Residencial In Tempo

Architect: Perez Guerras Arquitectos
Height: 200 metres
Floors: 47

Tallest in Benidorm and tallest residential building in Spain.

Renderings:
http://www.intempobenidorm.com/Ficheros/intempo4.jpg

http://www.intempobenidorm.com/Ficheros/intempo3.jpg

http://www.intempobenidorm.com/Ficheros/intempo6(1).jpg

http://www.intempobenidorm.com/Ficheros/intempourba1.jpg

http://www.intempobenidorm.com/Ficheros/intempourba3.jpg

http://www.intempobenidorm.com/Ficheros/intempourba5.jpg

Surroundings:
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w42/abrealidad/PB210386.jpg

Construction has been on hold for several months due to the hard real-state depression in Spain, but some weeks ago it began to rise above ground again.


Official website:
http://www.intempobenidorm.com

Video
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Construction status.

June 8th by VERMEER
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/veermer/Benidorm/InTempo.jpg

June 9th by JUANANBENIDORM
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/7407/dsc04639.jpg

colour and shape are so tasteless... hello? we are in the 21. century... :lol:

200 meters of uglyness!
Nuff said.

i like it :lol:

Sorry mate... but this one is hideous!

Maybe there's a chance for it to improve once construction is finished. Renders are always kinda liar.

Saludos.

great height; but if this building would be a woman, she would look like a slut ;)

It probably would be better without the top connection. Side and back views are not bad but it doesn't fit the area at all
In Dubai it would have had no impact

damn, this is ugly.

this building looks as if it's from the same desinger as the high rise in North Korea. and that one was actualy buid in the '80. It's tastles.

I like the shape, but the cladding sucks.

maybe it somehow manages to look (a bit) better in reality.............................

Don't we already have a thread about this?


Anyway, it remains the tackiest highrise project of Europe for now.

^ Thought so 2. But I made the quick links thread recently and couldn't find anything about this project in Benidorm. But I can remember that there used to be one.

I like the shape, but the cladding sucks.

It could also have blue cladding, we don't know yet

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/neuromancer_ssc2/Intempoazul.jpg

Pleaaaaseee, dont do that.......dont build this......

Euh... can we call this retro-style ;) Where is the creativity people?

oh. It isn't cheering me up actually. The sort of crown/shape on top of it is ugly 2 :lol:

i think the shape is quite interesting, but the (golden-)cladding, back- and thin-sides with nearly no windows and the boring entrance suck. would look better in blue.

:lol::lol::lol: What a strange looking tower.... It would look better if that top bit was removed leaving to like twin towers!

Ugly :(

more than hideous...

LOL..looks kinda like an airport control tower...

Very very ugly...

ugly ugly...anything more? LOL ugly but tall!!!!!

The form of the building is based in 11-M, the terrorist attack of Madrid.


It is a horrible project, yes, but it is Benidorm, so who care about that?

It migth be ugly and tacky but this is a huge improvement from the monsters benidor currently has. I dont know what i hate more the sides with almost no windows or the birds hanging between the buildings:nuts:.

Would look decent without the dradle-like structure on top.

Hasn't Benidorm suffered enough from the construction boom in Spain during the last years?! :ohno:

Es de las cosa más feo que he visto en mi vida.

do not like. :ohno:

Hopefully they will go with the blue windows:)

omg...I'm so sorry Benidorm lol
I feel embarrassed for them lol

it looks like the headquarters of some crazy group of superheroes

Absolutely awful. It's just tall, nothing more than that. All towers in Benidorm seem so dull.

LOL this actually made me belly laugh!!!

poor poor benidorm, you've now reached a new low.

The bad news is that the skyscraper is aesthetically unpleasing
The good news is there's still time to fix the design since it's still working on the base

Benidorm as a whole heavily sucks already, so who cares if they proceed building ugly shit?

June 26th by JUANANBENIDORM
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9328/dsc04712m.jpg

they should design a more better than this! looks like its just have a flat facade towers with a strange cone at the top.. very plain ugly. :ohno:

Looks like the headquarters of some kind of evil villain.

colour and shape are so tasteless... hello? we are in the 21. century... :lol:

agreed

Makes me very much think of the Myrmidonic Tower in Hav.

sorry, but this tower is very very very ugly!

Looks like the headquarters of some kind of evil villain.

That's it, a villain with a cat and gold teeth.

Anyway, whole Benidorm is more or less as kitsch as that building. Ok, a bit less kitsch.

June 30th by JUANANBENIDORM
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8016/dsc04754u.jpg

looks like the headquarter of an evil scientist from "Kim Possible"
funny,but ugly

edit:
I see I am not the first one, who feels like that

In Tempo from hotel Bali terrace

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5341/aimg1212.jpg

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This is so embarassing, I love skyscrapers. But only real tall one I have seen isn't even really a skyscraper: the Eiffel Tower. And my grandmam is planning on moving to Benidorm at least for the winter. So she will see this, not even paying attention to this, and I haven't ever seen real skyscrapers above 150 meters in my life

i don't know, i just don't think it suits that area much....

