Costa Navarino Stories have featured an article that traces the origins of Mandarin Oriental and how the design team of K-Studio & Tombazis Architects, brought the concept of the local architectural stone structures of "mandria" into the complex & contemporary needs of a resort.

The piece also highlights the seamless connection of architecture & interior design, for which Alexander Waterworth, Afroditi Studio and MKV are responsible, under one uniform philosophy of natural elegance, environmental respect, and local inspiration.