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To mark its 20th anniversary, Design Hotels has launched a giant version of its annual tome, which comes complete with its own pedestal in the form of Alvar Aalto's celebrated Stool 60 and table

Design Hotels launches a collector's edition of its annual book

Travel 14 May 2013

Barmini, Washington DC, USA

The man behind the award-winning Minibar restaurant, molecular Spanish chef José Andrés is adding to his Washington DC empire with Barmini. Offering concoctions like the 'Salt Air Margarita' invented over 15 years ago, Andrés brings us his first ever chef-driven cocktail concept, reinventing classics and bringing forgotten techniques to capital city diners. Spanish architect and designer Juli Capella, along with Georgetown-based architecture and design firm CORE and Forrester Construction Company, have created an inviting space that marries hard and soft surfaces. Guests sit at white pod counters, looking onto shelves behind the bar filled with antique glassware (some dating back to the 1930's), vintage barware and classic cocktail books. Cerruti Baleri's cactus sofa and fruit pouffes add a pop of colour to the stark black and white interiors.

Barmini, 855 E Street, NW, Washington D.C; www.minibarbyjoseandres.com

Writer: Carole Dixon

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#Bunk, Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul's only design-led hostel chain #Bunk recently opened its first property in the bohemian district of Beyoğlu. Comprising 32 beds arranged over 11 rooms, which include dormitories and a handful of small double rooms (some of which are ensuite), the hostel features stunning ceiling motifs based on mosque interiors, and marble bathrooms. Hang out in the café, or soak with new friends in the rooftop hot tub called the #bunkbath. Another, much larger #Bunk hostel with 170 beds, a pizzeria, bar and sundeck is due to open in June in Istanbul. The reasonable rates also include wifi and breakfast.

Balik Sokak No.7, Kramer Hatun Mh, Istanbul, Turkey, 34435; Tel: 90.212 244 8808; www.bunkhostels.com

Writer: Sevil Delin

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Coya, London, UK

Continuing London's recent Peruvian invasion, the latest project by Arjun Waney (the man behind Zuma, La Petite Maison and The Arts Club) is private members bar and restaurant, Coya. Set within the grand confines of a classic Georgian building on Piccadilly, the space has been designed by London-based Richard Saunders of David D'Almada's company Sagrada, who has conjured a bohemian atmosphere with a modern spin. The eclectic interiors feature Peruvian antiques, painted murals and colourful textures. Food, by ex Ivy chef, Sanjay Dwivedi is a tasty array of Peruvian delights such as Conchas con ají limo (Scallops with limo chilli crumbs), while Lima's very best bars were scoured to create Coya's very own Pisco Sour served in traditional botija mud containers, traditionally used to store Pisco since the 1800s. The downstairs restaurant and pisco bar is open to everyone, but members will also have use of the separate dining area, outdoor terrace and bar.

118 Piccadilly, London, W1J 7NW; Tel: 44. 020 7042 7118; www.coyarestaurant.com

Writer: Sara Henrichs

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Villa Extramuros, Arraiolos, Portugal

Portugal's latest boutique hotel, on the outskirts of pretty, whitewashed Arraiolos, breaks the creative mould. Inspired by the pre-Roman fortified farmhouses that once dominated the area, Extramuros has a monastic all-white open-plan kitchen, reception and dining area. Five bedrooms over two floors, designed by Jordi Fornells and Gonçalo Byrne protégé Rolf Heinemann, have recessed angular garden terraces edged by sliding glass doors overlooking acres of olive grove. The local natural cork, with its cool, velvety touch and intense aroma, swathes walls and ceilings and provides thermal and acoustic insulation. Quirky Cubist turrets protrude from the roof garden and maximise the natural light below. You can order breakfast, or even a massage, under ancient olive trees by the infinity pool, or take your Mariage Frères tea with a fresh pastry.

Horta do Chaveiro, Caixa postal 209, 7040-114 Arraiolos. Portugal; Tel: 35.1 266429506; www.villaextramuros.com

Writer: Rupert Eden

August travel news: editor's picks

British Aviation Posters comprises a fascinating collection of vintage advertisements during the golden era of aviation history

Vintage British aviation posters

Aan Zee Restaurant, Oostvoorne, The Netherlands

Peeking out of a solitary patch of land within the Voornes Duin nature reserve in the Netherlands is the twisting spiral of a new restaurant, called ‘Aan Zee’. Designed by Amsterdam-based firm Emma Architects, the striking structure is completely self-sufficient, using the sun, wind and wood fire as sources for its heating, cooling, ventilation and water management. Fashioned mainly out of glass and wood, which has been left chemically untreated and heated to withstand the elements, the building can also be dismantled, with each material component fully re-usable. Using fresh ingredients from local farmers and fisherman, the menu comprises a mouth-watering array of comfort treats from tomato soup to cheese and ham toasties.