What an ugly looking old dated building. How can they do that tot such a nice place?

Benidorm is far from being a nice place, and this tower won't make the city better.

Parede un proyecto de los 80's, que feo está!

Please don't do that!
Too late :(

another one from this week

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9103/aimg1202.jpg

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Benidorm is far from being a nice place

Affortunately, architecture, city planners, and economics critics think otherwise. And economic and touristic figures show it, that explains how a 200m residential tower can start construction in a little city of 70.000 inhabitants in the middle of the worst national and world crisis in the last 50 years, when cities like London, Paris or Berlin can't do that even in times of bonanza.

eye cancer 2.0

utterly without merit.

suits the place.

Affortunately, architecture, city planners, and economics critics think otherwise. And economic and touristic figures show it, that explains how a 200m residential tower can start construction in a little city of 70.000 inhabitants in the middle of the worst national and world crisis in the last 50 years, when cities like London, Paris or Berlin can't do that even in times of bonanza.

blame brittish tourists - everyone else does.

^^haha, yes I do, but not for this, but british tourist have their good side: pretty and easy girls :D.
By the way, I didn't talk about this building, I don't think it's sooo bad as many people say, and I really think it's gonna look better than in the renders, but it's bad anyway, I can imagine one thousand ways to improve that design with little variations that could even make the building cheaper to build.

the location looks nice on the pics, its like its on a circle. theres so many better designs than that shit

sorry, but this tower is very very very ugly!Actually it's not. It's OK to me.
i don't know, i just don't think it suits that area much....You are 100% right.

Guys! Many towers do not look so great just b/c they don't fit the surrounding! I don't know if this is b/c some designs are reused but meant for another place or stupid architects make their projects without analysing the place were it will be realized.

Architect should not allow to use his/her design ANYwhere and investor should not be allowed by the city architect to destroy the urban cohesion :ohno:

looks like the headquarter of an evil scientist from "Kim Possible"
funny,but ugly

edit:
I see I am not the first one, who feels like that

It reminds me of the HQ of him:

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9136/mediumdrevil1dd9lr7.jpg

Oh my God, what a hideous building! And the apartments are so tiny. I'm surprised it is actually being built, with the collapse of the housing sector, who do they think they are selling the apartments to? What a shame, they could have designed something truly beautiful, but they went for tacky glitz.

WOW!
Looks like a bad joke!

Wow, this is the most Out Tempo thing I have ever seen..come on, it is completely out of style.

July 9th by JUANANBENIDORM
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5468/dsc04755f.jpg

Calatrava should have designed the building, for sure it would be something better, and I'm Spanish, but I don't like it, and less with that golden colors, and that weird thing at the top :(

In Benidorm there are much better buildings than this one for sure, as well as in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla and Zaragoza, between others...

This tower fits perfectly to Benidoom!

:baaa:

It looks tacky with the gold cladding & something that would suit Las Vegas more.

Blue cladding looks better so hope they go with the blue.

I don't think this building can destroy the urban cohesion, Benidorm is a vacation centre crowded of highrises of apartments or hotels.

But I'm Spanish and I think it's horrible, and old-fashioned, and ugly :(

kk Benidorm is like Balneario Camboriu in south Brazil, a crowd of ugly skyscrapers in the front of the see.. in the winter a dead 100.000 inhabitants city... in summer 1 million people ...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/mcbl/BC/29.jpg

kk Benidorm is like Balneario Camboriu in south Brazil, a crowd of ugly skyscrapers in the front of the see.. in the winter a dead 100.000 inhabitants city... in summer 1 million people ...

Not that dead during the winter. Benidorm is the only Spanish tourist city outside of the Canary Islands with occupancy rates higher than 60% even during the winter.

Beggining of August
http://i29.************/2il0qbp.jpg

Thanks for the photo updates P05, keep them coming.
This will be Benidorm's tallest and Spain's 5th tallest building?

This will be Benidorm's tallest and Spain's 5th tallest building?

Yes, although there are taller proposals in other cities (a 250m tower on Benidorm). But of course, those proposals are impossible to build as long as Spain remains in depression.

August 21st by JUANANBENIDORM
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7728/benidorm01.jpg

August 28th by JUANANBENIDORM
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2143/benidorm02.jpg

Nice towers for nice city! I never suppose that Benidorm has such huge skyline! :)

P05 - 'Yes, although there are taller proposals in other cities (a 250m tower on Benidorm). But of course, those proposals are impossible to build as long as Spain remains in depression.'

Indeed it is a shame re the current economic situation, but two years ago Spain had no towers over 200m and soon there will be five! So great for Spain.

