Where Grand Hotel stands today, in the eyes of old Pristina residents, was the end of the city. Taking this view as a point of departure, the visionary architect Bashkim Fehmiu and his colleagues Dragan Kovačević and Miša Jevremović reimagined the end of the city as the new center. Built in 1978, the Grand Hotel is one of the most highly esteemed architectural projects to date. The building’s appearance projected power and progress, while each aspect of the interior was tailor-made. Giving a luxurious touch, the hotel became a meeting point of owners of political and cultural capital. The large amount of local modernist art commissioned to adorn the Grand Hotel’s interiors energized the art market managed by state-subsidized art associations. Some of the works bought in this period still furnish the interiors. Today, the building’s architectural identity remains intact, but its 2008 privatization has left a visible trace on its left wing.