Intempo, an eccentric residential skyscraper with a vague M-shape that rises more than 200 metres above the coastal town of Benidorm. It has already become an icon of the architecture in Benidorm It is the tallest residential building in the European Union, the tallest structure in any country. type in Spain built outside Madrid, and one of the tallest buildings in the world completed in a city with less than 100,000 inhabitants. Among its other high-rise hotel and condominium towers is the Gran Bali. Hotel, which debuted in 2002 as the tallest building in Spain at 85 metres high. (In 2008 it lost that title to the Henry N. Cobb-designed Space Tower). Benidorm is home to more than 80 buildings exceeding 25 storeys, of which 27 are over 300 feet high. Intempo is a symbol of resistance in Benidorm. Just as the popular tourist destination is always visible when you approach the area by sea or land, its urban planning model has left no one indifferent over the last six decades. Initially, Intempo was scheduled for completion in 2009, two years after construction officially began. The economic crisis of 2008 brought the work to a standstill and the project was largely abandoned. Work resumed when the Spanish property market recovered and, for a while, Intempo finally appeared to be on the home straight with completion scheduled for 2011. That completion date was subsequently pushed back to early 2014. Its owner went bankrupt and the project spent several more years on standby. Reports of hazardous working conditions also dogged the project throughout its lengthy construction. (The architects Pérez-Guerras Arquitectos Ingenieros had left the project at that time). In 2018, Intempo was acquired by current owner SVP Global, which has guided the building through the coronavirus pandemic to its long-awaited completion.
Intempo, the great skyscraper of Benidorm
