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The hotel Marqués de Riscal
The old winery of Marqués de Riscal is located in Elciego (álava of the Spanish province of La Rioja). When it created the tourist complex "City of wine", which was built in 2006. It was designed by the author of the most daring and shocking masterpieces, canadian Pritzker prize in 1989, Frank Gehry. The building is a series of prismatic blocks, hovering above the ground at the expense of retaining their supports. On top of the hotel is covered with smoothly curved and specially treated sheets of titanium and steel.