Blending historical and contemporary design elements, Hyde Hotel Bodrum perfectly settles into its ancient and coastal surroundings in Turkey.

At the confluence of the Aegean and wider Mediterranean seas ? but also ancient and contemporary times ? Bodrum is a coastal city in southwestern Turkey that serves as a first point of entry for an ever-expanding riviera dotted with trendy resorts, many of which have been designed in the almost antiseptic white cube architectural style now found everywhere else in the tropics and subtropics. Establishing a closer link to the ancient and multicultural origins of its surroundings ? a region centered around the seaside city, once called Halicarnassus ? is the freshly ?enlivened? Hyde Hotel Bodrum.
The sprawling 212-room luxury getaway perfectly nods to that deeply entrenched history while also answering the needs and desires of an ever-discerning clientele; all this within a pre-existing but entirely reprogrammed and renovated complex first erected in the aforementioned sleek and somewhat soulless architectural style. Situated along the highly prized but less overrun Torba Bay coastline, Hyde Hotel unfolds with a multi-level program of fluid indoor/outdoor amenity spaces that allow guests to retreat but also consciously connect with the context. Every spatial and aesthetic element was taken into close consideration by Istanbul-based interior architect Ye?im Kozanli when striking this delicate balance.

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