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Hotel Silken Puerta América, avant-garde design

Room designed by Plasma Studio at the Silken Puerta América Hotel in Madrid
Room designed by Plasma Studio at the Silken Puerta América Hotel in Madrid
Room designed by Plasma Studio at the Silken Puerta América Hotel in Madrid
Room designed by Plasma Studio at the Silken Puerta América Hotel in Madrid

If you are passionate about avant-garde architecture, one of the most original hotels with the most surprising design that you can find in Madrid is undoubtedly the Silken Puerta América Hotel.

Although its very colorful façade announces that you are in front of a different hotel, it is when you have the opportunity to see its interior that you are totally surprised by the daring designs of the hotel. avant-garde architecture that each of its plants presents.

Located at the entrance to Madrid on the A4, from Barcelona and the Barajas airport (Avda América 41), the Silken Puerta América Hotel is the result of an original project carried out by the Silken chain in which 19 of them have participated.the best architectural studies and designers of the world.

Facade of the Hotel Silken Puerta América in Madrid
Facade of the Hotel Silken Puerta América in Madrid

In this project that makes this one so different 5 star luxury hotel, the different studios had complete freedom to design the hotel spaces, playing with different materials, colors and shapes.

The result is that each of the 12 floors of the Silken Puerta América Hotel shows us a architectural design completely different, whose common point is innovation and daring.

Thus, when you have the opportunity to see the lobby, the corridors or the rooms on the different floors, you can appreciate the different proposals of each designer in which the colors white, black and red prevail.

Room designed by Zaha Hadid at the Silken Puerta América Hotel in Madrid
Room designed by Zaha Hadid at the Silken Puerta América Hotel in Madrid

It is the first floor that has the most demand from the hotel's guests. Hotel Puerta America to stay in one of their rooms. This is due to the desire to see the original design made by Zaha Hadid, the first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize, considered the Nobel Prize for architecture.

But you can also see completely different designs, like the one on the fourth floor, Plasma Studio, with its corridors more typical of a futuristic spaceship, or the one on the 12th floor, designed by Jean Nouvel, in which black and darkness prevail, and which has twelve suites.

This French architect was also in charge of the design of the colorful facade and the penthouse, where you can enjoy an indoor pool with red lighting. In the attic you have the opportunity to look out over a glass walkway to enjoy excellent panoramic views of Madrid.

Floor plan designed by Plasma Studio at the Silken Puerta América Hotel in Madrid
Floor plan designed by Plasma Studio at the Silken Puerta América Hotel in Madrid

Other prominent architects and designers who have been in charge of designing the different floors are N, Katryn Findlay, Ronb Arad, and the Spanish Victorio & Lucchino, Javier Mariscal y Ferdinand Salas.

When staying at the Silken Puerta América Hotel You have the possibility of choosing the floor you want, and at the reception you can see photos of the different designs in order to select your room.

As for room prices at Hotel Puerta América, you can stay there for from 120 euros (early booking rate, and depending on time of year) on weekends.

Of course, the very exclusive suites on the 12th floor, designed by Jean Nouvel, also have a super-exclusive price.

Penthouse pool at the Silken Puerta América Hotel in Madrid
Penthouse pool at the Silken Puerta América Hotel in Madrid

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José Luis Sarralde

Journalist and traveler throughout his life, José Luis Sarralde is the founder of Guías Viajar, where since 2008 he has been capturing his travel experiences around the world, specializing in cultural and scenic destinations in Spain and Europe.

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