Exedra Nice Hotel

Italian architects Iosa Ghini Associati have completed a bar, breakfast room and conference centre for Boscolo Exedra Nice hotel in Nice, France.


The interior features tree-like columns and wood-paneled walls.
The bar is made of Corian and the floor of the conference centre is dotted with red, glass inserts.
Here is some more text from Iosa Ghini Associati:
The concept that informed the project was to create a contemporary version of the Belle Époque lines of the lavish historic envelope. Comfortable materials were used to merge the two styles, evoking the rich atmospheres of Italian style. A recurring design element is the lighted surfaces and installations along the walls and ceilings on several floors, underscoring the space’s qualities.
The bar space on the ground floor is positioned to be immediately visible, distinctly evoking nature and its gentle, harmonious lines.

The sculptural bar counter finished in white Corian welcomes guests in an appealing atmosphere of Burma teak boiserie walls and lighted ceilings. The colors of the breakfast room are warmer, including teak wood floors, concealed lights of warm hues and boiserie. The buffet counter’s material dialogues with the large colombino stone fireplace, the space’s true focal point.
The conference center maintains the use of harmonious forms, adding a Venetian-style floor with red glass inserts that physically asserts itself in the rooms. However, its style is more dynamic, in keeping with the kind of work done inside.

Ice Hotel Quebec, Canada

The structure is made out of ice and snow with ceilings as high as 5.4 meters (18 feet), walls covered with original artwork and furniture carved from ice blocks.

Ice Hotel Quebec, Canada has many rooms and theme suites, two exhibition rooms, a cinema, a magnificent chapel, a huge reception room, functional fireplaces and hot tubs and the famous Absolut Ice Bar. Covering a total surface of 3,000 square meters (30,000 square feet), the Ice Hotel is one of the most unique undertakings. In fact, 12,000 tons of snow and 400 tons of ice will be used during the five weeks it takes to make this architectural marvel.

The Ice Hotel is a completely unique experience in North America. An ice chapel connected to the hotel turns this quirky hotel into a potential destination wedding locale with a twist: couples tying the knot here tend to originate from warmer climes.

The Ice Lounge serves up drinks (like Pina Coolada) in thick ice glasses. It's one price for the first drink and refills come in a bit cheaper. The first drink allows you to take the solid ice souvenir glass home, says the bartender with a grin. Hot drinks are served, of course, in styrofoam cups.

The Ice Hotel abuts its partner property, the Station Touristique Duchesnay, where chilled Ice Hotel guests can head to for a hot meal at the Quatre-Temps Cafe-bar. You really have to work to find a bad meal in Quebec, and the Quatre-Temps Café-bar is no exception to that generalization.

A word of warning to those with tiny bladders: the Ice Hotel has community washrooms, something that makes those late night bathroom breaks a bit of a challenge.