N° 001Karuizawa, Japan
Shishi-Iwa House
A 10-room boutique retreat in the forests of Karuizawa, designed by Pritzker laureate Shigeru Ban around a sweeping curved timber roof.
Architect
Shigeru Ban
From
$430/ night
Est. 2026PACTORN
A curated index, no. 023
Stay inside the buildings you've only seen on a magazine page.
PACTORN is an index of architectural homes — by Fujimoto, Kundig, Zumthor and the unknown masons of villages that don't make it onto any list. Bookable, quietly.
Begin the searchA note from the editors
I started PACTORN because the houses I'd been chasing in magazines for years were, frankly, impossible to actually book. So I started writing letters — first to one architect, then to hundreds. These are the keys they sent back.
Jomar Horario · Editor
The Index — Spring
Twelve houses, real and bookable
N° 001
N° 002Harads, Sweden
Treehotel — The 7th Room
A black timber cabin suspended ten meters into the Swedish pines, with a netted terrace open to the aurora.
Architect
Snøhetta
From
$1,400/ night
N° 003Joshua Tree, California
Invisible House
A 5,500 sq ft mirrored monolith laid into the desert, holding a 100-foot indoor pool and a perfect reflection of the surrounding boulders.
Architect
Tomas Osinski & Chris Hanley
From
$4,000/ night
N° 004Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Hotel Escondido — Casa Wabi nearby
A barefoot, palm-thatched retreat on the Oaxacan coast — minutes from Tadao Ando's Casa Wabi foundation, which opens to visitors by appointment.
Architect
Tadao Ando (region) / Decada (hotel)
From
$417/ night
N° 005Steigen, Norway
Manshausen Island Resort
Cantilevered glass-and-timber sea cabins on a private island above the Arctic Circle, perched over the Grøtøya Strait.
Architect
Stinessen Arkitektur
From
$540/ night
N° 006Ostuni, Puglia, Italy
Masseria Moroseta
A contemporary whitewashed masseria built from local tufo stone, set in a centuries-old olive grove above the Adriatic.
Architect
Andrew Trotter
From
€320/ night
N° 007Marrakech, Morocco
Riad El Fenn
Three interconnected riads in the Medina restored around courtyards of zellige, citrus trees, and a contemporary art collection.
Architect
Vanessa Branson & Quentin Wilbaux (restoration)
From
€342/ night
N° 008Bentota, Sri Lanka
Lunuganga — Geoffrey Bawa's Estate
The country home of the architect who invented tropical modernism — now bookable as seven suites set across his lifelong garden.
Architect
Geoffrey Bawa
From
$340/ night
N° 009Nesjavellir, Iceland
ION Adventure Hotel
A cantilevered concrete-and-lava lodge on the edge of Þingvellir National Park, built into a moss-covered geothermal field.
Architect
Minarc
From
$326/ night
N° 010Folegandros, Greece
Anemi Hotel
Cycladic vernacular reinterpreted: stacked whitewashed volumes, cool plaster interiors, and a long pool aimed at the Aegean.
Architect
ISV Architects
From
€220/ night
N° 011Lisciano Niccone, Umbria, Italy
Castello di Reschio
A 1,000-year-old castle and 50 surrounding farmhouses on 3,700 acres, restored over three decades by the architect-owner.
Architect
Count Benedikt Bolza
From
€1,500/ night
N° 012Uluru-Kata Tjuta, Australia
Longitude 131°
Sixteen tented pavilions facing Uluru directly across the dunes — full board, all-inclusive, on Anangu country.
Architect
Philip Cox
From
$2,400/ night
The Journal
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