From the architect. The client for InnHouse provided Oval Partnership with an open brief to build a prototype development of eco-boutique residences in the mountainous rural suburbs of Kunming in Yunnan province. The architect’s response to this site of natural beauty was to create an inspiring and exemplary model of responsible tourism, modeled in a small scale eco-luxury hotel of low density, and integrated with the environment to bring guests into closer contact with their natural surroundings.