Hotel Puerta America
According to my girlfriend, this is old news. The Hotel Puerta America is a fancy schmancy designer hotel in Madrid, Spain. Instead of hiring just one guy, take Marc Newson for instance, they hire 19 in total. The inimitable Newson has his place designening one entire floor worth of rooms but its his work for the hotel bar that shines. There's 12 floors worth of rooms in total and its one designer/firm per floor. So you got a good mix of Jean Nouvel (who also did the facade), Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster, Ron Arad and Javier Marischal among others. There's even someone to do the parking and landscaping plus they commisoned a sculptor for a special piece. The Puerta America is run by the Silken group, which typically only had hotels in Spain. They are now opening new ones in Brussels and London, with Norman Foster doing the latter entirely. I already know where I'm staying when I'm in Madrid.
