Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design Goes to Read Land Hotel by Liang Nie
The international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Liang Nie for hospitality, recreation, travel and tourism design
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COMO, Italy, April 21, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design category for Read Land Hotel by Liang Nie. The recognition forms part of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Read Land Hotel
Read Land is a hotel set in a sports park and surrounded by mountains, water and greenery. The hotel provides accommodation and also dedicated spaces for Zen meditation. Two buildings are joined by a corridor and contain 46 guest rooms, a restaurant, a lobby and two conference rooms. Ergonomically designed meditation areas are placed in the guest rooms and in the public areas. Bamboo, wood, grass, linen and stone give the interiors a simple and calm character. A large water feature and bamboo screens create a sense of openness within a limited area.
About Liang Nie
As a professional designer, he excels in schematic design and creative design, with particular expertise in Zen tea space design and a profound interest in Eastern culture. He also undertakes commercial space and private residence design projects. Possessing acute visual thinking, he accurately grasps proportion and scale, and can promptly identify and resolve formal issues in design schemes. He leads a 10‑member design studio and fulfills his social responsibilities through active tax compliance. He stands out for his distinctive ability to integrate Zen tea culture into design, coupled with highly efficient problem‑solving capabilities.
Award Record
This recognition makes Liang Nie a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design Award
The A' Hospitality Design Award is an international hospitality design competition recognizing good hospitality designs by best hospitality designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to hospitality designers, architects, hospitality brands and hotel chains from all countries. Entries typically include hotels, restaurants, resorts, cafes, bars and cruise ships. Awarded hospitality designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/hospitality
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/178012
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/178012
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!178012
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/375370
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://d.0j7.cn/m6hFuU
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Read Land Hotel
- Function
- Hotel
- Category
- Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design
- Discipline
- Service Design
- Industry
- Food & Hospitality and Sports
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Rosy Brown, Gray, Dim Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Liang Nie
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #178012
Credits
- Image Credits
- Picture No. 01: Designer Nie Liang, "Tatami Multifunctional Room", 2025
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Nestled in a sports park, this hotel is surrounded by picturesque landscapes of mountains, waters, and verdant greenery. It not only serves the accommodation function but also creates differentiated Zen practice scenarios, providing customers with Zen meditation activities and check-in experiences. It emphasizes both "accommodation comfort" and "Zen practice ritual sense". Ergonomically designed meditation spaces are featured in both guest rooms and public areas.
- Inspiration
- Urban residents urgently need "slow living" and "spiritual healing", driving demand for Zen-based spiritual liberation. This project draws inspiration from Eastern Zen culture (Buddhist Zen practices like sitting meditation, mindfulness) and spatial aesthetics (Japanese dry landscape gardens, Chinese Zen gardens). Differentiating from traditional hotels that only focus on accommodation, this Zen retreat hotel will create professional scenarios for spiritual practice and meditation healing.
- Research
- The rapid economic development and fast paced life have brought people mounting pressure and anxiety. Some insightful people therefore long for a return to authenticity. This is the essence of Zen culture and the original intention behind our hotel. The Zen philosophy is evolving from a niche cultural phenomenon into a core force driving business innovation, social harmony and the evolution of design aesthetics.
- Challenge
- Our greatest challenge was how to create the artistic effects of spaciousness and serenity within the space. With limited usable area, achieving a sense of spaciousness requires leaving blank areas to inspire imagination. We introduced a large water feature to evoke a feeling of openness. Furthermore, we applied elements such as bamboo curtains and grilles to create a view that is visible yet not fully exposed, leaving room for imagination and reflecting the artistic connotation of the space.
- Realization and Technology
- To express the Zen mood and realize the function of Zen practice in the hotel space, we convey the artistic conception of the space through emptiness, seclusion, simplicity, tranquility and elegance; in terms of materials, we use simple and natural materials such as bamboo, wood, grass, linen and stone to decorate the space and shape its temperament.
- Operation and Interaction
- Unlike traditional hotels, this one features dedicated meditation facilities that immerse guests in a tranquil, Zenlike atmosphere. Serving as both a meditation experience space and a popular photo spot, this unique offering sets the hotel apart and gives it a distinct competitive edge over others.
- Project Duration and Location
- The design of this project was launched in Xuzhou, China in February 2024, completed in July 2024 with the construction started immediately, the construction was finished in May 2025, and the hotel opened for business in Xuzhou in May 2025.
- Specifications
- The hotel has two buildings connected by a corridor with a total area of 2870 square meters. It has 46 guest rooms, 22 double rooms of about 28 to 33 square meters each and 24 single rooms of around 25 to 28 square meters each. There is an 83 square meter restaurant with 42 seats, a 76 square meter lobby and two conference rooms covering 190 square meters in total. The bigger one can hold 88 people.
- Keywords
- Zen, Silence, Realm, Space, Minimal, Nature, Secluded, Healing
