A premium country hotel with a quiet, natural and restrainedly luxurious atmosphere.
TIHO is a premium country hotel with a quiet, natural and restrainedly luxurious atmosphere. The concept is built around the feeling of seclusion in a forest near Moscow: panoramic glazing, a tall spatial volume, natural stone, dark wood, soft architectural light and living greenery.
The interior is shaped in a deep natural palette: conifer green, warm stone beige, dark wood tones, graphite metal and delicate brass. The main accent is a monolithic reception desk made of green stone with expressive veining and soft lower lighting.
The main idea was to create not just an entrance area for a hotel, but a calm first-impression space where guests immediately feel the transition from the rhythm of the city to rest, silence and nature.
Create not just an entrance area for a countryside hotel, but a space of first impression: the guest should immediately feel the shift from city rhythm to rest, quiet and nature. Public areas must absorb the check-in flow.
A tall volume with panoramic glazing and a forest view — the scale must be supported, not lost. Entrance group, lobby, reception, waiting and lounge share one volume: the scenarios have to separate without partitions.
A full design project: from site survey and planning through to working drawings and schedules the contractor builds from and the client purchases against.
A long monolithic counter in natural green stone with rounded corners, a brass plinth and concealed lighting beneath. It sets the anchor point at check-in and holds the hotel’s status at first glance.
A tall accent wall of dark timber battens behind the counter. Vertical rhythm visually reinforces the lobby’s scale instead of fighting it.
Large glazing, dark metal profile, light stone floor and a view of the forest landscape. The boundary between outside and lobby is deliberately blurred — that is the change of rhythm.
Soft furniture in natural tones, low stone and timber tables, tactile textiles, live greenery, diffuse light. Waiting becomes part of the rest rather than a pause.
Slim ring fixtures above the counter and soft architectural light. In a tall volume a massive chandelier would overload the space — rings give the accent without the weight.
A complete interior concept was developed for the hotel's key public areas: the entrance group, lobby, reception, waiting area, intimate lounge zone and guest restroom.
The reception area includes a long sculptural desk made of natural green stone with rounded corners, a brass plinth and hidden lighting. Behind it is a tall accent wall of dark timber slats with the restrained TIHO logo.
The entrance group is designed as a smooth transition between nature and interior: large glazing, dark metal profiles, a light stone floor, soft lighting and views of the forest landscape of central Russia.
The waiting area supports the atmosphere of a country retreat through soft furniture in natural shades, low stone and wooden tables, tactile textiles, living greenery and calm diffused light.
Special attention was given to the height of the space: dark vertical slats visually strengthen the scale of the lobby, while thin ring luminaires above the desk create an expressive but light decorative accent.