X2 Resort Kui Buri by Duangrit Bunnag Architects
Thai architect Duangrit Bunnag, designed the X2 Resort Kui Buri in Thailand.
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Extending over several beachfront hectares on the Gulf of Thailand, X2 Resort Kui Buri (Hua Hin) enfolds its lucky visitors in just a little paradise on earth. It relaxes the eyes with uninterrupted sea views and engages the senses with a combination of indigenous materials and modern lines. This is feng shui meets utopian community in a design by Duangrit Bunnag, for whom simplicity means spatial economy and a lack of complication. Guests can absolutely unwind in 23 villas. These are largely identical with understated furnishings and floor-to-ceiling glass doors that open onto the beach, yet a certain individuality lies in their proximity to the bordering terrace, adjacent pool and neighbouring garden areas.
The resort makes use of invisible wall design – what’s a craggy stone wall to one villa appears as a fence partition to another. Common areas include a large pool, indulgent spa, a fusion restaurant and roof terrace bar that overlooks the sparkling waters of the gulf and a tranquil white-sand beach untouched by development. A smooth wooden boardwalk meanders like a maze through the resort, each twist and turn revealing a new panorama in an environment of unfussed luxury and natural peace.
Visit the X2 Resort Kui Buri website – here.
Visit the Duangrit Bunnag Architects website – here.
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BjZ on 29 Sep 2010 at 5:32 am #
If nothing else i love the all of the stone work and the pool area (at night).
Alexandra on 29 Sep 2010 at 6:41 am #
Interesting elements, but as a whole, not such a fan…
MrMister on 29 Sep 2010 at 9:30 am #
Great Design!
How they get these Stones to fit so perfectly onto each other? I have no clue!
DS on 29 Sep 2010 at 2:56 pm #
Mr. Mister…
While I would not class it as classic masonry, Thais build beautiful stone walls. These are used predominently in resort areas such as Phuket and Hua Hin and counter hard wood elements such as teak and red wood, glass and steel etc….its classic technique used in a more contemporary setting. Architect Bunnag and X2 Resort create an extreme version… what cannot be seen here is that the coast line at Kui Buri is relatively featureless and flat so the architecture makes a stronger statement than it would do if located on a dramatic coastline such as one might find in Phuket or Samui.
DS on 29 Sep 2010 at 2:59 pm #
By the by…I realised that my comment above might not clear things totally…the stones are shaped, the masons chip away at edges with chisels to make a close fit!
moreveils on 29 Sep 2010 at 3:45 pm #
this is fab. love it. the stone moving through the space is perfection. it adds simple texture that is so often forgotten or ignored in contempoary style
Ken on 29 Sep 2010 at 3:46 pm #
Cool use of space, lighting, and materials.
Kim Mawdsley on 29 Sep 2010 at 4:19 pm #
Beautiful piece of Architecture. Well executed and well built with materials used so honestly that it sings. Well done.
Vinh Doan on 29 Sep 2010 at 5:27 pm #
Nice design
VICTOR LARA on 30 Sep 2010 at 5:12 pm #
Very good work and design. Cogratulations. That’s architecture.
Simplicity is elegance and teh use of one material as base, makes feel well inside.
I would like to receive more examples of your work.
Arq. Víctor Manuel Lara Martínez.
Guadalajara, México.
contracept on 17 Oct 2010 at 7:02 pm #
the stone overpowers the complete interior. the space is too small for such a powerful texture and colour, one wall was more than enough