Designing Paradise With Bill Bensley
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The pressures of the growing population in the Cardamon National Park to continue poaching wildlife and log illegally may be the most challenging project of Bill Bensley's life. How does he find the compromise between hungry locals and the staunch conservationists? 21:23 Expired
Bill Bensley designed this Asian classic hotel, Four Seasons Chiang Mai, in 1992 and since then has been employed as the visual policeman to maintain and renovate. This episode catches Bill planning the latest batch of renovations and he also visits his favourite local cache of antiquities. Can the old dame of Chiang Mai ... 22:24 Expired
Aptly named as The Slate, one of Bill Bensley's first creations is a beach resort like no other. This Tin Mine themed resort offers brutal iron and concrete décor along with cutlery that looks more like a box of spanners. Does that put guests off? Quite the opposite it seems, especially as the hotel offers fine dining with... 22:21 Expired
Shrouded in clouds and perched in one of the highest colonial hill stations in Indochina, architect Bill Bensley has designed from scratch the Hotel de la Coupole of Sapa, Vietnam. Bill explores how the relationship of the fashions of the indigenous hill tribes are juxtaposed with those of the haute couture in 1900's Pari... 22:34 Expired
Rajasthan is not the easiest place in India to build a five star palace. Architect Bill Bensley struggles, but sticks to his unique DNA methods and works with the strengths of the local craftsmen to create one of the worlds most treasured accommodations. But will you love the results? 22:23 Expired
Yen Tu mountain in Vietnam attracts millions of Buddhist pilgrims yearly wishing for better fortune, and which has resulted in chaotic building practices. Architect Bill Bensley took charge, cleared the slate and the chaos, and actually implemented a huge master plan that resulted in the visual harmony and simplicity that ... 24:21 Expired
Located just off the Mekong in the Golden Triangle of opium fame, Bill Bensley has set up camp for the Four Seasons, a home to a maximum of 30 happy campers and 26 very lucky relocated street elephants, set free in the resort's wild country. Lauded three years in a row as the number one hotel in the world, Bensley explains... 23:14 Expired
Bensley is bonkers about saving each and every one of the 854 coconut trees that occupies this pristine bay in Koh Samui, Thailand. In the end coconuts penetrate in the most amusing ways, and in all aspects of the resort. So here Bill's philosophy of minimal intervention prevails in a most sexy manner. Will the results sti... 22:39 Expired
On the sparsely populated tropical island off the coast of Cambodia, Bensley has reconstructed and renovated the C19th Lamarck University grounds into Asia's most unique resort; JW Marriott Phuquoc. So It's back to school in Vietnam and a stunning hotel on the southern tip of the Island Phu Quoc themed as the Lamarck Unive... 22:48 Expired
World renowned architect and interior designer Bill Bensley honours the Khmer king Jayavarman with the new Shinta Mani Angkor Bensley Collection, providing experiences and private gardens for the guests to enjoy while helping the local community. 23:38 Expired
World renowned architect and interior designer Bill Bensley has set out to recreate the base camp of the Dutch army during the 1756 invasion at Capella Ubud in Bali, and his mission is to do it without moving a single palm tree. 23:01 Expired
In the name of recycling, renowned architect and interior designer Bill Bensley scours the world's markets for antiquities to renovate the Rosewood Luang Prabang, a hill station turned resort in Laos. It is unclear if will be able to open it before the first guests arrive. 25:02 Expired
In Bangkok, world renowned architect and interior designer Bill Bensley and his team are creating some of the world's best hotels. While Bill laments the loss of charm the city held decades ago, he offers a solution with the Siam Hotel.