Faena Hotel Buenos Aires

The Faena Hotel And Universe is a five star hotel, located in the chic neighborhood of Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires. The unique place where this magnificent hotel was built had belonged to the Bunge and Born company dedicated to agriculture and owners of Molinos Rio de la Plata, a leader in the manufacturing and marketing of food products industry. In 1998, when the Manchester brick structure of the factory was about to be demolished, a fashion designer from Buenos Aires, Alan Faena, bought the building and invested 40 million to make the Faena Hotel and Universe. He did it with the help of American designer Phillipe Starck, who is behind other famous reforms and renovations in Manhattan, for example.