W Barcelona Hotel / Ricardo Bofill

W Barcelona Hotel / Ricardo Bofill

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Barcelona, Spain
  • Geothecnic: Uriel y asociados (Tomas Murillo)
  • Hotel Structure: Ideam
  • Parking Structure: Eduardo Palao
  • Installations: Jordi Oste, Carlos Morancho, Pau Riera, Projectes s.a.
  • Collabor Loghting: Birgit Walter
  • Collaborator Urban Surrounding: Jordi Henrich
  • Projectes S L (Engineering): Jordi Oste, Carles Morancho, Pau Riera
  • Structure Engineering Ideam Enterprise: Francisco Millanes, Luís Matute, Miguel Ortega
  • Project Directors: Ricardo Bofill, Jean Pierre Carniaux
  • Architectectural Construction Director: José Maria Rocías
  • Collaborator Lighting: Birgit Walter
  • Engineering: Jordi Oste, Carles Morancho, Pau Riera
  • Structure Engineering: Luís Matute, Miguel Ortega, Francisco Millanes
  • City: Barcelona
  • Country: Spain
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W Barcelona Hotel / Ricardo Bofill - Coast
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Text description provided by the architects. W Barcelona Hotel, located on the new entrance of Barcelona’s Port appears as a modern icon rising above the Mediterranean sea, and is the landmark of this new area to be developed with high-end retail, office and entertainment venues. A sail shaped building on a 10 hectares land claimed from the sea, is included in an ambitious urban renovation plan of Barcelona coastline. W Barcelona Hotel is a five star-hotel with 480 rooms, 67 suites, a roof top bar, large spa, indoor and outdoor pool, several food and beverage concepts and a retail store.

W Barcelona Hotel / Ricardo Bofill - Waterfront, Cityscape
© Ricardo Bofill

The closest volume to the sea is a thin building 105 meters high perpendicular to the dike (1 underground level, 1 ground floor level and 26 storey). The reflecting façade of silver glass blends with the colours of the sky and the sparkles of the sea. Its allegoric shape is a reference point. This volume is inserted in the low atrium building, the lobby of which reveals views of the sea and enjoys zenith natural light. Public functions are accommodated under a platform conceived as two huge terraces. A big congress room with a large window over the sea breaks with its volume the horizontal lines of the base of the building.

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Cite: "W Barcelona Hotel / Ricardo Bofill" 29 May 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/297165/w-barcelona-hotel-ricardo-bofill> ISSN 0719-8884

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