Hotel construction in the Spain of the end of autarchy. An approach through the National Architecture Magazine

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Keywords:

Architecture, Hotel, Tourism, Functionalism

Abstract

Hotel construction in Spain, in the late 50s of the 20th century, shows a clear commitment to functionalism and modernity. It is evidenced - through the National Architecture Magazine published in Madrid - that tourism architecture is attached at this stage to the international trends of the moment. This is also evident by the appearance of Spanish examples in European catalogs, among hotels of renowned architectural quality from other countries. Modernity also understood as functional sobriety in the exteriors; what hires with interiors where he recreates a luxurious taste Decó. Thus, avant-garde trends are present in Spain since postwar period, which demonstrates that regressions of the Autarchy did not prevent the maintenance of an innovative line in the national architecture that came from the previous stage.

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Author Biography

  • Carmen Adams Fernández, Universidad de Oviedo

    PhD in Art History, Two Sexennia of Research. Her work is developed in Spain and Latin America (Dominican Republic, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru...). She is part of two research groups: Research on Asturias Heritage (INPASTUR) from the University of Oviedo and Art and Cultural Heritage of the Contemporary Age (ARPACEC) from the UNED.

Published

2019-12-18

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Section

Articles. II. General Section: Art and Heritage

How to Cite

Hotel construction in the Spain of the end of autarchy. An approach through the National Architecture Magazine. (2019). Norba. Revista De Arte, 39, 111-132. https://revista-norbaarte.unex.es/index.php/NRA/article/view/34