Edificio España

Hotel Riu Plaza España, commonly known by its historic name Edificio España (English: Spain Building), is a skyscraper and hotel in Madrid, Spain. It stands in Plaza de España, at the western end of Gran Vía. The building opened in 1953 as the Edificio España, a mixed-use complex containing a hotel, offices, apartments and shops. The building is commonly listed as 117 m (384 ft) tall and has 26 above-ground floors, although The Skyscraper Center records its architectural height as 107 m (351 ft). It was the tallest building in Spain until it was surpassed by the nearby Torre de Madrid, also designed by the Otamendi brothers. Its architecture combines Neo-Herrerian and Neo-Baroque exterior features with Art Deco interior decoration. The Spanish hotel chain RIU Hotels & Resorts acquired the property in 2017 and refurbished it as a hotel. It reopened in August 2019 as the four-star Hotel Riu Plaza España, the first Riu Plaza urban hotel in Spain.