Strandweg 1, 3233 CW Oostvoorne; Tel: 31.181-820990; www.aanzeeoostvoorne.nl

Writer: Lauren Ho

July travel news: editor's picks

Shrimpy's is the latest in the seemingly unstoppable poppables conceived by London's Bistrotheque restaurant team

Photogprahy: Jamie Smith

New restaurant Shrimpy's opens in London

The restaurant in Bulgari's new Knightsbridge hotel is accessed by a sweeping staircase, featuring a handcrafted steel balustrade. It is backed by a metalised fabric-covered wall, adorned with sketches of Bulgari's jewellery collections from the 1920s and 30s

Bulgari Hotel, London

AMMO Café, Hong Kong

In a city that is still hell-bent on thrusting up silvery skyscrapers at every street corner, it’s almost a relief to stumble into the newly opened AMMO Café in Hong Kong’s Admiralty quarter. Set in a low-rise, mid-19th-century British ammunitions compound, the café is the sophomore project for locally-based interior designer Joyce Wang, following her breakout renovation work on the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Taking cues from Jean-Luc Godard’s sci-fi classic Alphaville, Wang has created a grand statement space, lining the high-ceilinged room with chandeliers made of burnished copper plumping pipes, bent copper mesh and rods, and copper ribs, all of which are obvious nods to the building’s history. In the kitchen, Tony Cheng has concocted an east meets west menu that includes angel hair pasta with uni, slow cooked eggs with toro and sea urchin, and langoustines wrapped in Vietnamese rice paper and basil.

9 Justice Drive, Admiralty, Hong Kong; Tel: 852. 2537 9888

Writer: Daven Wu

June travel news: editor's picks

The Port Adriano marina is a pared down and elegant structure by Philippe Starck

Port Adriano marina by Philippe Starck, Mallorca

Discover & Deliver is a new online concept that enables you to purchase furniture you've seen in design hotels around the world, including Belgraves in London (pictured)

Discover & Deliver: a new website that brings the hotel to your home

Café Royal, London, UK

Alfred and Georgi Akirov, the duo behind the Mamilla hotel in Jerusalem (W*127) and the Conservatorium in Amsterdam (W*157), are soon to complete a three year-long project with David Chipperfield Architects transforming the legendary Café Royal into a contemporary hotel, in readiness for hosting guests during the Olympics this summer. Opened in 1865, the Café Royal was the favourite haunt of bohemians and intellectuals such as George Bernard Shaw, Paul Verlaine and Oscar Wilde (who once had too much absinthe in the Grill Room and mistook a waiter stacking chairs for a man watering tulips), and later saw the likes of Virginia Woolf, Winston Churchill and, more recently, David Bowie walk through its doors.

Chipperfield’s team restored the original 1860s and 1930s features of the listed Domino and Grill Rooms, which will reopen as a private members’ club and restaurant respectively, and took inspiration from the apartment of Regent Street architect John Nash to create the interiors of the hotel’s spacious 155 rooms with marble, oak and bronze details, high windows and large lobbies. The five suites, meanwhile, have been sympathetically restored by Donald Insall Associates. Our favourites are the Empire Suite, which boasts a massage room, and the Dome Suite located under the building’s copper dome, which has two terraces overlooking Piccadilly Circus and Big Ben. Café Royal opens in September 2012

68 Regent Street, London; www.thesethotels.com

Writer: Sara Henrichs
Photography: Michael Bodiam

May travel news: editor's picks

Berlin’s Plus One offers travellers not only a well-appointed apartment in Kreuzkölln, but the chance to meet a like-minded local for an insider experience

Plus One Berlin: stay, meet a local, be a Berliner

Delano, Miami, USA

The iconic Delano hotel in Miami’s South Beach has just had a makeover. Bungalows have been turned into sleek indoor/outdoor spaces and the technology has been upgraded to include smartphone keys and in-room iPad concierges. The hotel also has a new restaurant, named Bianca and designed by Sam Robin, who masterminded Versace’s American stores. The Italian-themed eatery focuses on local, organic ingredients in dishes like wood-grilled langoustines and homemade truffle pasta

1685 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida 33139; tel: 1.305 672 2000; www.delano-hotel.com

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March travel news: editor's picks

British artist Martin Creed has turned Sketch's Gallery restaurant into a giant sculpture, in which every piece of furniture and cutlery is different

Martin Creed at Sketch

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Hôtel Americano, New York, USAHabita Hotels has chosen New York as the location of its first outpost outside Mexico. Hôtel Americano provides Chelsea with a fun new hangout, complete with rooftop pool and café, restaurant and two bars. The highlight of Enrique Norten's design is the dedicated exterior elevator running nine storeys up to the rooftop area, hung off the façade of the building so that foot traffic doesn't spoil the atmosphere of the lobby. Offering stunning views of the High Line park, the Empire State Building and the Hudson River, the rooftop space is open all year round thanks to a clever ceiling system, serving Greek-inspired grilled specialities in the summer and traditional Argentine asado during the winter months. The hotel's 56 rooms come in three variations, all inspired by traditional Japanese Ryokan inns and equipped with iPads - complete with custom video art pieces. The restaurant has a large open-plan kitchen and a gorgeous outdoor courtyard area, serving a fusion of French and Latin cuisines. And for 'friends of the hotel' there's El Privado - a sexy, private lounge located adjacent518 West 27th Street, New York; tel: 1. 212 2160 000; www.hotel-americano.comWriter: Scott Mitchem

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