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Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain · Renaissance · Core Luxury
Jean Nouvel's two 110-metre towers at Fira de Barcelona opened in 2012 as a white-and-black answer to Toyo Ito's red-tube Hotel Porta Fira next door, Ribas & Ribas on the collaboration. Palm-frond windows punch the facade so a vertical garden of 293 palms can read from the street, and Palmer, the restaurant on the 14th floor, sits in that canopy. El Cel's rooftop pool looks back over the city.
- 357 rooms
- Opened 2012
- Neighborhood: el Gornal
- Rooms from 258 sq ft (24 m²)
- Architect: Jean Nouvel; Ribas & Ribas
About Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel
- The atrium stacks 293 palm trees and 30 plant species from five continents, visible through windows cut like palm fronds.
- Jean Nouvel and Ribas & Ribas set the black-and-white towers against Toyo Ito's red Hotel Porta Fira on Plaça d'Europa.
- Palmer, the 14th-floor restaurant, sits inside the vertical garden; El Cel is the rooftop terrace and seasonal pool.
History
Renaissance Barcelona Fira opened in September 2012 on Plaça d'Europa in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, two 110-metre towers by Jean Nouvel with Ribas & Ribas, built as a black-and-white counterpoint to Toyo Ito's red-tube Hotel Porta Fira beside the Fira de Barcelona Gran Via halls. The perforated facade uses palm-frond windows so a vertical garden of 293 palms and plants from five continents reads from the rooms and from the street. Palmer occupies the 14th-floor canopy; El Cel is the rooftop terrace.
Amenities
- 'Palmer' restaurant located on the 14th floor amidst the vertical garden canopy
- Fitness center with a heated whirlpool and solarium
- 11 module-based meeting rooms with capacity for up to 1,000 people
- Guest rooms featuring a unique black-and-white chromatic design and leaf-shaped windows
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