September 6th by Ciclope

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1976/img4222f.jpg

September 6th by Ciclope

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1976/img4222f.jpg

exellent photo.....i like too much....thank you

kk Benidorm is like Balneario Camboriu in south Brazil, a crowd of ugly skyscrapers in the front of the see.. in the winter a dead 100.000 inhabitants city... in summer 1 million people ...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/mcbl/BC/29.jpg

exellent photo and exellent information.....thank you for post

September 8th y JUANANBENIDORM

http://i28.************/35hlm5g.jpg

September 24th by JUANANBENIDORM
http://i36.************/2qvqivq.jpg

October 10th by JUANANBENIDORM
http://i37.************/5xiygy.jpg

I think these towering isolated twins are an exxagerate but interesting project; in such a devastated area they cannot make any more harm; but I radically propose to eradicate almost all old buildings there in Benidorm and restart from scratch with these two Niemeyer's style simbolic twins.

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6496/intempo4.jpg

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/3262/intempo41.jpg

^+1000 that project would soooo much better!
PD: if you posted 2 pics, the first one is not working

PD: if you posted 2 pics, the first one is not working

thank you Victhor, hope it works; I also noted the renderings are of particularly high level, proportionally inverse to the project! the video is only a trick. another thing, it seems to me the new buildings are too much high: if you measure i.e. 8 levels in the projects, they are well higher than 8 levels in old buildings in front of the seashore

Unfortunately due to the depressionary situation of the Spanish economy and real-state, one of the subcontractors has gone bankrupt and construction is on hold since early October. It will be resumed once a new subcontractor is found.

source in spanish: http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9326/intempo.jpg

It is the subcontractor that is working on the structure, that's why we don't see much advance in the last weeks, but I hope the main contractor finds a new company for the structure soon. But even without the structure subcontractor they raised one of the tower cranes recently, and as they use to have a lots of contacts, I think the construction will resume soon, maybe 2 weeks, or less than a month for sure. And they can make other works in the 11 floors already finished, like the installations (electricity, water suply, ventilation tubes, conducts, walls, etc.)
PD: According to JUANANBENIDORM, today they have been working on the construction
Pic by him 15/oct
http://i38.************/4knlt.jpg

Yes, they are working :banana:

October 29th by JUANANBENIDORM
http://i37.************/5mzd47.jpg

They keep on working and go to a reasonable rhythm as the economy is in Spain. I enclose an updated link of the Architect page.

http://www.perezguerras.com/proyectos_det.php?id=258&qy=tipo3&lg=en

On the left
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcoantoniosoler/4163951563/
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/4163951563_ebee964416_o.jpg

They keep on working and go to a reasonable rhythm as the economy is in Spain.


my friend, I believe you'll get quite disappointed in coming years as the worst is yet to come

Someone told me this project is on hold so that's why I changed it if people are wondering why.

Late march, still on hold

http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x176/etxeorratz2/DSC01246.jpg

http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x176/etxeorratz2/DSC01243.jpg

UGLY!!!

The construction has been resumed this week according to several forumers from the city :banana:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=287040&page=29

REALLY UGLY!

Picture by Benidorman
The structure has raised 2 floors since the construction was resumed
http://i44.************/rtjadl.jpg

...Ahí está - una foto de hoy 16.5.2010 >>

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3654/1004875t.jpg

salu2

I was there two months ago and there was no activity at all, no they resume, lucky me. :bash:

hm. Are there two threads for the same project?

Early june

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4675934435_f92ea10e4b_o.jpg

8th of June
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs332.snc3/29223_120216224686395_117655814942436_101009_503157_n.jpg

18th of June

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs057.ash2/36218_122687067772644_117655814942436_111286_3721577_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs097.snc4/36218_122687084439309_117655814942436_111290_6867646_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs117.snc4/36218_122687061105978_117655814942436_111285_622401_n.jpg

5th of July

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs017.ash2/34229_126882987353052_117655814942436_127043_132932_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs046.snc4/34663_127388423969175_117655814942436_129262_77580_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs017.ash2/34229_126882984019719_117655814942436_127042_4155526_n.jpg

7th of July

About 22-23 floors

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs025.ash2/34636_127387763969241_117655814942436_129252_7039552_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs065.snc4/34636_127387767302574_117655814942436_129253_4788092_n.jpg

i kinda hope they have financial problems so they cannot afford that cone that connects the two towers, or the gold glass.

i kinda hope they have financial problems so they cannot afford that cone that connects the two towers, or the gold glass.

Or the towers at all!:badnews:

i dont think it looks that bad... i mean i've seen worser..

i dont think it looks that bad... i mean i've seen worser..

Yeah I guess it kinda fits with Benidorms styles

nice tower.

i kinda hope they have financial problems so they cannot afford that cone that connects the two towers, or the gold glass.

+1

i kinda hope they have financial problems so they cannot afford that cone that connects the two towers, or the gold glass.

yeah, agree...:ohno:

Distant view, unknown date.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4811603423_c8184f62b2_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4812211506_51f7600ea1_b.jpg

Today I will fly to Benidorm, I will take lot of snaps of Intempo.

I donť have informations about spire, I hope, it will be structural. Intempo= 200 m Spire= 40, maybe.

Such an ugly tower :( it's a "cheap 70's Las vegas style" kind of tower... don't like it at all.

