Hotel Silken Puerta América

Hotel Silken Puerta América
General information
Location	Avenida de América [es], 41
Town or city	Madrid, Spain

Hotel Silken Puerta América is a luxury Silken Hotel in Madrid, Spain. The exterior was designed by Jean Nouvel. The hotel's most defining characteristic is the design of each floor by a different architectural firm, including those of Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Ron Arad and Arata Isozaki.^[1]

List of architects

Along with the exterior design by Nouvel, each floor was designed by a different architectural firm:

• Parking: Teresa Sapey
• Ground floor/lobby: John Pawson
• Floor 1: Zaha Hadid
• Floor 2: Norman Foster
• Floor 3: David Chipperfield
• Floor 4: Plasma Studio (Eva Castro) and Holger Kehne
• Floor 5: Victorio & Lucchino
• Floor 6: Marc Newson
• Floor 7: Ron Arad
• Floor 8: Kathryn Findlay
• Floor 9: Richard Gluckman
• Floor 10: Arata Isozaki
• Floor 11: Javier Mariscal and Fernando Salas
• Floor 12: Jean Nouvel

The restaurant was designed by Christian Liaigre, the bar by Marc Newson, and illumination of the hotel was carried out by Jason Bruges and Arnold Chan.

References

1. More Art Hotels Around the World; Spain Hotel Silken Puerta América, Madrid

External links

• Hotel Silken website

40.4407°N 3.6700°W / 40.4407; -3.6700