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la purificadora: For Whom the Bells Toll in Puebla!

In the breathtaking and bejeweled colonial Puebla City of Angels La Purificadora is the most recent hotel to open from Grupo habita which brought you CONDESAdf in Mexico City and Hotel Básico in Playa del Carmen. The unpronounceable word in Spanish La Purificadora (“the cleanser/purifier”) describes the original DNA of the industrial building from 1884 that houses this singular hotel. La Purificadora hotel in Puebla is housed an ice factory where the water was bottled and purified for the production of ice, hence the water and the water theme found throughout the hotel (like in its 3rd floor pool and lobby water mirror surrounding the Chef’s table). During the extensive remodellation process, the archeologist on site unearthed several original pieces from the building including bottles and other pieces of glass which have been used in part of the process and incorporated into La Purificadora’s overall visuak design. La Purificadora hotel in Puebla original factory’s name was: “Casa Latisnere”, founded by the French origin businessmen J.E. Latisnere (and the remodelled building entrance still boasts the original signing). Afterwards it was operated by the García Cano family under the name “La Superior”.

Located in the oldest part of the unesco World Heritage site and next door to the Church of St. Francis (Iglesia de San Francisco) La Purificadora hotel in Puebla is right across a shopping center, and next door to the City Convention Center. La Purificadora hotel in Puebla neighbors a sculpture garden and is only walking distance from Puebla Contemporary Art Gallery and has wonderful views of the city from it’s third floor rooftop terrace. Puebla is the most European of all Mexican colonial cities with its mix of architecture in Renaissance, Baroque and indigenous styles.

Renowned Mexican Architect Ricardo Legorreta, famous for his use of bright colors, natural light and monumental spaces undertook this project as a unique challenge since La Purificadora hotel in Puebla is completely monochromatic. The only colors are black and white sprinkled with ‘bishop’ purple. Materials used throughout the building are archeological stone (from the original construction), old wood (recycled for the vaulted ceilings), onyx (indigenous from Tecalli, very nearby Puebla) and a especially fabricated floor tile (reminiscent of talavera ceramic) in 13 bedrooms. Legorreta, one of Mexico’s most renowned architects, is well known for his extraordinary ability to understand the chosen environment and blend it with indigenous Mexican architectural traditions like the impressive stairway that bisects the mail lobby. His intense use of light, open spaces, and water, united with his consideration for Mexican culture, simplicity, and a modern sense of design are all elements that have won him extensive and international recognition all of which will soar in this new example: La Purificadora hotel in Puebla. The American Institute of Architects (aia) which bestow the Gold Medal Award upon leading architects “whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture” presented in 2000 this distinction, representing 1 of only 57 leading architects who have been selected to receive this singular honour.

Ricardo Legorreta’s 45-year long architectural career has been predominantly centered in Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Some of his projects include: the Monterrey Central Library in Monterrey, Mexico, the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, California and the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua. Also designed by Legorreta is the Fashion & Textile Museum in London www.ftmlondon.org in 81 Bermondsey St.

Beside impressive architectural apointments La Purificadora, a hotel in Puebla showcases the culinary tradition of the city reinterpreted by Enrique Olvera, Chef of world renowned Pujol now collaborating as Consultant of Food & Beverage of Grupo habita.
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