EL HOTEL ESTRELLA DEL NORTE, ISLA, included in a list of the most important buildings of century

An exclusive publishing in London identifies it like one of the works in vanguard of the world


The well-known British publishing house Phaidon Press, dedicated among other disciplines to the architecture like cultural manifestation of first order, finishes publishing in London a monumental titled volume 10x10, in which ten of the most important critical of the world (Japanese, American, Dutch, English, Australian, Argentine, Swedish, etc.) they have made a selection of the one hundred buildings more shining of the end of century XX, projected by architects who in their majority do not exceed the forty years of age. Is a compendium of modernist character buildings, reason why many of more famous contemporary works of Spain have not been includes, to be considered "too classic".

Between the published images we have to emphasize a building of Cantabria, the HOTEL ESTRELLA DEL NORTE, it builds of the architects Fernando de Porras-Isla, and Arancha la Casta, that already was inaugurated. The Four Stars Hotel, property of the Gabanzón family, reunites in addition to an impressive image, the most sophisticated facilities and services. The construction of this bulding in the Quejo district, in Isla (Cantabria - Spain), has supposed a true change for the surroundings, which is made nothing else evident to arrive by the main route that leads to beaches. Although Isla already is famous in our province by the quality of his services and restaurants, with this new establishment will be it by its architecture, beyond our borders. The present selection includes buildings of all continents.