JW Marriott Madrid is the result of the transformation of two rental residential buildings designed by the Architect Joaquin Kramer at the end of the XIX century into a XIX century luxury hotel.

The architectural design by Arvo Arquitectura in collaboration with Proskene as heritage specialist has recovered done of the most singular and with best construction quality in Madrid. Due to lack of maintenance the building was. Serious risk of structural collapse.

© Héctor Gómez

© Héctor Gómez

Traditional construction techniques have been combined with technology and XIX comfort systems all of these under bases of sustainability and heritage preservation.

The intervention on singular elements: facades, structures, roofs and staircases has been carried out with the original construction craftmenship, recovering and restoring the original materials.

The Hotel programme has been designed so as to maximize the buidling values. Its 139 guestrooms distributed among six floor plans follow the facade rhythm while allowing spacious rooms. Due to the irregular geometry of the building the hotel presents more than twenty different layouts, each of these have been carefully designed by Arvo and Millenium.

The Hotel suites have been distributed around Canalejas square taking advantage of the corners generated by the square geometry and located on the upper floors to enjoy the city sights.

© Miguel Santesmases

© Miguel Santesmases

The front of house areas occupy the ground level, former location for the most sophisticate restaurants at Madrid city center. At the main atrio an sculptural installation inspired on the geometry of the building original ornaments celebrated the recovery of Carrera de San Jerónimo 9 &11 buildings.