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1. Cielo, Hilton Mexico
City Santa Fe's rooftop
pool and bar, features a
cruise ship-like aesthetic
and 270-degree views.
2. HBA's two-story
backbar is the focal
point of the Hilton's
lobby lounge.
3. The Winery at VIK
in Chile is covered in a
stretched white fabric
roof.
4. The Malliouhana
Hotel & Spa's original
Moorish arches were
preserved and covered
in a creeping fig.
5. TAL Studio adorned
the open-air Malliouhana
restaurant in white and
wood with splashes of
color.

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two years to find the ideal location and a year of study-more than
4,000 meticulous deep soil studies conducted across the property to
ensure each block of land afforded the optimal growing conditions for
each clonal variety of root stock and grape varietal."
Sustainability, like in all of their retreats, plays an integral role
design-wise. The winery's stretched white fabric roof allows for
natural light to permeate through, while the dramatic entrance is
a two-degree sloping plaza surrounded by streaming water for a
cooling effect. For the hotel, the transparent building is situated
on a hilltop and features a "floating roof of bronzed titanium
inspired by the surrounding mountains, the wind, and the work of
Frank Gehry and Richard Serra," says Alex. Each of the 22 suites
boasts an original design, site-specific artwork, and floor-to-ceiling
windows. Past the intermingling public living areas and gardens is a
cantilevered slate pool "extending out over the valleys and lake below,
offering the sensation of swimming above it all," Carrie says.

Malliouhana Hotel & Spa

for Carrie and Alex Vik, founders of Vik Retreats. "We wanted to
find the ideal terroir to create an exceptional wine that was also in
a location where we could achieve all of our design inspirations for
both the winery and hotel," explains Carrie, adding the duo worked
with Chilean and Uruguayan architects Smiljan Radic and Marcelo
Daglio on the two properties, respectively. "It took a scientific team

Auberge Resorts' iconic 5-Star Malliouhana Hotel & Spa on Anguilla
is in the midst of an extensive overhaul, courtesy of San Franciscoand Miami-based SB Architects and TAL Studio out of Las Vegas.
"We wanted to take a holistic approach to the redesign of the resort-
creating an exclusive, boutique experience, while being careful to
maintain the essence and identity of the original property," explains
Scott Lee, president and principal of SB Architects. "Our inspiration
was, first and foremost, the unparalleled beauty of the site-20
acres with dramatic cliffs overlooking white sand beaches, tropical
landscape, and views for miles."
For example, he and his team embraced the tall, narrow Moorish
arches they inherited from the property but covered them in creeping
fig for a "wall of green that will be a beautiful, vivid contrast to the
hotel's signature white structures," Lee explains. And they opened up
the arrival sequence to offer guests a culminating "wow" moment of
ocean views.
For the interiors, TAL principal Todd-Avery Lenahan took
inspiration from celebrity and socialite photographer Slim Aarons
to celebrate the Caribbean's glamorous heyday of the 1950s and '60s.

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