Intempo

Intempo is a 47-floor, 187-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 its expected to be fully finished in the first quarter of 2021.[8]

Intempo
Intempo
General information
StatusCompleted[1]
LocationVia Parque, Benidorm
Spain
Coordinates38.5381°N 0.1549°W / 38.5381; -0.1549
Construction started2006
Completed2019
Cost£72,500,000
Height
Roof187 m (614 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count47 above ground
3 below ground
(55 floors total)
Floor area36,000 m2 (390,000 sq ft)[2]
Design and construction
ArchitectPérez-Guerras Arquitectos & Ingenieros
References
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The building is the tallest in Benidorm, and the fifth tallest in Spain.

History

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.[9]

Height

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, and the tallest residential structure in Spain.

Structure

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 will be glass, a first for a residential building in Benidorm.

Problems

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
  1. "Residencial In Tempo". CTBUH.
  2. "Intempo". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. Intempo at Emporis. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. Gutiérrez de Tejada Espuelas, Enrique; Regalado Tesoro, Florentino (2010). "Intempo. Estructura de un edificio de 180 metros de altura" (PDF) (PDF). 61 (257). Hormigón y acero: 41–55. ISSN 0439-5689. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2015. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "In Tempo: towering testament to madness of Spain's construction boom". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  6. Benidorm's prized high-rise tower becomes a symbol of incompetence, in: El País, 26 July 2013
  7. "La recta final del In Tempo". Diario Información. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  8. Press, Europa (10 July 2018). "El rascacielos 'Intempo' de Benidorm, el más alto del país, inicia la venta de sus pisos de lujo". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  9. Esquitino, Rubén (26 July 2013). "Benidorm's prized high-rise tower becomes a symbol of incompetence". EL PAÍS. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  10. Griffiths, Alyn (2013), Developer attacks "ridiculous" reports that skyscraper has no elevators, dezeen magazine, retrieved 10 March 2015
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