An astonishing hotel and villas, designed by famed resort architect Jean-Michel Gathy, with unique interiors by the remarkable Philippe Starck and run by GHM, hotel management vehicle of the world’s leading hotelier, Adrian Zecha of Aman Resorts fame.

Heavenly cuisine, a gorgeous spa, a hundred metres of pool, a state-of-the-art recording studio, library, wine room with underground cave, a chocolate room… A place to relax or to play, to be what you want to be, or simply to be yourself.

For those who crave utter escape from the greyness and pettiness of the world, the private Club Villas – which are now available for purchase – form an exclusive hotel within the hotel. Close by, the huge Villa Estates, all absolute waterfront, with their master pavilion and three guest pavilions, each with pool, are the ultimate place for families or groups of friends.

Down on the water, providing swift access to Phang Nga Bay and all its wonders, any time, any day, is The Yamu private 39-berth deep-water marina.

An exclusive community of 30 spacious and elegant private mansions, all in waterfront locations and also designed by the Gathy/Starck team, the homes at The Cape stand out because of their unique living pavilions with steeply pitched roof – a salute to traditional Asia yet at the same time utterly modern.

Exotic tropical hardwoods, luxurious textiles and the rich imaginations of Gathy and Starck combine with the 180-degree sea-and-islands panorama to make these homes among the most desirable in the world.

Each, naturally, has a swimming pool, along with reflecting ponds, all surrounded by extensive tropical gardens alive with birds and butterflies. Owners also have access to the Clubhouse with its restaurant/bar, delicatessen, fitness centre, and tennis courts – everything for those who want a unique lifestyle. They may also choose to use any of the facilities at The Yamu hotel.

The ethereal architecture of homes at The Bay, by KplusK of Hong Kong, plays with light. Sometimes it seems as if there are no walls at all, just cubes of brightness and shade, cubes of air with cool open spaces between. Huge windows bring the outside in, and the inside out.

As the architects themselves put it, “The definition of each villa is light, the relationship of the architecture with sun, sea and sky is intense. This lightness of approach offers many ways for each owner to personalize the way in which to live in them. It is liberating.”

The villas range in interior space from 253 square meters to 470 (four bedrooms), with external living areas of as much as 460 square meters. Land plots range up to 1,900 square metres, some of them with sea views to both south and north.

Behind Cape Yamu is Campbell Kane, a private company registered in Thailand involved in developing luxury residential, hotel and commercial properties across the Asia market. 

Thanks to the company’s clear vision of the future and its collaboration with leading partners including Philippe Starck, Jean-Michel Gathy and Adrian Zecha’s GHM, each of Campbell Kane’s projects is of the highest quality and creativity. Each is unique.

In The Yamu, The Cape and The Bay, Campbell Kane has created three new brands that have already garnered admiring recognition among the cognoscenti and the sophisticated in lands far from Phuket.