Sumei Tianya Coast Boutique Hotel, Sanya

Sunya Sky Coast Boutique Hotel sits near Tianya Haijiao, Sanya's famous scenic corner on Hainan Island, with unobstructed sea views and the sound of waves almost within earshot. Designed by Gengshang Design, with architecture and interior and soft furnishings by the same studio and design directors Li Liangchao and Huang Yuanman, the 3,200-square-meter hotel was completed in December 2021. The exterior is read in two ways: from outside, the building rises and falls like rolling waves; from inside, each wave peak frames an independent picture window that gives guests an undisturbed, fixed view. The ground-floor lobby is a multi-use field of reception, lounge, photo moments and afternoon tea rather than a single-function front desk; a shallow-water terrace, its edge shaped like a winding coastline, becomes a multi-functional counter and layers visually with the infinity pool and the sea. The designer relies on pure white to set the emotional tone: white contrasts sharply with sky, sea and sunset, works as a universal photographic backdrop, and is chosen for lasting power rather than trend. Within rigorous aesthetic proportions, blue sky, turquoise sea, sand and palms are captured in round arched frames through which the eye moves freely. On the lower level, a bar connects to the infinity pool in a free, lightly partitioned layout that can operate separately or combine into a pool-party venue; the pool merges visually with the sea beyond. On the rooftop, the view of distant green hills and open ocean is pushed to its maximum, divided into leisure viewing, conversation, hot-spring soaking and photo moments that evoke Mykonos. A sky-mirror of shallow water, stepped stone, sunken seating and arched installations compose picture points; circles nested in squares and stacked rings give the onsen a layered, boundless depth. Skylights above the beds bring starlight, and the designer dissolves the literal door at arched transitions, leaving only free passage. When lying in bed, the eye meets the sea level on the horizon.