Villa Amanzi





Perched on a sea cliff in Phuket, Villa Amanzi is making me wish I was anywhere but home right now. The “luxury villa” hotel built in 2008 by architects Original Vision, is a spacious 2,644sm. I was going to throw this into the category of “stuff I can’t have” but then I looked at the rates/reservations page. If you go at the right time you can get the place for $2000/night, and it sleeps 12 people. That’s $166 / night each; not so crazy really. Now I just have to get back down to Thailand. Speaking of which, I was lucky enough to visit there once, I took some pictures.

Photos via Top Box Design

15 Comments

  1. B. T. Dubbs says:

    Phucket,…that’s what I’d say every day of my stay there…beautiful place.

  2. Putz says:

    sick. damn.

  3. David says:

    nice architecture, but a total lack of understatement.

  4. Brennan says:

    Interesting, I’m working on a house design with a cantilever pool somewhat like that and started blog surfing while the render finished.

    Looks perfect.

  5. Scott says:

    David-
    yeah, but this is Phuket, a place not necessarily know for restraint in the visual realm.

  6. David says:

    @Scott
    totally agree,
    but $2000 is what thai-people earn in a year, i guess. Considering this wouldn’t make me feel comfortable staying in that place. I think good design should also contain a sense for it’s surrounding. And I miss the solar-panel 😉

    but a nice housing though 🙂

  7. Reed says:

    I’ve never been to Phucket – But I did stay in Koh Samui which is a tropical island off of the west coast of Thailand. Villa Amanzi makes me want to go back to Thailand even more.

  8. Incredible, just stunning. Inspiration for success.

  9. Alex Penny says:

    Thailand and Vietnam are at the top of my list.

  10. Oh! I see you’ve found images of my summer residence. How nice of you to post them here :p

  11. Kjell-Roger says:

    Oh people, let’s make our own little design conference and let’s rent that house for it!

  12. Scott, any plans for your return to Thailand yet? I’d definitely be keen to pitch in to stay at this place. Thailand is one of my fav places in the world. Simply amazing, can’t wait to re-visit.

  13. Mathias says:

    The first arial shot with the turquoise water is beautiful. The photo itself is an inspiring artwork.

  14. Clearly a great deal of design work and thought went into this Thai villa! I must however agree with David that it seems devoid of a sense of place – although perhaps Phuket’s calling card today is that it is an international playground brimming with diversity. Combining a stay here with an upcountry rural villa would really underline the contrasts in the country and its peoples!

  15. chris rebuck says:

    the pool is exactly the size i wanted

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