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Hi-Hotel is a hotel mixed with colours from pink glass at reception, purple and green resin floors and, up by the pool to orange leather cushions on designer white sun loungers. Light projections dance on a wall in the super-cool bar, while huge ferns and climbers bring greenery to the garden. The 38 rooms are equally wild; the more you pay, the wilder they get. Some have showers behind walls of bamboo, others have movie screens between bath and bed. At weekends the best DJs in France spin electronic tunes to the coolest of crowds – so don’t forget your dancing shoes.

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This hotel has extremely 60s-style design with friendly service in the heart of Mala Strana. Hotel Sax is situated just off the picture-postcard Nerudova Street. Sax is in a plum location between Prague Castle and Charles Bridge, in the centre of the capital’s historic Lesser District or Mala Strana. The atrium of the hotel is converted courtyard which floods the four storeys beneath with natural light and is dominated by a giant pop-art painting of a watermelon.

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The Pantone Hotel invites to experience the city of Brussels through a lens of color and a spectrum of comforts. From the moment you arrive, you will awaken your senses to an array of delights and playful surprises. From a design perspective, the hotel is built on an exceptional use of contrast; a white canvas provides clean space for saturated colors to pop. Guest rooms feature unique photography by esteemed Belgian photographer Victor Levy.

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Fasano Hotel is an elegant, understated and fabulous place in Rio, Brazil. The hotel is designed by Philippe Starck, the 82 rooms and 10 suites are a decadent blend of period furniture and cool contemporary style. Rich hardwoods sit alongside Art Deco lamps, marble bathrooms and quirky fittings. The beds have 300 thread-count Egyptian linens and plump goose-down pillows. What’s more, each room has a private balcony, most overlooking the clear Atlantic Ocean.

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Experiencing Rio de Janeiro from your own penthouse can take you one step closer to living like a well-heeled local. A couple of blocks back from Ipanema’s beachfront, we’ve found a penthouse flat which will make you feel the part. Reached by its own private lift, there’s a refreshing touch of 70s funk to this pad. Yes, there’s a bar and cowhide rugs in the large open-plan living area. There’s also a rooftop pool, sauna and terrace where you get great sunset views of Rio’s twin peaks.

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This library is located in the heart of Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney whose community is characterized by a diversity of age, income and cultural backgrounds. The child center is a library, a community centre or childcare centre, it became clear that it was important to have all of these facilities together in one building, in one place. The structure is a truly shared place where the whole community could meet and use in different ways.

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Metropol Hotel is sited in the contemporary vibrant downtown of Czech Republic with metropolitan palaces, cafés, restaurants and shops facing the street and all other things that support and accelerate modern urban life. The entire floor of the hotel is an urban café and restaurant which are fully connected to the street by use of large-size automatically lifted glass panels.

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East is a business hotel located in the commercial neighborhood in Hong Kong and takes a different look at hotel design by planning from the inside-out. The hotel offers all day dining, health club, 339 guestrooms, 6 suites and a rooftop bar. It is the interior spatial experience rather than ornamentation that shapes the design. The name “EAST” resulted from the design concept which interprets the contemporary Hong Kong travel experience as being world class, efficient, modern, playful, with a touch of Chinese culture.

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This strange restaurant is owned by Chris Parachini and Brandon Hoy. The pizzeria is in a forlorn part of Brooklyn filled with gritty factories, warehouses, and lofts. The restaurant, housed in a former garage, has wood-paneled walls, elongated wood tables, and mismatched captain’s chairs.

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It is the funkiest, most space-age bar in London. Years ago it was a private house at Number 20 Portman Square for the Countess of Home by the 18th-century genius Robert Adam. When the club took over the equally august house next door, they commissioned Zaha Hadid to design the new bar and lounge (along with a reception desk). For an architect who often struggles to have her ambitious projects realized, this was a chance to complete a perfect miniature within an ideal space — a 250-year-old backdrop created in an era when the grammar of architectural form was just being written.

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