Hotel See­hotel Ambach

See­hotel Ambach beams its guests back to the seventies. At the beginning of the decade, architect Othmar Barth, con­sidered a pioneer of modernity in South Tyrol, created a com­plete work of art – merging archi­tecture, design and nature – on the nor­thern shore of Lake Caldaro. The archi­tecture directly refe­rences the area’s genius loci; gently curved yet with clear geo­metric forms, the hotel takes up the con­tours of the land­scape. This nigh-futu­ristic building resembles a ship moored on the lake shore. The staircase is designed as an open hall and has a light, airy ambience. The public rooms, including the restaurant and lounge as well as the hotel’s guest rooms all open out to the lake, the sur­rounding park­lands and the moun­tains – with floor-to-ceiling windows, ter­races and loggias.

The spirit of the 1970s per­vades throughout the house, which is meti­cu­lously detailed. Othmar Barth designed parts of the interior exclu­sively for the hotel and com­bined them with Italian designer lamps and chairs. The ori­ginal interior design has also been com­ple­mented with a sel­ection of modern pieces that reflect the design style of the house, and go per­fectly with Barth’s colour palette of oxide red, mustard yellow and olive green. The bath­rooms have been rede­signed and adapted to modern requi­re­ments – South Tyrolean architect Walter Angonese designed them in a simple and tim­e­l­essly elegant style.

Angonese also designed the bath­house located towards the back of the park, which is con­nected to the hotel via a long pool. Built on stilts, the bath­house will remind you of a garden pavilion, blending in har­mo­niously with the hotel ensemble while retaining its own unique cha­racter.

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