Design
Hotels
Rock solid— Uruguay
Preface
Brazilian hotelier Rogério Fasano’s latest creation is set among the rocky pampas of Uruguay. And the secret of his success? A creatively inspiring working relationship with designer Isay Weinfeld.
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01Bungalow double bedroom
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02Futuristic lounge for holding parties
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03Rustic chic reception lobby
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04Fasano restaurant
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05Hotel lobby
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06Stand-alone bungalows
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07Spa
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08Library leads to the restaurant
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09Pool carved from rock
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10Las Piedras restaurant
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11Waiter sets tables at Las Piedras restaurant
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12Sundeck and bar
The perfect math
Rogério Fasano and Isay Weinfeld started working together a decade ago and their partnership is the secret of their success. The relationship has spawned several restaurants in São Paulo and Rio, the Fasano São Paulo hotel, Las Piedras, the soon to open Fasano Boa Vista and two hotels in the state of Bahia scheduled to open in 2013. “We talk on the phone three or four times a day,” says Weinfeld. “This is how the relationship between a hotelier and their architect and interior designer should be. Through talking, ideas become reality.”
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