Casa Cook Chania by Lambs & Lions
Located in Chania, Greece, Casa Cook Chania is a laid-back luxury resort designed in 2019 by Lambs & Lions.
Description
The third manifestation of the Casa Cook resort brand, Casa Cook Chania is a continuation of the brand?s image of texturally enriched comfort within a laid-back luxury concept, established by the visionary art direction of the interior design studio Lambs and Lions, Berlin. Here their refined creative approach is adapted to the extensive hillside location on the Cretan coast, and has been developed and realised in collaboration with Greek architects k-studio and interior stylist Annabell Kutucu.
The design approach was twofold: to use Modernist-inspired architecture as an elegantly dynamic solution to the challenge of providing a lot of single-story space on a sloping site; and to create a ?village? layout to the resort with an emphasis on external space that combines larger, open gathering points with smaller, quieter moments all with unique views. The Modernist influence is evident throughout the development beginning with your arrival, at the uppermost point of the site, at the entrance building. The extensive view over the site and across the sea from beneath the iconic flying roof make a memorable first impression. The rooms, in clusters of smooth concrete and timber-clad boxes, balance and cantilever from floating walls of local stone as they descend the slope towards the beach. They are cool, sensory retreats carefully pos...
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