Overview
The building of the hotel, the work of the architects C. Ferrater and J.M. Carta, won the National Prize for Architecture and Construction for 1992-1993. Inaugurated by the King and Queen in 1992, shortly before the Olympic Games, the hotel is a faithful exponent el the "new frontier" of the hotel sector in Barcelona. Of spectacular and daring design, the hotel balances the beauty and elegance of such classic and noble materials as marble and wood with the sobriety and strength of concrete, steel, and glass.
The hotel's most spectacular space is the lobby. Dominated by a sculpture of X. Corber, it constitutes a kind of interior patio which, as a vantage point in the form of a pyramid, gives access on each floor to the salons and guest rooms through surrounding hallways. The panoramic lifts, which rise along the walls of the lobby, become privileged viewing sites above such a monumental space, offering a perspective both unusual and bold. |
