Maldives

New York-based architectural firm Yuji Yamazaki Architecture (YYA) is behind the design of the Kudadoo Maldives Private Island that opened recently in Lhaviani Atoll, Maldives. With a strong focus on sustainability, this island is distinguished by its impressive solar roof.

Well-heeled visitors to the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island resort can now book a stay in a one-of-a-kind underwater hotel villa. Named Muraka, it features an expansive curved acrylic roof and allows guests to sleep beneath the waves​ without getting wet.

The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island's Muraka undersea villa will accommodate nine guests, stretching over two levels and will boast exclusive views of the surrounding sea life, while guests enjoy an unprecedented holiday experience.

Resorts in the Maldives like Finolhu Villas and the Hurawalhi Island Resort and Spa aim to offer unforgettable luxury experiences, but the soon-to-open Soneva Jani resort will offer something that no others do. Retractable roofs in the bedrooms of its villas will let guests sleep under the stars.

Diners at one of the Maldives' luxury resorts will soon be able to take in not just views across the crystal clear Indian Ocean, but views out under it too. It is claimed that the restaurant at the Hurawalhi resort will be the world's largest underwater restaurant.

Well-heeled visitors wanting to reduce their carbon footprint can now check into what's being promoted as the Maldives' first entirely solar-powered five star resort. Finolhu Villas comprises 52 high-end solar-powered villas.

Taking the view that rising sea levels caused by climate change could eventually result in the loss of the low-lying island country of the Maldives, architecture student Mayank Thammalla envisions moving the country's entire population onto existing oil rigs.

Polish architectural and deep-sea engineering company Deep Ocean Technology has announced that it is to build its Water Discus Hotel next to Kuredhivaru Island in the Maldives.

Though at first glance Huvafen Fushi may resemble a James Bond villain’s undersea lair, it is in fact the world’s only submarine spa.

Architectural firm Dutch Docklands has developed, designed and engineered a master plan for 89 floating islands planned for the Middle East.

This transformed underwater hotel room has guests sleeping with the sharks.