In the morning I kissed Dave and Siena farewell and sent them for some father - daughter time and took a metro to Chueca, a popular area for Madrid's gay community. Chueca is very lively, with many street cafes and boutique shops; Lonely Planet describes it as "Lively young, and always inclusive."
....and this was pretty much the first building greeting me in the area...
Exterior of Oscar Hotel which is part of the room-mate hotell chain
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...and the hotel lobby:
My next stop was Isolée, great place for fashion, food and drinks. My Café con leche was as soothing for my taste buds as the interior was for my style buds.
Designer Teresa Sapey created parallel lines coloured in different hues of grey to cover the walls from both floors. In order to visually separate the areas, she used two different materials on the floor, wood for the store and black ceramic for the bar.
My next stop was Teatriz , an old Beatriz Theatre turned it into an spectacular, avant-garde restaurant by Philippe Starck.
Before heading back to the hotel, I had late lunch at UDON noodle bar (in the corner of Gran Via) , a little change for all the Tapas I had consumed for past few days....ok, fine....I picked it for the fabulous architectural ceiling ;-P The restaurant was completed by architects Quim Girbau & Neus Mateu. For the design of the ceiling architects consulted Medio design and LAN for the implementation of parametric design and digital fabrication.
After a bit of research I found a link to some images of the construction of this ceiling:
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