The six rooms and suites all feature a king-size bed, a rain shower, a bathtub, and a private balcony and garden space overlooking the Gulf of Thailand. While the 40-square-meter Simply Standard room accommodates two guests, the 60-square-meter Very Deluxe room and the 80-square-meter Only Suite can host up to three and four people, respectively.

After designing private residences, high-rise condos, and office blocks at Thai firm Architects 49, Duangrit Bunnag established his own practice, known simply as DBALP. From the company's hybrid hipster quarters at The Jam Factory—which combines an art gallery, restaurant, coffee shop, and furniture showroom with office space—Bunnag has built a reputation for bold, minimalist projects, and is now a hot commodity in Thailand's ever-expanding hotel scene. The Naka, which sees him slotting simplistic spaces into a complex natural environment, is a perfect illustration of how much he likes to test himself. With Hotel Bocage in Hua Hin, a Brutalist minimalistic haven a few hours from Bangkok, this visionary architect has finally stepped into entrepreneurial shoes: “It has always been a dream of mine to create a brand that allows me to have an ongoing relationship with a project,” he says.