Nieto Sobejano winners for Hotel Königshof

The architectural firm Nieto and Sobejano has won the competition to build the new Hotel Königshof in Munich. In the last phase of this competition, the Spanish architects were competing with the other two finalists German firms, firms Sauerbruch Hutton and Wandel Hoefer Lorchl. The owners, a group of hotels in Munich, proposed a central edifio especially relevant as it is located opposite the Karlstor, an important gateway for icudad that was part of the medieval fortifications and protection of access to the city situation.

Night vision, Project rendering by Nieto Sobejano.

The developers sought a new architecture that dialogase with its urban environment , replacing an old building located on the central Karlsplatz of the Bavarian capital , purchased in 1938 by the Geisel Geisel Privathotels family.

The first competition phase, held in October 2013, three teams, Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Sauerbruch Hutton and Wandel Hoefer Lorch were selected as winners alike. The final decision for Sobejano Nieto was made , according to the promoters , for having a special design façade where incision shows a spectacular break, as most important iconographic element, a façade with a skin of glass and stone that clearly defines architecture that was expected for a luxury hotel with five stars.

In 2017 the existing building , the Königshofs , will be demolished to raise the new nine-storey building , the five-star hotel Privathotels Geisel, will be developed by Spanish architects, Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano, ( with offices in Madrid and Berlin ). The hotel will have two additional floors and a restaurant will offer a spectacular panoramic view, which seems to attempt to reconcile the criticisms raised by local newspapers about his doubts about the need for the new building.

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Interior view, Project rendering by Nieto Sobejano.

Model, Project rendering by Nieto Sobejano.

Night view, Project rendering by Nieto Sobejano.

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ARQUITECTOS NIETO SOBEJANO

Fuensanta Nieto (Madrid 1957) and Enrique Sobejano (Madrid 1957), are graduated architects by the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM) and Master of Science in Building Design por la Graduate School of Architecture and Planning (GSAPP), Columbia University, New York (USA). Are partners of the office Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, with headquarters in Madrid and Berlín.

Enrique Sobejano is Design Professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin (Germany) and Fuensanta Nieto Fuensanta is an Design Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the Universidad Europea de Madrid. Both have been guest professors and lecturers at various universities and institutions within and outside Spain. From 1986 to 1991 was Director of ARQUITECTURA magazine, of Official College of Architects of Madrid.

Sobejano Nieto's work has been published in numerous magazines and books in Spanish and international, such as Casabella, METALOCUS, The Sketch, Architectural Review, Domus, Architectural Record, Detail, A + U, etc, and has been exhibited, among other places, Venice Biennale (2000, 2002, 2006) and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York (2006). They have received the National Award for Restoration of the Ministry of Culture (2008), the Nike Prize BDA (Bund Deutscher Architekten) (2010) and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2010).

Among his recent works include Madinat al Zahra Museum (Córdoba), Moritzburg (Germany), Colegio de San Gregorio (Valladolid) and the Conference Centres of Mérida and Zaragoza.

NIETO SOBEJANO ARQUITECTOS: http://www.nietosobejano.com