Hotel Silken Puerta América Madrid (Madrid, Spain) : Detail, enclosed lobby area and car port canopy on Avenida de América, looking north, another small cafe seating area

Creator:

Foster, Norman Robert, 1935-
Isozaki Arata 磯崎新, 1931-
Nouvel, Jean, 1945-

Published/Created:

Avenida de América, 41, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2003-2005

Physical Description:

34,000 m2 (area)

Date Depicted:

5/15/2008

Materials:

vinyl panels

Notes:

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.

Variant Titles:

Puerta América Hotel

Topics:

Architecture -- Spain -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Twenty-first century

Culture:

Spanish

Accession Number:

1A1-NJ-HPAM-A17

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
public accommodations: hotels (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

buildings; hotels (public accommodations)

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Eight

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/15/2008 12:00:00 AM

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4654

OID:

10892986

PID:

digcoll:1820289