Friday, August 9, 2013

Spanish skyscraper missing elevators in monster goof: ‘Standard for the Future’ or sign of current decline?

Via Ninety Miles From Tyranny

 
 An apartment building under construction is seen in Benidorm November 26, 2012. Spain is considering offering rich investors from countries such as Russia and China the right to settle in return for them buying up property worth 160,000 euros ($200,000) or more in the stagnant housing sector, the country's commerce secretary Jaime Garcia-Legaz said November 19. REUTERS/Heino Kalis (SPAIN - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS POLITICS) - RTR3AWLL

Today InTempo has 94% of its structure completed, but the 47-story skyscraper doesn't have a single elevator shaft.

The InTempo, a 47-story building in Alicante, Spain, has had its construction fraught with problems, including allegations of fraud from both customers and suppliers, who are owed $3.3 million What goes up must walk down.

In what will surely go down in history as one the greatest architectural blunders, the town of Benidorm in Alicante, Spain, had almost completed its 47-story skyscraper when it realized it excluded plans for elevator shafts 

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