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Kona Village, a Rosewood Resort, Hawaii

After a devastating tsunami shuttered Kona Village in 2011, Walker Warner Architects and NICOLEHOLLIS teamed up to restore the former 81-acre resort to its former glory, a renovation project that took more than seven years to complete. Hollis drew inspiration from the location, notably in the 150 guest hales informed by traditional Hawaiian motifs and the moody Asaya spa, where the design mimics the natural black lava flow on which the spa was built.

Architecture Firms: Walker Warner Architects, San Francisco (design architect), and Delawie, San Diego (architect of record) | Design Firm: NICOLEHOLLIS, San Francisco | Operator: Rosewood Hotels & Resorts

Photo by Douglas Friedman