Hotel Casa Fuster *****

History

Hotel Casa Fuster, built in 1908 and fully restored in 2004, was born from the refurbishment of the emblematic Modernist building known as “Casa Fuster”, the work of the renowned Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner.

The house was a gift from Mr Fuster to his wife, with the added intention of beautifying the city of Barcelona. It was the architect’s final work in the Catalan capital and, at the time, it was considered the most expensive house in the city due to the materials used, including high-quality marble.

Edificio elegante y iluminado en una calle al anochecer.
Vestíbulo elegante con columnas, luces y una moderna entrada acristalada.
The Hoteles Center chain acquired the building in the year 2000 and rehabilitated it, respecting the building’s originality to the utmost while enhancing the uniqueness and spectacular nature of such a fantastic architectural piece. The hotel opened its doors in 2004.
Elegante salón con columnas y techo dorado, sillas grises y mesa central.

Casa Fuster not only represents the culmination of Domènech i Montaner’s work; it is also the building that, with the utmost dignity, crowns and closes the Eixample district, and stands as a symbol of the most prosperous and splendid period of Barcelona in the last century.

01.

Mr Mariano Fuster i Fuster, a gentleman of Mallorcan high society, met Miss Consuelo Fabra i Puig in Barcelona, daughter of the Marquis of Alella.

02.

Mr Fuster wished to gift his wife a house and decided to buy the building located at 132 Passeig de Gràcia. In 1905 they obtained the necessary permits to demolish it and construct a spectacular house in full view of Consuelo Fabra i Puig and the city of Barcelona.

03.

The ambitious project was entrusted to architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, who designed and built the house under the supervision of Consuelo Fabra i Puig. Mariano Fuster put the house in his wife’s name and dedicated a rose window to her, which can be found on the Carrer de Jesús façade bearing the initials CF.

04.

Mr. Domènech i Montaner, a Modernist architect of international renown and author of works such as the famous “Palau de la Música Catalana” (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO), built Casa Fuster with three façades of great impact, particularly due to their intricate details and expressiveness.

05.

Construction began in 1908, and in 1911 the Fuster i Fabra family moved into the planta noble (noble floor). In 1911, “Casa Fuster” was considered the most expensive house in the city due to the materials used in its construction, most notably high-quality marble. The house’s façade was the first in the city to be made of white marble.

06.

Due to the extremely high construction costs, the Fuster-Fabra family stopped living in the house in the early 1920s.

07.

From that point onwards, the area now known as Café Vienés served various functions: small businesses such as a barber’s and a grocery shop. What is now the Domènech i Montaner Room became, in the mid-1950s, a dance hall named “El Danubio Azul”.

08.

In 1962, the company ENHER (an electricity company) bought the house with the intention of demolishing it to build a skyscraper. Barcelona society was totally opposed, and thanks to numerous protests and press articles, this catastrophe was avoided. They succeeded in ensuring that ENHER not only refrained from demolishing the house but also committed to restoring the building. These basic restorations were undertaken between 1962 and 1974, with the final one in 1995.

09.

In 1999, “Casa Fuster” was put up for sale, and in 2000 it was purchased by Hoteles Center, who transformed it into today’s Hotel Casa Fuster.

Contact

Hotel Casa Fuster *****

Paseo de Gracia,132
08008
Barcelona
+34 932 55 30 00
casafuster@hotelescenter.com
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