Divercity Architects Trac

Project: Hotel, renovation
Location: Mykonos, Greece
Client: Grace Hotels Group
Project Status: Complete, 2007
Collaborators: Dionyssis Zacharias & Alexandra Stratou, architects
Sophia Vantaraki, space consultant
Contractor: ECC
Photos: Cathy Cunliffe

The European Hotel Design Awards,
Hotel Design of the Year, winner 2007 (UK)
Conde Nast Traveller, listed in Hot List of the World’s Best New Hotels 2007

The brief was to refurbish an existing property
on the island of Mykonos. Taking the idea of grace
as the starting point, modern interiors are deliberately
pared down to create a fresh interpretation of traditional
Cycladic style. 32 guest rooms are distributed over five
levels to maximise privacy. Balconies seem to hover
above the sea and the swimming-pool is eye-level
with the horizon. Bringing nature indoors, the reception
was conceived as a sea bed, the spa and fitness centre
as an imaginary forest. Backlit photographic murals
of blossoms or seascapes inject colour into all-white
bedrooms that are breezy and bright.