Bumi Cinta Architecture

The Hands Behind It

Meet The Architects

Two practices, one shared belief: that a building should give more to the land than it takes.

Pablo Luna

Pablo Luna Studio, Ubud

Pablo Luna is the founder of Pablo Luna Studio, an interdisciplinary architectural and design collective based in Ubud, Bali. He is well known for pioneering sustainable, organic architecture that heavily utilizes bamboo, rammed earth, and other local natural materials.

Pablo was commissioned to envision and execute our vision, starting with the Welcome Hall, and designing our venues’ first stages.

The Welcome Hall is its clearest expression: an elevated oval of bamboo, reclaimed wood, and rammed earth, open to the jungle, the valley, and the sea.

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Dakotah Apostolou

Regenerative Architecture, Bali

Dakotah Apostolou is an architect based in Bali and a top graduate of Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. He specializes in regenerative architecture, land restoration, and values led leadership.

Dakotah has renovated and expanded our venues and accommodations, and added the water management and landslide stabilization systems that hold the land.

He represents the owners and the board as an advisor, directs all site improvements and new builds, and holds Bumi Cinta’s long term direction, keeping the business and the ecology as one decision.

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Rooted In Place

Natural Architecture

Bumi Cinta is a quiet tribute to the land it stands on.

Every structure rises lightly from the earth, built from bamboo, reclaimed wood, rammed earth, and stone, materials chosen for their honesty and their connection to place. Nothing is forced. Nothing is imposed. The architecture listens to the landscape and responds to it.

Each space is guided by a simple principle: that beauty and responsibility are the same thing. Open plans that breathe. Elevated forms that preserve the terrain beneath them. Passive design that works with the climate rather than against it. At Bumi Cinta, sustainability is not a feature. It is the foundation everything else is built on.

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Elevated oval architecture of the Bumi Cinta Welcome Hall

The Art of Building in Harmony

The Welcome Hall is where Bumi Cinta begins. Elevated above the land, the oval structure opens to the jungle, the ocean, and the valley below, offering expansive views from the moment you arrive. Built from bamboo, reclaimed wood, glass, and earth, it balances lightness with solidity, air with weight. A broad terrace extends outward. An open plan lets the breeze and the light move freely through. Two levels connected by a spiral staircase: the upper level receives you into the retreat, the lower hosts our restaurant where guests dine immersed in the living landscape. The kitchen, enclosed in textured rammed earth, grounds the airy structure with warmth.

Every detail here reflects how we build at Bumi Cinta: with recycled materials, bamboo structure, and passive design strategies that minimize impact and preserve the natural terrain. We do not build on the land. We build with it, elevated above it, in quiet dialogue with it. Arrival at Bumi Cinta is not a formality. It is the beginning of the experience itself.

Bamboo bungalow elevated on a stone foundation among the trees

Where Inside and Outside Dissolve

Our bungalows sit lightly on the land, elevated on stone foundations, open to the rhythms of the ocean, the valley, and the sky. Built from bamboo and clad in recycled wood shingles, their curving forms draw from the jungle canopy itself, where openness and shelter naturally coexist. The boundary between inside and outside dissolves here. Light moves freely. The breeze moves freely. The trees and the sea are always in frame.

Staying in the bungalows is an immersive experience. Open fronts flow directly into the surrounding greenery. Guests wake to birdsong, rest under sheltering bamboo arcs, and feel the living landscape as a constant presence rather than a backdrop. Light structure and grounded stone, held together. Protective and expansive at once. This is what it feels like to belong to a place rather than simply visit it.