Block722 architects+

Casa Cook Samos

Casa Cook Samos

CASA COOK SAMOS

Block722

ARCHITECTS
Block722

INTERIOR STYLIST AND MODEL
Priszcilla Varga

CLIENT
Ftc Hotels

MASTER PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE
Block722

ART DIRECTOR
Tobias Gaertner, Vision Alphabet

SOFTSCAPE & PLANTING DESIGN
Archetopo Landscape Architecture

CREATIVE DIRECTION
Block722

HARDSCAPE DESIGN
Block722, Outside Landscape Architecture

ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION
Block722, Fat Tony Studio

HOTEL OWNER
Velos Tourism Sa

PROJECT MANAGER
Ballian Techniki

INTERIOR DESIGN
Block722, Vasilis Nikos

FF&E
Block722, Vasilis Nikos, Ballian Techniki

LIGHTING DESIGN
Skia Lighting 

CONTRACTOR
Ballian Techniki

ΒRANDING STRATEGY & POSITIONING
Vision Alphabet

ART
Anastasia Sachtaridou

STRUCTURAL &MEP ENGINEERING & CONSULTANT
Pck Pagonis-polychronopoulos-kinatos Co & Pg, Kamarinos Consulting Engineers

STATUS
Build

PHOTOS
Ana Santl (1)

SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Samos Prefecture, Greece

TYPE
Hospitality + Sport › Hotel

Casa Cook Samos redefines laidback luxury. Tailor made for the refined hospitality brand’s dedicated outpost in the Eastern Aegean Sea island, the project draws on its rich, Mediterranean context.

Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos

Effortlessness, considered design, and an atmosphere of understated indulgence meet Casa Cook’s strong sense of community, interpreted through Block722’s signature lens of contemporary organic minimalism.

The result is a highly sophisticated environment that engulfs guests in ultimate relaxation.

The retreat’s complex – including 128 rooms, a restaurant and wellness centre, as well as a wealth of outdoors areas – is situated on the island’s southern side.

Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos

The site, set within a deep, seaside plot, interweaves rich planting and cool water features, stretching out towards an idyllic, sandy beach.

Block722’s architecture takes its cues from the local Samos vernacular, in particular the low-scale, tight-knit dwellings of its villages.

Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos

This influence helps carve out the project’s identity, expressed as clusters of low, softly pared down volumes of individual bungalows and rooms of various sizes.

The careful, sculptural articulation of each building ensures the whole is broken down to a comfortable, human scale and the design reads as a small, picturesque village that feels instantly at home in its setting.

Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos

A strong water element – a series of ponds, small canals and swimming pools - runs through the complex, between the buildings, bringing the various verdant outdoor spaces together and providing a cooling feature and omnipresent, unifying canvas for Casa Cook.

The architecture’s material palette is defined by warm grey tones, textured surfaces that invite the touch, and the region’s abundant nature of wild olive trees, palms and pines.

Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos

The terracotta hues of Greek ceramics found on the island played a key role in the choice of colours, while Italian cotto tiles, stone, timber, terrazzo, butter-soft leather and ethereal fabrics, provide layering to the composition.

At the same time, the project’s planted roofs further enrich the scheme’s green element. This feature also supports the region’s biodiversity and ecosystems.

Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos

Handcrafted pieces and carefully chosen contemporary furniture populate the rooms, transforming them into a haven of calm.

This cocooning environment energises the guests, whether they choose to spend their time in their private quarters or making the most of the resort’s range of spa, hammam, exercise and beauty offerings.

Defining the edge of the complex towards the sea, the Beach House restaurant offers panoramic views of blue waters and the infinite horizon ahead.

Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos

The space, created in the same style as the accommodation areas, is open to guests beyond the hotel’s enclave, effortlessly weaving the resort into the vibrant, local island life.


Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos
Casa Cook Samos

Block722 architects+
T +30 21 09249769 T+30 21 03617081
Block722 architects+
14, Ardittou str, Athina 116 36, Greece