The most popular houses in 2024 — Part 3: Hotels and large houses

Next stop Ler­mooser: the course was newly set for the listed railway station at the foot of the Zug­spitze. Since then, the fri­endly hotel has been delighting guests with its bright rooms, easy-going kiosk and sus­tainable concept.

Lake Orta is con­sidered the most romantic of nor­thern Italy’s sub-Alpine lakes. On its eastern shore – just above the town of Orta – la Darbia is set into an idyllic hillside and cele­brates la dolce vita in Piedmont.

Exposed con­crete, colourful Moroccan tex­tiles and warm wood: the Artbau Hotel in Wald­kirch near Freiburg is a play of con­trasts in an unusual urban location set against the deep green backdrop of the Black Forest.

Pure dece­le­ration: In the midst of the Lower Bavarian picture postcard land­scape, the Hofgut Haf­ner­leiten (Haf­ner­leiten Estate) offers a retreat in harmony with nature that com­bines the ele­ments in a down-to-earth and archi­tec­tu­rally subtle way.

Par­ti­ci­patory pioneer project: the façade of charred larch wood shimmers in black, while the 14 flats of the Miniloft Kreuzberg offer a feel-good place for tra­vellers to Berlin.

Open and authentic: the walls of the Hotel 1280 Krone in the Black Forest are almost 750 years old and look back on a long history of hos­pi­tality. Today it shines in a new light and with subtle ele­gance.

The Alpenloge is a small hotel in the Allgäu region, where modern-elegant design and the style of the 1930s combine with Bavarian mountain pan­oramas. 

In a lush green backyard in the middle of Berlin Char­lot­tenburg, the Wilmina — an extra­or­dinary hotel with a delicate history — reveals its unique dimension. The listed ensemble has been trans­formed by the architect duo Grüntuch Ernst.