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Hotel at Marques de Rlscal

Elciego (Alava), Spain

Design: commenced 1999


Construction: commenced 2003
Status: expected completion 2006
Number of drawings illustrated: 8

The building IS approached through vine­ The entry plaza leads to a reception area The exterior of the building consists
Located in Elciego, in the Rioja, the winery
and a bar set along the edge of a small fundamentally of a series of rectilinear
of Vi nos Herederos del Marques de Riscal yards and the winery's nineteenth-century
area of the vineyards. An outdoor terrace elements clad in Spanish limestone and
is one of the oldest in the region. Although production facilities. It is raised on
columns, In order to create a small entry leads to a pool, while a covered walkway a series of curvilinear elements clad in
traditional Rioja wineries are not open to
plaza and to take advantage of the extending from the building allows visitors gold and pale pink titanium panels, and
the public, Marques de Riscal commis­
breathtaking views of the vineyards, the to experience the views. Distributed in mirror-finish stainless-steel panels.
sioned the design of a small building that
San Andres Church, and the surrounding throughout the three upper levels of the
would provide a unique visitor experience
town and region. building are fourteen guest bedrooms, a
as part of a plan to redefine and invigorate
wine-tasting room, a 172-seat restaurant,
its public image.
a private dining room, and outdoor dining
terraces, as well as conference facilities.

M14.01
03.11.99

M14.02
04.20.99

M14.03
07.02.99

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I spend a lot of tin1e selecting the n1aterials, the details, and the way a project is going to be built:
the expression. It's about the feeling, the perception of the building as a sensibility. If you want
to be involved with the visual world and make things that are visual, then you have to look at
everything. I spend all n1Y time looking at things and learning about them. There was a period
when I used to look into Iny wastepaper basket and fantasize buildings and forms. FG

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