Fogo Island Inn

THIS 29-ROOM MODERN CLASSIC in Newfoundland is a model for place-specific hospitality, dreamed up by founder Zita Cobb and built by Shorefast, a nonprofit that supports economic and cultural resilience on the hotel's namesake island and runs artist residencies in four isolated, incredibly photogenic studios.

- ARATI MENON

Like those studios, the inn was designed by Newfoundland-born architect Todd Saunders. It's a striking statement on stilts that echoes the vernacular design of the fishing stages where locals still salt and dry their fish. While the hotel is an extravagant presence on an island strewn with tiny saltbox houses, it treads lightly. Its picturesque rooms are filled with locally made furni