^^ I don't think much of the rest of the skyline either. :|

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Completely agree. It looks so ugly

I love it! It is something different in a sea of vulgar, glass clad, slabs of steel. Although gold is as bit ostentatous, if done right, this could be quite a landmark. :colgate:

Can't wait till it's finished. Will it be as tacky as the renders suggest ? :banana:

what this left :sly:

I actually like this tower.. only the color has to be changed..

July 29th by Cíclope

http://a.imageshack.us/img132/6682/p7300426.jpg

Distant view on august 7th by Cíclope

http://a.imageshack.us/img42/7525/img1597f.jpg

August 9th by byto81
http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz140/byto81/DSC00483.jpg

August 13th by byto81
http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz140/byto81/intempo/DSC00546.jpg

1st of September

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs194.ash2/45744_140893602618657_117655814942436_195184_7128700_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs194.ash2/45744_140893599285324_117655814942436_195183_4206130_n.jpg

14th of September by leymi3604

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5002156009_1ac9a9be93_b.jpg

Looks like the architect got his inspiration in Genex, Belgrade.

Middle october by BenidorMan

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs782.snc4/66210_1433640761581_1249793220_31081062_337422_n.jpg

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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs763.snc4/66304_1433646321720_1249793220_31081079_494329_n.jpg

Getting closer and closer to the sky

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5079000375_305ed847e3_b.jpg

in the right
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1369/5110129948_18e82dc2d5_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1202/5109515433_ef1c9824c7_b.jpg

Do you know where the first image was taken from?

7th of November by Fuenlaski

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4880/imagen1hw.jpg

They're working on the floor 34-35 (out of 52), but by now they are on holiday for Christmas.
http://i55.************/2znyhia.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5297670500_eae919bd07_b.jpg

Nice, i'm excited how it will look like when finish

I DON´T LIKE

Recent pics by BenidorMan
Ahí van unas fotos calentitas de hoy >>>

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/627/tempo01.jpg
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4628/tempo02.jpg
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7091/tempo03.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/917/tempo04.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/411/tempo05.jpg
larger original pics:
http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/7994/0016cs.jpg
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/1588/0029cp.jpg
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5683/0030b.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5075/0036b.jpg
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9256/0024ty.jpg


salu2

So ugly:ohno:

Benidorm has a nice skyline but all the buildings look like the projects (American inner-city Ghetto buildings)

UGLY......:puke:

I DON´T LIKE
lol, we don't like your horrible gay looking face either :lol:

I Like It !!!

lol, we don't like your horrible gay looking face either :lol:

Are we in 3rd grade now?

February by Kono Estructuras
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/168038_181368668571150_117655814942436_400030_8101663_n.jpg

february 1st, 2 floors shorter than now
from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bicmint/5406724309/

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5013/5406724309_32076c62cc_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5406723731_f2988b8958_b.jpg

From flickr
5 March, floor 42
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5220/5512629046_65cd25de2f_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5018/5512582104_d24ace55ea_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5511796893_d8cec20705_b.jpg

without the above connection the towers alone wouldn´t give ANYTHING new to Benidorm

March 20th, by Alex Frasquet
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5572503754_d637e6ce12_b.jpg

The construction is getting more and more interesting!!! They started the facade and they put the first piece to join the towers!!


http://i55.************/289yagy.jpg

Forjado 46
http://i55.************/n9gsk.jpg

Más fotos del pasado fin de semana >>>

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Espero os gusten .


salu2


And the structure company uploaded these pics to the building's profile in facebook yesterday:

En facebook han puesto fotos nuevas, al final sí que han hecho el vuelo ese con una estructura de acero, que no sé si es temporal, solo para encofrar el hormigón, o ya es la estructura en sí del forjado:
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/627/tempo01.jpg
http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/4628/tempo02.jpg
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7091/tempo03.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/917/tempo04.jpg
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/411/tempo05.jpg

^^ Great shots Victhor, thank you for sharing them with us! :cheers:

The facade shows very diverse tonalities depending on the time, the weather, the orientation.
Pictures form the facebook profile of Konos Estructuras, April 9th:
http://i56.************/ncmsko.jpg

http://i55.************/21mcd8x.jpg

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/2791/intempo3.png

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/6496/intempo4.jpg

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/6892/intempo5.png

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4686/intempo6.jpg

I see the fun part, linking the two towers, is about to start.

Thanks for the update

Photos taken today by flickr user "ricofermistat"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54749344@N08/5637724032/
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5142/5637724032_19295ccdbd_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54749344@N08/5637725812/
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5637725812_0d3b7036da_z.jpg


http://www.flickr.com/photos/54749344@N08/5637716658/
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5637716658_3c4195e9c7_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54749344@N08/5637140443/
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5637140443_36d25b56da_b.jpg

Pictures by j.gurre in flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62657823@N04)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5704009884_bc326eb878_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/5703439557_a44e0ba549_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2100/5703441001_799d75948c_b.jpg

At this point the construction is totally different and very complicated, so it has slow down.
Update from the spanish thread:
Para toda esa gente intrigada por la construcción de In Tempo como Fuenlaski, Almansiniko, Victhor, muro, vaughan1, VAUJAUS, VictorBND y otros muchos más !!!

