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The Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao,
facing the Guggenheim Museum, is the Silken Hotels' first five-star and
the chain's pride. The GHBD expresses a contemporary concept that avoids
ostentation and promotes fun. The project is infected by its neighbour,
the Guggenheim's, activity and offers a space that contains a selection
of furniture that represents the most emblematic design from the 20th
century. Its singularity consists in the application of a concept of
integral design, of great, formal coherence, carried out by Javier
Mariscal and Fernando Salas with their respective teams. GHBD isn't only
a hotel to stay at, but a colourist microcosmos that opens its door to
whoever wishes to get close to it and have a coffee, a drink or eat in
its restaurant.
The atrium flooded with interior light is one of the elements that
singularises the GHBD. On entering the visitor encounters a sculptural
piece by Mariscal, the Fossil Cypress, that occupies the entire
verticality of the building, from the floor to the skylight that crowns
the terrace.
The taste for the essential that expresses Beltz the Black's minimalist
scenography is transmitted to the food, where the prime material is the
character. Eating in the Basque country is serious, that's why the
kitchen is sat upon solid pillars, forged with intelligence and
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