Japanese style pod hotels are gaining in popularity due to their affordability in conjunction with their oftentimes interesting designs. In a similar vein, prefabricated hotels have been around for quite sometime. Qbic in Amsterdam makes use of prefab sections in order to create a hotel featuring luminescent rooms that are the size of a walk-in closet.
Hotel Everland is a prefab Swiss art exhibit that has been in several locations around the world. Until December of this year, it is placed in Paris at the Palais de Tokyo with tremendous views of the city. The hotel has one room and allows stays of up to one night at rates of £313/night. The hotel offers a minibar in lieu of room service and encourages guests to steal its embroidered towels.
Architect Tim Pyne is developing a prefab hotel in London, called M-Hotel, that is due to start construction this summer. Read the rest of this entry »
