ROOM KEY
Banyan Tree Puebla, already among Puebla’s most popular hotels, has been given a light refresh and is the latest selection for our series on exciting new properties, Room Key.
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TWINKLE IN TIME
Upon arriving in the capital to assume the presidency, he said of the White House, “I will not live in a house like this.”
ROOM KEY
From a haunting metallic lobby to futuristic spa, this hotel is a modern visual feast.
WANNA GET AWAY
Riding aboard Nour el Nil is rented elegance, lounging about on a deck as temples, reed-covered banks, and the dunes of the Sahara float by.
IT’S STILL A BIG WORLD
You will gasp, cringe, learn, and perhaps feel a bit of envy.
LIBRARY PORN
Will Bruder is the architect of the mesa-like central library in Phoenix that just won a huge architecture award. Both the man and the building are full of surprises.
IT’S STILL A BIG WORLD
Along the way you will be immersed in dramatic desert landscapes, careen around mountains plunging into the sea, rest in palm tree-lined oasis towns, and marvel at the marine life.
HOME INSPO
It’s a home that pulls from every thread of design history, a stark contrast to the anti-history ideas about to take over architecture.
LIBRARY PORN
It was the crowning achievement of the ideas of one history's greatest architects.
IT’S STILL A BIG WORLD
While the sun and affordability have been bringing droves of people here for decades, there’s a lot of incredible stuff keeping them around.
