AHEAD AWARDS
SOLAZ LOS CABOS SUCCEEDS IN 2019 AHEAD AWARDS
On June 19, 2019, the winners of region America of the 2019 AHEAD Awards were announced. Solaz Los Cabos, architecture and interior design project of Sordo Madaleno, won in the categories of “Hotel Newbuild” and “Landscaping & Outdoor Spaces”.
AHEAD Awards, as their initials indicate, award the Hospitality, Experience, and Design of hotel projects throughout the world. AHEAD Awards are two-year period regional recognitions, which culminate in a global environment. In addition, the main hotel owners, developers, designers and architects from all over the world attend the awards event.
Hotel Newbuild "Solaz Los Cabos".
Celebrating the integration of landscape, architecture and art, the hotel’s interior and exterior profile were created in harmony with the steeply sloping topography of the site.
Judges praised the sensitive relationship between built form and natural foundation.
“Solaz Los Cabos is what one craves in a luxury beach destination careful in its approach to location and with a sense of intimacy despite its scale.”
Judges praised the sensitive relationship between built form and natural foundation.
“Solaz Los Cabos is what one craves in a luxury beach destination careful in its approach to location and with a sense of intimacy despite its scale.”
Landscaping & Outdoor Spaces
Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos’ integration of the Solaz Los Cabos structure into its surroundings was achieved through the use of organic forms referencing the movement of the nearby waves, producing an attractive series of volumes that are adapted to its the semi-desert location.
“This feels perfectly contextual, a stunning balance between manmade and natural,” judges commented.
“This feels perfectly contextual, a stunning balance between manmade and natural,” judges commented.