The One Nanyuan

A Song Dynasty painting served as the blueprint for this hill retreat in Xinpu, where a Taiwanese architect sent hundreds of artisans to work on hand-carved woodwork and winding courtyards. The layering of Jiangnan garden traditions, Fujian vernacular, and Baroque arcades reads less like a design mood board gone rogue and more like someone actually pulled it off. A hotel where the architecture is the argument.