>>> actualizaciónnnn en fotos >>> :nuts:

Esta es del lunes - los ventanales traseros
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Estas son de hoy - un día lluvioso, se ve la estructura que montaron en la torre poniente
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Ugly! Glass looks horrible (old).

Ugly! Glass looks horrible (old).

Looks tacky, something out of 90s' Jakarta, so for Benidorm it fits right in :P
I wouldn't see too much into it at this stage though, protective covers and bad weather never really show the final outcome.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/5796133172_7e4cbd1028_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramonescu/5796133172/)
Hotel Villa Aitana. Benidorm. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramonescu/5796133172/) por ramonescu. (http://www.flickr.com/people/ramonescu/), en Flickr

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3548/5797795068_cc42c489cd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mholdgate/5797795068/)
Benidorm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mholdgate/5797795068/) por M Holdgate (http://www.flickr.com/people/mholdgate/), en Flickr

Zoom en la torre:
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I don't like that glass color, but just to deffend the architect's work, as an architecture student, I have to say that right now in Spain, architecture experts blame that kind of renders showing blue glass or blue skies, it's also very unpopular to cover the construction materials with better looking facade materials that doesn't have any other use than making the building look better, good architecture is suposed to be sincere, cheap, without ornaments (painting the concrete is lame), ecological (glazed buildings are the worst choice), respectfull with the evolution of local architecture, etc. and from that point of view, Benidorm's architecture is becoming really admired among architecture experts in recent architecture books even admiting it doesn't look nice and sometimes it's tacky, but, as Benidorm is traditionally tacky, so that's coherent.
According to these critics, Santiago Calatrava is an anti-architect, Madrid's Cuatro Torres is crappy architecture, only one of the 4 towers (the black one) has good critics, and the architecture of Dubai is the worst in the world.

Cool. The facade makes me think of the Mandalay Bay resort in Vegas.

I don't know much about current architecture education in Spain, but i am teaching design for architect students at the budapest technical university, and here this would still be concidered poor design. it follows (or at least seems to follow) principles from the 70's-80's that once already failed.

I don't like that glass color, but just to deffend the architect's work, as an architecture student, I have to say that right now in Spain, architecture experts blame that kind of renders showing blue glass or blue skies, it's also very unpopular to cover the construction materials with better looking facade materials that doesn't have any other use than making the building look better, good architecture is suposed to be sincere, cheap, without ornaments (painting the concrete is lame), ecological (glazed buildings are the worst choice), respectfull with the evolution of local architecture, etc. and from that point of view, Benidorm's architecture is becoming really admired among architecture experts in recent architecture books even admiting it doesn't look nice and sometimes it's tacky, but, as Benidorm is traditionally tacky, so that's coherent.
According to these critics, Santiago Calatrava is an anti-architect, Madrid's Cuatro Torres is crappy architecture, only one of the 4 towers (the black one) has good critics, and the architecture of Dubai is the worst in the world.

very poor design for ugly city ...

Benidorm's architecture is becoming really admired among architecture experts in recent architecture books even admiting
crazy ... lol

very poor design for ugly city ...


crazy ... lol

100% agree

So are your replies. How about some arguments and stuff. The only thing I hear from you is ''UGLY''.

I'm just going to go out and say that I love it. It's one of those rare buildings that is truly so bad that it is fascinating more than anything else. And it's well underway so 'tis better to embrace it for what it is. This is Spain, after all, where architectural abominations are extraordinarily rare and the reality of this building is less representative of a trend or any other popular denial of architecture, rather it seems to just be an anomaly. Sure, that cone is straight out of some second-tier Dubai development of yore and the gold glass is . . . well, it's gold. But oh well!

I love this city, I´ve been there for 10 times.
... Mountains vs. Skyscrapers, Man made structures vs. nature, it´s a world unique city... Big difference between forum Photos and personal visit.
It´s a microworld of whole mankind,nature and Earth.

Benidorm is most beautiful city in universe.

This would of looked alot better with blue/clear glass

I love this city, I´ve been there for 10 times.
... Mountains vs. Skyscrapers, Man made structures vs. nature, it´s a world unique city... Big difference between forum Photos and personal visit.
It´s a microworld of whole mankind,nature and Earth.

Benidorm is most beautiful city in universe.

:nuts: have you been in any other city yet ?

The building is not great!!! it would look a lot better with clear glass. I think Benidorm needs some good urban planning as the place seriously needs help in this department. I have stayed in Benidorm a couple of times and like the place but it is quite ugly and could do with some stylish architecture.

^^ benidorm didn't need an urban planning, needs good buildings...

Finally they are building the steel bridge structure on top of a tower, and I suposse they will move it to the empty space in the middle of the towers
Creo que al fín y al cabo Victhor tenía razón ... y yo tb ;)

Una foto de hoy!
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5678/1112o.jpg

salu2
http://i55.************/n9gsk.jpg

I love this city, I´ve been there for 10 times.
... Mountains vs. Skyscrapers, Man made structures vs. nature, it´s a world unique city... Big difference between forum Photos and personal visit.
It´s a microworld of whole mankind,nature and Earth.

