Hotel / IT – Italy Adler Historic Guesthouse
Located right by the River Isarco and the Eagle Bridge, the hotel in Bressanone has become an architectural statement. bergmeisterwolf has restored the 500-year-old building with the cadastral number 1 in close collaboration with the monument protection authorities and placed it in the present with timeless elegance.
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Holiday home / FI – Finland Project Ö – Skjulskäret
Escapism in Finnish: In the midst of the rugged archipelago landscape, you’ll find a self-sufficient retreat on the island of Skjulskäret, which integrates itself into the glacial nature with a clear concept.
Inspirations Literary Escapes
A holiday without books? Unimaginable. For those looking to save on luggage space, ensure a steady literary supply or simply be pleasantly surprised, here’s a curated selection of accommodations featuring their own libraries.
News German Design Award 2025 for URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR
We have received the German Design Award 2025 for our current book trilogy. At the award ceremony on 7 February 2025, Kathrin Schmuck \ Bucharchitektur and Ulrich Stefan Knoll accepted the award.
Houses
Selected accommodation from our portfolio.
Germany, Schleswig-Holstein Sieseby Cottage
Situated on the edge of the most beautiful village on the Schlei, Sieseby Cottage offers a generously designed retreat that harmoniously combines old and new – with impressive views of the surrounding hilly landscape.
Italy, Piedmont Villa Francioli
Historic elegance and contemporary design – the Art Nouveau Villa Francioli combines both in a charming way and offers a breathtaking view of the lake and the surrounding mountains, set in an enchanted garden above Lake Maggiore.
Spaces
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Space DE – Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate Cantzheim
The late baroque manor house in the Saar wine region has been carefully renovated by Swiss architect Max Dudler in keeping with monument preservation requirements and expanded with a remise and an orangery.
Space Bavaria, DE – Germany Engelwirt Apartments Berching
Located directly on the market square of the medieval town of Berching on the banks of the Main-Danube Canal, the Engelwirt is a special place to meet, celebrate and work.
Space AT – Austria Fuchsegg
The Fuchsegg combines modern architecture with traditional building techniques and the demand for sustainability with the desire for comfort. Surrounded by the natural beauty of the Bregenzerwald, three houses and 24 flexibly combinable residential units offer the opportunity for families and friends to spend “time together”, or workshops or retreats.
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Holiday home / Baden-Wuerttemberg, DE – Germany Am früheren Seilerhansenhof
The holiday home is situated in an idyllic location amidst the gently rolling hills of the Black Forest. Meadows, pastures and forests surround the property, which also features a small stream running through it.
Apartment / IT – Italy chez mone&harry
Not far from Merano, between green orchards, vineyards and alpine views, lies the loft chez mone&harry, which was created by the experimental designer Harry Thaler and conceived down to the last detail.
Holiday home / CH – Switzerland Casa Raslei
Casa Raslei in Ticino looks rather inconspicuous from afar at first glance. The special features of this holiday home only become apparent up close and above all inside: an intriguing project by the architectural firm Buchner Bründler.
Holiday home / DE – Germany, Schleswig Holstein Holnis22
Holnis22 near Glücksburg and the Flensburg Fjord is elegantly understated. In order to let the architect’s house from 1961 live on, the architect and designer Sönke Martensen has continued to develop the existing building.
Holiday home // Hotel / CH – Switzerland Casa Martinelli
At Hotel Casa Martinelli in Maggiatal, Switzerland, traditional and contemporary architecture combine to form a harmonious ensemble. Star architect Luigi Snozzi has complemented a 350-year-old Ticino house with a cubic, concrete structure.
Apartment // Bed & Breakfast // Holiday home / Bavaria, DE – Germany Moosham 13
This farmstead in the Bavarian Forest has been family-owned for seven generations. Built around a four-sided courtyard, the ensemble dating back to 1840 includes a farmhouse, stable, outbuildings and a heritage listed bakery – all of which have been restored and adapted to the needs of the latest generation.
Hotel / AT – Austria Lermooser
Next stop Lermooser: the course was newly set for the listed railway station at the foot of the Zugspitze. Since then, the friendly hotel has been delighting guests with its bright rooms, easy-going kiosk and sustainable concept.
Holiday home / Brandenburg, DE – Germany Das Glashaus in der Uckermark
With the Glashaus, Danish architect and designer Sigurd Larsen has created an extraordinary residence in the Uckermark region that places space, airiness and a sense of serenity under a transparent roof.
Holiday home / UK – United Kingdom Kyle House
Scottish heritage with Scandinavian flair: In the northern Highlands at the head of the Kyle of Tongue bay, Kyle House nestles in the rugged, lonely landscape. Surrounded by wild beaches, unspoilt countryside and the mighty peaks of Ben Loyal and Ben Hope.
Apartment / DK – Denmark Vesterlandet
Light and easy-going: The former coastal farm Vesterlandet in the Danish fishing village of Agger is a reinterpreted overall concept of glass, wood and sand tones that houses two airy, bright apartments as well as versatile office space and the regional restaurant Tri as well as an ice cream café.
Holiday home / UK – United Kingdom Secular Retreat
Peter Zumthor’s Secular Retreat is the award-winning Swiss architect’s first building in the UK. This extraordinary, sculptural retreat of concrete and glass stretches discreetly into the sheltered landscape and puts it in the limelight.
Ferienhaus / DK – Dänemark Recharge House Agger
Die Planung des ca. 600 Meter vom Meer entfernt liegenden Recharge House wurde durch die unmittelbare Nähe zu einem kleinen See maßgeblich beeinflusst. Das Ensemble besteht aus einem Haupthaus und einem Nebengebäude.
Holiday home / GR – Greece Loutra summer house
House Loutra on the Cycladic island of Tinos is a wonderful union between tradition and minimalism. The minimalist decor highlights the historical details of this century-old stone house.
Holiday home / DK – Denmark The Frame House
On the edge of Denmark’s oldest national park, just a five-minute walk from the North Sea and the surfing paradise of Cold Hawaii, The Frame House masterfully stages the view of the small, blue-grey lake and the sandy green expanse of Thy.
Hotel / ES – Spain Casa Montelongo
The Hotel Casa Montelongo in the heart of Fuerteventura is a tribute to the island and its history – a building with two suites and a pool that masterfully stages minimalism, light and colour.
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