The Group: The award winning boutique hotels by Anouska Hempel Design are imaginative, stylish and visionary. Blakes London is one of the most enduring hotels in the world and it is often the blueprint for fashionable small hotels worldwide. Blakes Amsterdam takes its inspiration from the Dutch East India Company which adds warmth, colour and spice to traditional Dutch architecture. The Hempel, is known for being London's first minimalist hotel. In 2009 the Grosvenor House Apartments on Park Lane and La Suite were opened by Anouska Hempel Design. In 2010 Warapuru in Brazil will open its doors to guests and promises to be 'an awe-inspiring monolithic work of minimalist grandeur' which is certainly a description to live up to.

The List: Blakes London; Blakes Amsterdam; The Hempel, London; Grosvenor House, London;and La Suite, London.

Anouska Hempel

The Creator: Anouska Hempel is one of the world's most celebrated designers and her work spans architecture, interior design, haute couture, fashion, garden and product design. Her philosophy behind the design of the hotels is utopian. The hotels' design is a fusion of west meets east, classical and contemporary. Anouska has a team of highly qualified and celebrated architects, artists, craftsmen and designers working with herto help achieve the signature Anouska Hempel Design look.

New Luxury Hotels: Warapuru, Brazil

Luxury links: www.anouskahempeldesign.com