château for the 21st century
Gehry’s scale model of hotel
Futuristic structure & Elciego village
Elciego village
Pappardelle-like ribbons of stainless steel & Titanium
elaborate facade & Jutting Wood-framed windows
Adjoining Walk over
Fragmented Interior of walkover
canopy and views
façade adjoining detail –pop rivets
reflective stainless steel and views
reception – bespoke copper desk
wine bar seating
soft ply and maple wood bar interiors
ply wood pigeon hole wine display
Burnt amber leather curved fixed seating
Gehry’s Cloud lamps and curved headboard
Alvar Aalto maple chair
Restaurant screen & Verter Panton s chair
Programme 7
Overview
The new landmark Hotel Marqués de Riscal, is a member of the Luxury Collection, and is nestled in the City of Wine. Designed by renowned architect Frank O. Gehry, the hotel is his second masterpiece in Spain, after Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum.
Owner
Gehry's building, owned by the local Marqués de Riscal Winery is more of an international beacon, commissioned by this local winery in order to promote the growing international interest in Spanish wine. Riscal built a hotel with a new image, a new dynamic to improve tourism, and to sell more wine.
History
The winery of Vinos Herederos del Marques de Riscal is located in Elciego, in the Rioja region of Spain, and is one of the oldest wineries in the region. Traditionally the wineries in the region are not open to the public, but as a component of an overall plan to redefine and invigorate its public image, Marques de Riscal commissioned the design of a small building intended to provide a unique experience for visitors to the winery. Today, the Marqués de Riscal Hotel is a true example of modernity and innovation set against the backdrop of an old, traditional winery.
Features
Frank Gehry's building is extraordinary, a tangle of apparelled-like ribbons of pink and gold titanium and mirror finish stainless steel supported by monolithic sandstone columns and a dizzying network of steel.