Intempo is a 47-floor, 202-metre-high skyscraper building in Benidorm, Spain.[1][4] The design of the building was officially presented on 19 January 2006 and work began in 2007. Originally scheduled for completion in 2009,[5] work was significantly hampered by the economic crisis of 2008 which seriously affected the real estate sector in Spain.[6] Construction was almost completed in March 2014,[7] but the sponsoring undertaking went into bankruptcy. In 2018, the building was acquired by SVP Global, and was fully finished by mid-2021.[8][9]
| Intempo | |
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 Intempo | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed[1] |
| Location | Via Parque, Benidorm Spain |
| Coordinates | 38°32′17″N 0°09′18″W / 38.5381°N 0.1549°W |
| Construction started | 2006 |
| Completed | 2021 |
| Cost | £72,500,000 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 202.5 m (664 ft)[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 47 above ground 3 below ground (55 floors total) |
| Floor area | 36,000 m2 (390,000 sq ft)[2] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Pérez-Guerras Arquitectos & Ingenieros |
| References | |
| [3] | |
The building is the tallest in Benidorm and the fifth tallest in Spain.
History edit
In 2005 a 92-million-euro loan was obtained from Caixa Bank to begin the tower's construction. The building's inauguration was initially scheduled for 2009, then rescheduled to 2011.[6]
Height edit
It is the tallest building in the city of Benidorm (surpassing the Gran Hotel Bali), the tallest in Spain outside Madrid, one of the tallest in the world in a city of less than 100,000 inhabitants, the tallest residential structure in Spain, and the tallest residential building in the European Union.[9]
Structure edit
The building consists of two parallel towers separated by a gap of 20 metres (66 ft) and connected by a cone-shaped structure between floors 38 and 44. Its frontal view, vaguely resembling the number 11 and the letter M, has led commentators to speculate about a possible reference to the terrorist attacks of 11 March 2004 in Madrid. It is one of the few skyscrapers in the world which has the shape of an arch (another in Europe being the Grande Arche in Paris). The façade of the building is of glass, a first for a residential building in Benidorm.[citation needed]
Problems edit
The architects, Pérez-Guerras and Olcina & Radúan, resigned.[6]
While reports that the building did not include elevator shafts[6] were false,[10] poor planning led to unsafe working conditions for the builders, construction outpacing design, and a construction elevator collapse which injured several of the thirteen workers aboard. Efforts to assist these people were hampered by design flaws which did not permit emergency vehicles onto the building site.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Residencial In Tempo". CTBUH.
- ^ "Intempo". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 251352". Emporis. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015.. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ Gutiérrez de Tejada Espuelas, Enrique; Regalado Tesoro, Florentino (2010). "Intempo. Estructura de un edificio de 180 metros de altura" (PDF). Hormigón y Acero (PDF). 61 (257): 41–55. ISSN 0439-5689. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ Burgen, Stephen (17 July 2013). "In Tempo: towering testament to madness of Spain's construction boom". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Esquitino, Rubén (26 July 2013). "Benidorm's prized high-rise tower becomes a symbol of incompetence". El País. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "La recta final del In Tempo". Diario Información. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "El rascacielos 'Intempo' de Benidorm, el más alto del país, inicia la venta de sus pisos de lujo". Europa Press. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ a b Burgen, Stephen (20 July 2021). "Tallest apartment building in EU finally completed in Benidorm". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ Griffiths, Alyn (2013), Developer attacks "ridiculous" reports that skyscraper has no elevators, dezeen magazine, retrieved 10 March 2015