Benidorm is most beautiful city in universe.

You will explode by the awesomeness of Hong Kong. ;)

Some great update pics by BenidormMan.
In the spanish forum we are trying to guess how are they going to move that big steel structure to the center between both towers, as the tower cranes might not be strong enough for that.
Fotos Nuevas >>>>

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Vista desde el complejo residencial cercano >>
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salu2

Ths construction has slow down, there was an accident with a construction lift, and now all lifts are not allowed to be used until the research on what went wrong in that lift finishes.

Picture by "Sofia fdez bla" in flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62256131@N02/5882071915/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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Picture by Frankalb, from the spanish forum:
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz186/frank-16/lafoto4-2.jpg

They are about to join the towers! Soon they'll move the white street structure to the gap between the towers, as they do to build some bridges.
Pics by flickr user "j.gurre" http://www.flickr.com/photos/62657823@N04/5926776186/in/photostream
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@j.gurre

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Cool design :) Very nice!

I think the building would look nice if it was a twin tower and not an arc.




Benidorm is most beautiful city in universe.

:lol:

Iconic? maybe .... but tasteful, definitely not !!!!

This one hurts the eye a bit.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3862/5935141216053b9514f5o.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/155/5935141216053b9514f5o.jpg/)

image hosted on flickr

i like this!!!!


https://sites.google.com/site/puttamanport/


Chack it out !!

Finally, today they are going to "launch" the bridge structure to join the towers, this process will last 3 days. A bridge construction company from the Basque Country, URSSA, will do it. This process will take place at 147 metres over the ground, the steel structure is 20 metres long and weights 120 tons.

From a regional newspaper:
http://www.diarioinformacion.com/benidorm/2011/07/19/intempo-inicia-union-torres-147-metros-altura/1150224.html


El Intempo inicia la unión de sus torres a 147 metros de altura
Una empresa vasca puntera en la construcción de puentes conectará los dos rascacielos con una estructura de 20 metros y 120 toneladas

LUCÍA GASCÓN Como si de un puente se tratara. Así se procederá a la unión de las torres gemelas del Edificio Intempo a 147 metros sobre el suelo. Las obras del que será el edificio residencial más alto de Europa han llegado a su momento más esperado: la conexión de las dos moles mediante una estructura metálica de 120 toneladas que servirá de base al cono invertido de 8 pisos que se construirá entre las torres a partir de la planta 47.
Este ambicioso proceso de unión requiere de un complejo sistema de ejecución y de personal especializado en la construcción de puentes. Por este motivo, el lanzamiento de la estructura que conectará los rascacielos la llevará a cabo la empresa vasca URSSA, dedicada a la realización de proyectos de grandes estructuras metálicas en los sectores de edificación industrial, urbana, obras públicas y bienes de equipo. La empresa, especializada en la realización de puentes, es "la número uno en Europa", según el arquitecto del edificio, Roberto Pérez-Guerras.
Está previsto, si el viento no supera los 60 km/hora, que todo el proceso se lleve a cabo en dos días. La estructura metálica de 8 metros de ancho y 20 metros de largo se ha fabricado en la Torre de Poniente. A partir de las 9 de la mañana, unos gatos hidráulicos comenzarán a empujar muy lentamente la estructura que servirá de base, desde la Torre Poniente a la de Levante. Sólo participarán en las labores de esta parte del proyecto, 25 operarios especialistas en la edificación de grandes construcciones. Una grúa sujetará, por seguridad, la base en la que se apoyará el cono invertido. Aunque, todo el peso del proceso lo protagonizarán los gatos hidráulicos.

Un proyecto ambicioso
El edificio Intempo comenzó a construirse en el año 2006 y, una vez finalizado, tendrá un total de 52 plantas de altura, cinco técnicas y 47 de viviendas. El hecho de ser el residencial proyectado más alto de Europa -200 metros de altura y 269 viviendas-, así como su espectacular diseño -dos torres en forma de 1 enfrentados y unidas en su vértice superior por un bloque en forma de diamante- han convertido a este complejo en uno de los más emblemáticos del futuro Benidorm. Su conclusión está prevista para finales de 2012.

Is this the tallest residential tower in the European Union?

What will be on the top floors? Flats or something else?

On drawings it looks like the "bridge" occupies two floors.

july 19th. It's moving! :D
Unas fotos mias de ayer !

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salu2

By Ecthelion, in the forum of urbanity.es http://www.urbanity.es/foro/rascacielos-y-highrises-cva/2773-benidorm-alicante-residencial-tempo-200-m-45-p-perez-guerras-40.html
Y esta mañana por fin quedaron unidas las torres. Enhorabuena a todos los trabajadores del edificio :birras:

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From the spanish subforum thread:
Esta foto es de hace 3 días >>

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salu2

update : 08/19

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pics were made by me

^^thanks!

