UMI Hotel stands in the countryside near Hvolsvöllur, around two kilometres from Iceland’s Ring Road, with the southern coast and Eyjafjallajökull shaping the outlook. Its 28 rooms use a restrained palette and materials inspired by Icelandic autumn colours and landscape textures, with accommodation facing either the mountains or ocean side of the property. The restaurant looks towards the Westman Islands and southern coastline, while the lounge bar turns towards Eyjafjallajökull. Low-slung architecture, open fields and the nearby black-sand shore keep the hotel closely tied to the exposed landscape of Iceland’s south.