Amangiri

Arriving at Amangiri means crossing the Colorado Plateau before the resort's low concrete forms appear, set into the red rock of Canyon Point, Utah. The building reads as modern architecture in dialogue with its terrain rather than against it. Suites are fitted with air conditioning, televisions and Wi-Fi, practical rather than showy, and each looks onto the desert beyond. It is a quiet building. The Amangiri Resort Restaurant serves Southwest-inspired cuisine, drawing on the region's own food traditions rather than importing another one. Guests can also book the Aman Spa on site for treatments during a stay. For those wanting more separation, Camp Sarika extends the property with ten tented pavilions, each with its own plunge pool, positioned for a more private, adventurous version of the same landscape. The two sit within the same resort but read differently: one a modern structure of concrete and glass, the other canvas and open air. Amangiri opened in 2009, part of a wider group of desert and mountain properties across Utah. The result is a stay built around the plateau itself, where the architecture steps back and lets the rock and light take the foreground.