More from other points of view:
(more in the spanish subforum: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=287040&page=57)

By Fuenlasky:
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3598/dscn2184f.jpg

The next 3 by Plaviplanet:
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Very impressive, can't say I don't like it.

Benidorm is not any less beautiful/ugly than Balneário Camboriú (a Brazilian city):
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=559768
While Benidorm is hated (even by the Spanish), Balneário Camboriú
is adored by most people. Go figure!

At least, the sea is clearer (more transparent) in Benidorm, and on the beach, the Sun does not set at 2:00 pm because of the shadows cast by skyscrapers.
In Camboriú the waters are dirty and murky, and the beach is in the shadow at 2:00 pm.

Strange looking tower. The twin towers without the top now looks much better and the facadecolor is ugly.

Horrible tower, but you can't say it doesn't suit Benidorm

Pic by Teresinf in flickr
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/66543475@N05/6158718899/)
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By forumer Benidore:
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5681/10del9uno.jpg

Seriously FUGLY!!!!! the cladding looks like something out of the 60s/70s.

Nice tower, it is perfect for Benidorm. It's not some great tower that would fit Madrid or other big city, but for coastal resort it's just fine. :cheers:

This is pretty ugly but doesn't look so out of place in Benidorm

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/2809422106_2ce57b3078.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/luis_navarro/2809422106/)
Pérez-Guerras, el Koolhaas alicantino... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/luis_navarro/2809422106/) von luis_navarro (http://www.flickr.com/people/luis_navarro/) auf Flickr

cladding looks special, I like it.

so ugly and out dated ... like this ugly city ...

^^

The render looks really strange... it seems like a spinning top ready to spin between the twin towers :lol:

:cheers:

pics were made by me

^^

Such a brave man, that thing requires an high dose of braveness to come so closer! :lol:

Ugliest skyscraper in Earth!

Horrible tower, but you can't say it doesn't suit Benidorm

Totally agree!

^^

Such a brave man, that thing requires an high dose of braveness to come so closer! :lol:

Ugliest skyscraper in Earth!


I agree :nuts:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6103839334_53297d4275_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/baloncestorrelavega/6103839334/)
Postales de Benidorm - Nocturna de la Playa de poniente desde La Cala (http://www.flickr.com/photos/baloncestorrelavega/6103839334/) von Pedro Ferrer / (SUIZA ME ESPERA...) / www.pedrofer (http://www.flickr.com/people/baloncestorrelavega/) auf Flickr

What will be on the top floors? Flats or something else?

On drawings it looks like the "bridge" occupies two floors.
the whole tower is residential

not much progress,they installed some kind of steel plate with a big hole in the middle, and at the side , too.

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Pics by me

orrible tower. One of the worst in Europe.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9282/img0035ggh.jpg


Pics by me

I heard there's a jacuzzi with a glass bottom.

http://www.urbanity.biz/fotocubo/blog/intempo2.jpg

http://www.urbanity.biz/fotocubo/blog/intempo2.jpg

not much progress,they installed some kind of steel plate with a big hole in the middle, and at the side , too.
[...]It must be the "diamond holder" which will be uninstalled after they fix the "diamond".


Yes, maybe Benidorm is not the most beautiful European city (the southern halve looks a little like some messed parts of São Paulo, Brazil; the northern part looks slightly better) and the tower looks somehow trashy/kitschy (a hotel in Las Vegas?), but its reception can change. They need just to build another tower, preferably glossy cherry, and another one orange/purple/blue close to this one. I'm not kidding, it will look much better in a cluster with the same style but another colour (the adjoining towers can be shorter, but should be a little more bulky).

As one of the ugliest towers currently under construction, this tower is a great fit for one of the ugliest cities on the planet!!! :)

It isn't an ugly tower, but it doesn't fit in the skyline of this city.

It sure as hell is not the best looking building, but it also is not that bad as people say either. It will iconic for Benidorm, and the height is impressive. With a little bit more luck it could just turn out to be stunning (like that orange tower in Moscow that seems to turn out just fine)

Well they're all flying down from upper Europe for a swim-and-shag; I doubt the visitors of Benidorm will be offended by this architectural error.

Looks to me like a classic case of the client insisting on something atrocious and everybody involved in the project, from architects to subcontractors to operators, needing the contract so bad that no one wants to talk about the ramifications of an aesthetic f**k up

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Ugliest skyscraper in Earth!

+1

It looks like something a villain would own in a james bond movie :lol:

It looks like something a villain would own in a james bond movie :lol:
Who is enthusiast to explode this horrible thing of the city???? A Anti In Tempo Project isn't possible?

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6116/6350461728_21cbf5779e_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/suxsie_q/6350461728/)
#benidorm #skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/suxsie_q/6350461728/) von SUXSIEQ (http://www.flickr.com/people/suxsie_q/) auf Flickr

It looks like something a villain would own in a james bond movie :lol:

i had the same impression! :D

Very few photo updates lately :/
date unknown, but seems recent:
He encontrado esto, pero no sé de qué fecha es:

http://www.franciscojaviergarciaorts.com/Upload/participante_60.jpg

Supongo que de estos últimos días, que ha habido muchas tormentas por Alicante.

