The 200-key four-star hotel was designed as part of a larger complex of buildings. The hotel is strategically located in a semi-rural setting adjacent to a major highway interchange, providing guests easy access to Venice and Marco Polo airport. The hotel and adjoining commercial office building form a semi-circular composition around an existing villa. This building was retained, forming a focal point for the complex.

The semi-circular main hotel building is accessed off a landscaped parking forecourt that turns its back to the highway. The lowest floor of the three-storey building is constructed below ground level opening out to a garden and open space. Guests enter via a central steel and glass porte cochere into a highly transparent glazed treble-volume lobby on axis with the villa. The lobby houses a central reception desk, a lounge with bar, and a restaurant which all extend in a linear form. The back-of-house kitchen and support accommodation is located in the wing to the right. To the left wing are the administration office, baggage handling, garden suites and rooms.

The main feature staircase is positioned to maximise the views to the central garden. It extends vertically to form a light weight semi-transparent, mesh clad campanile. The buildings pivot around this structure, easily visible from the highway beyond. Glass balustraded bridges link the upper wings of rooms on either side of the central volume. Externally, the rooms on two upper floors are defined by strong stucco frames housing a carefully structured alternating pattern of modular, vertical windows and natural timber panel infill.

The strong geometric arc of buildings embraces and encloses the landscaped garden and courtyard spaces. A fully divisible multi-functional conference centre, assembly area, breakaway spaces and support facilities are all linked directly to the main kitchen and back-of-house areas. The gymnasium and indoor/outdoor pool pavilion and outdoor recreation areas are all set below ground level within a green landscaped park. This configuration completes the complex of buildings in the courtyard. The courtyard buildings are angular and orthogonal in plan, contrasting with the soft arc of the main building.

Materials include off-shutter concrete and stucco for the primary structure, with cladding and sun control elements in horizontal timber panelling responding to the main building’s superstructure. Transparent steel and glass internal, umbilical tunnel and walkways provide year round access to the central buildings, protecting guests in inclement weather. Steel, glass and timber, weather canopies and sun protection pergolas are also provided along the fringes of the buildings.