Hotel Silken Puerta América Madrid
Nouvel, Jean; Isozaki, Arata; Foster, Norman Robert; Hadid, Zaha
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Alternative Title
Puerta América Hotel
Date
2003-2005Description
Three quarter view of V-shaped rear and short northwest wall from Calle del Corazon de Maria; Part of the Hoteles Silken hotel chain. While the facade (and 12th floor) is the work of the French architect Jean Nouvel, each of the hotel's 12 floors from the elevator lobbies down to the blankets and bathrobes has been conceived by powerhouse architects and design studios, among them Arata Isozaki, Norman Foster, Marc Newson, Ron Arad, Richard Gluckman, Javier Mariscal, Victorio & Lucchino and Zaha Hadid. With public spaces like the Black Tears restaurant designed by Christian Liaigre and the underground garage by Teresa Sapey, the Puerta América can bill itself as "12 floors with 19 stars." The facade is covered with a rainbow of vinyl panels acting as brise-soleils (sun shades). When unfurled, the screens reveal phrases from Paul Éluard's poem "Freedom." Source: New York Times [online archive]; http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html (accessed 5/7/2013)
Type of Work
hotel (public accommodation)Subject
architecture, contemporary (1960 to present), interior design, collaborative work, Twenty-first century
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