The Hotel Meliá Barcelona Sky is a skyscraper designed by
Dominique Perrault
Dominique Perrault (born 9 April 1953 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a French architect and urban planner. He became world known for the design of the French National Library, distinguished with the Silver medal for town planning in 1992 and the Mies va ...
located in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
,
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. The building is tall and has 31 floors and 258 rooms. It is the fourth-tallest building in Barcelona after
Torre Mapfre
Torre Mapfre is a skyscraper in the Port Olímpic (Olympic Port), the maritime neighborhood of the Old City of Barcelona in Spain. It is named after its owner, Mapfre, an insurance company.
Also present in the tower are: Haufe Group, Kantox, ...
,
Hotel Arts
The Hotel Arts is a 44-storey, 483 room luxury hotel on the seafront of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is operated by Ritz-Carlton.
History
Contrary to popular belief, it was not built to service the 1992 Summer Olympics, though its constr ...
, and
Torre Agbar ''Torre'' (plurals ''torri'' and ''torres'') means ''tower'' in seven Romance languages (Portuguese language, Portuguese, Spanish language, Spanish, Galician language, Galician, Catalan language, Catalan, Italian language, Italian, Occitan language, ...
.
The building is located at the junction of
Avinguda Diagonal
Avinguda Diagonal (, in Spanish Avenida Diagonal) is the name of one of Barcelona's broadest and most important avenues. It cuts the city in two, diagonally with respect to the grid pattern of the surrounding streets, hence the name.
It was ori ...
and carrer de Pere IV, in the district of
el Poblenou
El Poblenou (; ) is an extensive neighborhood of Barcelona ( Sant Martí district) that borders the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Sant Adrià del Besòs to the east, Parc de la Ciutadella in Ciutat Vella to the west, and Sant Andreu to the nort ...
.
The hotel was conquered by
Alain Robert
Alain Robert (born as Robert Alain Philippe on 7 August 1962) is a French rock climber and urban climber. Known as "the French Spider-Man" (after the comic character Spider-Man) or "the Human Spider", Robert is famous for his free solo climbing ...
on June 13, 2017 and it took him Twenty minutes. His stunt was repeated by
Marcin Banot on August 2, 2018
and it took him 59 minutes.
See also
*
List of tallest buildings and structures in Barcelona
Barcelona as the capital of Catalonia, the second biggest city in Spain and sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union, is a city with one of the largest number of skyscrapers in Europe. The recent trend in architecture in recent years ...
References
External links
Hotel Melia Barcelona Sky official websiteOfficial page of Group Habitat
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U1UovlmtOo
Skyscraper hotels in Barcelona
Hotel buildings completed in 2008
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