Exterior
Exterior
Lift shaft and 'Evo' restaurant
Hesperia by night
Entrance by night
Casual bar
Bamboo partitioning
Casual bar atrium
Casual bar atrium and staircase
Lobby light
Lobby light
Lobby light
Lobby table and chair
Glass artwork in the Lobby
The Hesperia Tower's crowning glory
Panoramic views of Barcelona from the Evo restaurant
Programme 6
Overview
Hotel Hesperia Tower was conceived and designed by Richard Rogers to be a landmark on Barcelona's new skyline.
Architect
Recognisably the work of the Richard Rogers Partnership, in collaboration with local architects Alonso-Balagauer, the Hesperia Tower wears its services, such as elevators and fire-escape stairs, on its sleeve. Richard Rogers is best known for such pioneering buildings as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the headquarters for Lloyd's of London, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the Millennium Dome in London, and his practice designed the National Assembly's Senedd building in Cardiff.
History
The opening of the Hesperia Tower in 2006 has been a major contribution to the urban transformation of the L'Hospitalet de Llobregat area of Barcelona.
Features
Rogers' trademark exo-skeletal design - structural beams painted bright red and blue - is an eye-catcher. The design places lift and services towers at the edge of the building as ‘servant spaces', with the lower floors of the 30-storey tower devoted to public spaces within an open and transparent ‘container'. Interior Designers GCA have continued the contemporary look in the bedrooms but with sumptuous textures of velvet, silk and leather combined with a noble colour palette that wouldn't look out of place in a gentleman's club. Rich, dark, lacquered timber furnishings have been combined with soft furnishings of deep aubergine, burgundy and gold. The only slightly extraneous detailing is the purely decorative crystal tassels that hang down from above the bed.