KOSMOS Ulleungdo

Architect Kim Chan Jung imagined this resort as a spaceship parked on the cliffs of Ulleungdo, a volcanic island off Korea's east coast, and the building does nothing to talk him out of it. Three villas, named Terre, Sommet, and Kosmos, each carry their own interior logic, all of it modern and deliberately luxurious. The restaurant riffs on boyang, the Korean tradition of restorative eating, and the cliff-edge infinity pool speaks for itself.