Two-towered skyscraper 47 floors height in the Spanish town of Benidorm in Alicante wasn't equipped with elevator. The height of the two towers Intempo is 200 meters, but the elevator only goes up to the 20th floor, ee24.com reports with reference to the Spanish media.
The skyscraper was supposed to be a new word in Spanish architecture, and became a perfect symbol of the Spanish crisis. The project, which was scheduled to finish in 2009, will be completed only at the end of 2013. Intempo skyscraper in Spain is one of the tallest residential buildings in Europe.
Initially, the 20-storey building has been decided to increase to 47 floors with 269 apartments inside. The architect of the skyscraper was the Spaniard Roberto Perez Guerras. The building consists of two symmetrical towers, connected on the upper part, which creates the illusion of an inverted cone.
Misadventures began in 2009, with the bankruptcy of the developer. The project has been taken by other company, which found that the decision to increase the number of floors was made with gross violations in load-bearing structures. The result of this was the inability to make the design of high-rise skyscraper elevator. However, the problem with the elevators did not return until 2012, when the final decoration of the house.
Throughout the period of construction of a skyscraper lots of failures occurred. First, workers had to get up for work on the upper floors by the stairs as no one bothered to design the lift. And then an elevator with several workers on board collapsed from 13th floor, causing serious injuries.
It is reported that the construction of the tower will end in December 2013. In this case, it is unclear how the problem will be solved with the elevators.
At this point 35% of the apartments has already been sol, and the developer does not agree to reduce the price of apartments for real estate investors. Prices for one-bedroom apartment in a skyscraper start from €358,000. Still unsold flats are likely to go under the hammer at seriously discounted prices.