Displaying posts labeled "Hotel"

Holzhaus am Auerbach

Posted on Wed, 7 Oct 2015 by midcenturyjo

Only 4 meters wide this holiday house in the small town of Oberaudorf in Bavaria, Germany packs a lot of punch in its small footprint. Cantilevered balconies on either side allow for indoor/outdoor living while a series of levels rise through the 2 storey interior. By Christine Arnhard and Markus Eck of Munich-based architectural firm Arnhard und Eck not only is it their own getaway but you can rent it too.

Photographs: Florian Holzherr

Hump day hideaway

Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2015 by midcenturyjo

Why is Wednesday always so hard? Half way to the weekend, there is promise just out of reach. Let’s run away to Phum Baitang, the “green village”, a 5 star resort near Siem Reap in Cambodia. It will be our hump day hideaway.

Escape 2

Posted on Tue, 15 Sep 2015 by midcenturyjo

I’m still running away from a horrid day. You’ll find me in Tecolutla, Veracruz, Mexico at Hotel Azúcar. I’ll save you a hammock.

Escape

Posted on Tue, 15 Sep 2015 by midcenturyjo

Some days start with such promise then come crashing down. Some days just suck. Some days I wish I could run away to a hideaway where  the rooms are simple yet beautiful, the tick of the clock is actually the sound of a giant irrigator in a far field and the view is a never ending paddock of rich brown soil. No disturbances, no responsibilities, no one else. Today I’d like to run away to Quamby Home, a newly renovated 1870s holiday house in rural Tasmania. If you decide to run away yourself one day you can take 9 of your family and friends with you. Today I’ll just escape by myself.

Heaven is a pumphouse

Posted on Fri, 21 Aug 2015 by midcenturyjo

I have always said that New Zealand is God’s country. Perhaps I need to look a little closer to home, to the beautiful, unspoilt wilderness of Tasmania. Today we are heading to heaven in a pumphouse. Decommissioned in the 90s the Lake St Clair hydroelectric pumphouse lay empty having defeated a number of developers until Simon Currant stepped in in 2004. Finally in 2015 after a decade of hard work Pumphouse Point, a boutique hotel of 18 rooms, designed by Cumulus Studio, opened its doors. Two buildings ,one onshore the other at the end of the flume (jetty), provide the accommodation and facilities. The rooms are contemporary cool with a nod to the industrial but really it’s all about the wilderness. And truly it’s a slice of paradise.

All photos by Adam Gibson except the aerial shot by Stu Gibson.