Monday, August 12, 2013

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


 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
Spanish skyscraper missing elevators in monster goof: ‘Standard for the Future’ or sign of current decline? - NY Daily News:
"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.
Despite its name, the InTempo skyscraper was, seemingly rushed through the blueprint process, and its attempted message of prosperity through the country's economic tumult has become one that is more fitting to the current state of things in Spain as a whole."

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