Maze-like stairways and optical illusions are designed to trick the eyes of lodgers at this MC Escher-inspired guesthouse in the city of Guilin, China.
Located by the Li River in Guilin, a prefecture city in the northeast of China's Guangxi region, the guesthouse is comprised of differently themed rooms, with two designed by Shenzhen-based Studio 10. These guest rooms are called Dream and Maze.

Guesthouse owner Feifei Yi asked the studio for a creative and otherworldly renovation that would reflect the nature of the hotel as a "hideout from the bustling world", while making the best use of the existing seven-metre-high structure with a pitched roof.
"After visiting the site for the first time, which was just an unfinished, concrete room, we saw the opportunity to do something special, spatially, as the space was unusually high and felt almost like a chapel," said the studio. "Some obscure thoughts started to emerge."
Inspired by the work of Dutch graphic artist Escher ? known for his eye-tricking illustrations ? the studio set out to create a "mysterious, infinite and impossible space", merging 2D and 3D elements to produce a series of optical illusions.
"The challenge was in keeping the balance between the practical need of a hotel suite and the illusionary, spatial effect we wanted to achieve," the studio told Dezeen.

The two whimsical interiors feature puzzling arched doorways and anti-gravitational staircases, based...