off vintage furnishings against whitewashed walls to create a series of unique spaces inside this boutique hotel in southeast Portugal. More
Two buildings in Rome merge to form boutique hotel Condominio Monti
Italian architecture firm Studio Tamat and designer Sabina Guidotti have merged and overhauled two buildings to create this boutique hotel in Rome, Italy. More
Five boutique American hotels in buildings with storied pasts
A suite of historic buildings across the US have been given new life as boutique hotels. We've rounded up five that would be ideal for whiling away the long Fourth of July weekend. More
Kazerne is a design-focused boutique hotel in Eindhoven
Moon/en/co and Van Helmond Architecten have teamed up to form Kazerne, an Eindhoven hotel that boasts just eight rooms and an exhibition space that will showcase pieces from notable Dutch designers. More
Atelier Ace and Studio Shamshiri design Maison de la Luz in New Orleans like a luxury guesthouse
Los Angeles design firm Studio Shamshiri and Ace Hotel's in-house creative team have designed this hotel in New Orleans as if it were the home of a worldy woman who has filled it with decorative souvenirs. More
Tel Aviv maternity ward becomes pared-back Vera hotel
Brickwork walls, engraved tins ceilings and custom furniture feature in this boutique hotel in Tel Aviv. More