If the Residencial In Tempo skyscraper is narrow, then where in that building did they put the elevator cores?

^^ Residents will have to take the stairs :D

If the Residencial In Tempo skyscraper is narrow, then where in that building did they put the elevator cores?
They are in the back/north facade (see the pics below), but there are only 3 elevators (and 2 stairs) per tower, it seems they are very few, but I guess the architect has calculated that well.

http://i.imgur.com/ImQqa.jpg

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The city seems like favelas.

[QUOTE=Victhor;86162085]They are in the back/north facade (see the pics below), but there are only 3 elevators (and 2 stairs) per tower, it seems they are very few, but I guess the architect has calculated that well.

http://i.imgur.com/ImQqa.jpg

What's the big empty spaces outside living room and bedroom area? Big loggias? Almost the size of the living room?

[QUOTE=Victhor;86162085]They are in the back/north facade (see the pics below), but there are only 3 elevators (and 2 stairs) per tower, it seems they are very few, but I guess the architect has calculated that well.

http://i.imgur.com/ImQqa.jpg

What's the big empty spaces outside living room and bedroom area? Big loggias? Almost the size of the living room?
Those are balconies, in that blueprint they seem indoor spaces, but that's because they are enclosed by the glass facade.

That balconies are that big because there is so much sunshine, but elsewhere they're too big.

The city seems like favelas.

^^ Based on your comments it seems to me that you have no idea how the "favelas" look like. Thus, I strongly suggest you to travel to Rio and then to Benidorm before making these kind of useless comments. You may not like the city but you don't have to be insulting and if you are bored and don't know what to do, you can always go and shave yourself...

Cheers!

The layout of those apartments seem a little strange; the kitchen is seperate to the dining room which is mashed in with a sitting room suggesting that when you want to serve a meal you need to go through two doors with only one hand free. I feel a better idea would be to edit the hallway seperating the two daytime rooms out of the two apartments on the side of the tower to create one long room broken up by different 'zones', surely this would feel more spacious? To me this project isn't great; It is ugly on the outside as well as being badly planned (to me) on the inside. :ohno:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6448813895_36c71df4ed_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/suxsie_q/6448813895/)
#benidorm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/suxsie_q/6448813895/) por SUXSIEQ (http://www.flickr.com/people/suxsie_q/), en Flickr

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The layout of those apartments seem a little strange; the kitchen is seperate to the dining room which is mashed in with a sitting room suggesting that when you want to serve a meal you need to go through two doors with only one hand free. I feel a better idea would be to edit the hallway seperating the two daytime rooms out of the two apartments on the side of the tower to create one long room broken up by different 'zones', surely this would feel more spacious? To me this project isn't great; It is ugly on the outside as well as being badly planned (to me) on the inside. :ohno:

totally agree

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fisheye pic :)

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Why are so many tall bulidings being built in Benidorm? is it Spain's biggest resort or something?

Great skyscraper

Why are so many tall bulidings being built in Benidorm? is it Spain's biggest resort or something?

Yes, It is. Most of the highrises are holiday apartments, hotels or apartments for people who stay in Benidorm during the summer.

Construction update by plaviplanet

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^^ Nice overview.

The layout of those apartments seem a little strange; the kitchen is seperate to the dining room which is mashed in with a sitting room suggesting that when you want to serve a meal you need to go through two doors with only one hand free. I feel a better idea would be to edit the hallway seperating the two daytime rooms out of the two apartments on the side of the tower to create one long room broken up by different 'zones', surely this would feel more spacious? To me this project isn't great; It is ugly on the outside as well as being badly planned (to me) on the inside. :ohno:

In Spain, houses have all rooms separated. Even in my house you have to go through two doors to go to the kitchen to the dining room, and there's no problem!

This system has good things, like your dining room will never smell like a kitchen.

An impressive video:
http://vimeo.com/34259538

And an update from the spanish forum
Un par de vistas desde el TRAM:

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Holy sh*t, that is one ugly skyscraper.

One of the ugliest skyscrapers in the world, for sure ! The shame of europe.

An impressive video:
http://vimeo.com/34259538

Impressive video indeed, the construction of the junction between both towers looks better than I expected.

This tower is so tacky i actually start to like it. I think i will visit it someday. :cool:

Unknown date.

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Impressive impact in the skyline!! but that color... :(

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6647669565_5abe3b5022_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrkiss/6647669565/)
Benidorm 002 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrkiss/6647669565/) por Mr Kiss (http://www.flickr.com/people/mrkiss/), en Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6647671883_3558a0da93_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrkiss/6647671883/)
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This will be a prominent tower in the skyline that's for sure.:)

. I think i will visit it someday.
Maybe in your dream ...

Maybe in your dream ...


^^ Another useless comment of you :ohno:... If you're bored, why don't you go play outside?