Bucket List Lodging

10.16.09 - Totally Radical
Hospitality Design

Taking a cue from "The Bucket List," a film scripted around two baby boomers' to-do list of life experiences before "kicking the bucket," the WATG Seattle team sought ways to provide hassle-free, eco-friendly, adventure travel for a target audience too affluent and too mature to find backpacking all that appealing.
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9.22.09 - HD Boutique: Radical Innovation in Hospitality
HD Magazine

Of 18 qualified entries, five were honored for excellence in innovation: Pixel Hotel by a group of Austrian architects; Zephyr Resort: The Twenty-first Century Limited by Cagley and Tanner, Las Vegas, which was first runner-up; Bucket List by WATG's Seattle office; and Cliff Hanger by HKS Hill Glazier Studio, Dallas. Benedicte Garby's Industry Hotel, an idea for an abandoned factory-cum-hotel, won the judges' special award for best student project.
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9.17.09 - The Cliff Hanger and Three Other Radical Hotel Ideas
Fast Company

Did you ever think Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson could inspire a design concept? Based on the premise of the 2007 film The Bucket List, this concept focuses on those long to-do lists comprised of everything you want to do before you 'kick the bucket.' But the problem with many of these dream destinations is their remoteness--African safari, Alaskan glaciers--compounded by the fact that most of these travelers are post-retirement age and need some level of resort-quality amenities. Bucket List Lodging (BLL) uses a combination of eco-friendly design, modular accommodations, and mobility solutions to bring these extraordinary must-see locations to the Baby Boomer generation and their extended families.
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