Allow construction of taller buildings in Spain

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  Pryconsa

  Spanish property development and construction company

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  «Estamos convencidos de que el futuro de la vivienda pasa por un urbanismo inteligente, donde la edificación en altura desempeñe un papel clave [...]». Unverified source (2025)

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  Martín Varsavsky

  Tech entrepreneur and telecommunications investor

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  votes For and says:

  España no necesita más controles ni más leyes que asfixien al propietario o al promotor. [...] Permitir edificios más altos y un urbanismo moderno. Unverified source (2025)

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  Andrew Ede

  Journalist at Majorca Daily Bulletin

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  Reach for the skies - Taller buildings a solution to Palma's housing crisis Unverified source (2023)

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  Carme Chacón

  Spanish socialist politician, former Housing Minister.

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  votes For and says:

  limitar la edificación de viviendas a cuatro alturas supone un "atentado" contra el medio ambiente.[...] se trata de un "retroceso". Unverified source (2007)

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  Alfonso de Esteban

  Spanish sociologist, urbanism professor at URJC.

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  votes For and says:

  la construcción vertical "ocupa menos suelo que los adosados".[...] Se ahorra agua porque las torres tienen una única zona de riego. Unverified source (2008)

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  Cristina Narbona

  Spanish economist, ex-Minister of Environment.

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  votes For and says:

  cuanto menos altura más se utiliza el coche y más suelo se consume.[...] una ciudad equilibrada, con zonas verdes y espacios públicos. Unverified source (2007)

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  Manuel Pérez Fenoll

  Spanish dentist and former Benidorm mayor.

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  votes For and says:

  defiende el modelo de los rascacielos que llenan esta ciudad[...] por una cuestión de "sostenibilidad". Se ocupa menos espacio y se ahorra en infraestructuras. Unverified source (2008)

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  Eduardo Mangada

  Spanish architect and former Madrid urbanist.

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  votes For and says:

  Limitar por ley, de forma extensiva e indiscriminada,[...] la altura [...] a "tres plantas más ático" supone imponer un paisaje edificado chato y anodino. Unverified source (2007)

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  Gonzalo Bernardos

  Spanish economist and real-estate analyst

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  votes For and says:

  a corto plazo va a ser muy difícil resolver la crisis de la vivienda, hacen falta medidas extraordinarias. [...] ¿Una manera de resolverlo? Medidas absolutamente extraordinarias. Urbanismo relámpago de, en tres años, convertir suelos agrícolas en res... more Unverified source (2025)

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  Laura García

  Director of Visit Benidorm foundation

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  votes For and says:

  Nuestro modelo urbano en sí ya es sostenible desde 1956, cuando comenzó a gestarse la actual ciudad. El modelo vertical, compacto, de edificios altos que consume poco territorio, ya en sí es sostenible. Lo que ocurre es que, visualmente, ese perfil d... more Unverified source (2025)

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  Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín

  Former mayor of Seville, Spanish politician

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  Sevilla no necesita un rascacielos para ser moderna, pero tampoco necesita impedir que se haga un rascacielos para conservar su esencia. Esos elementos no se deben contraponer, pues Sevilla tiene capacidad y ambición suficientes para combinar tradici... more Unverified source

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  César Pelli

  Argentine-American Pritzker-winning skyscraper architect

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  votes For and says:

  Es una torre de planta elíptica que va adelgazando a medida que se eleva hacia el cielo y guarda una proporción respetuosa con la Giralda, es poco más de una vez y media su altura. Para nosotros, decidir la altura ha sido lo más importante del proyec... more Unverified source (2007)

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  Toni Pérez

  Mayor of Benidorm and Alicante politician

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  votes For and says:

  se trata del sector urbanístico más importante del término municipal en cuanto a superficie de los que se recogen en el Plan General de 1990 [...] seguirá el modelo de ciudad vertical característico de Benidorm que ha hecho de nosotros un referente e... more Unverified source (2024)

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  Oriol Nel·lo

  Catalan geographer, expert in urban planning.

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  votes For and says:

  Frente a la dispersión, compacidad. Frente a la especialización, complejidad. Y frente a la segregación, cohesión. Unverified source

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  José Luis Camarasa

  Spanish architect, former municipal planner of Benidorm.

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  Mi ilusión siempre ha sido batir el récord de 330 metros de The Shard de Londres. Unverified source (2025)

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  Javier Martínez

  Spanish architect, president of urbanist architects union.

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  La tendencia no debe ser ocupar nuevos suelos, sino regenerar los obsoletos. "La densidad no es un problema en España". Unverified source

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  Hormipresa

  Spanish company specialising in industrialised concrete.

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  votes For and says:

  La construcción industrializada en altura se presenta como una solución clave. English translation: Industrialized high‑rise construction presents itself as a key solution. Unverified source (2025)

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  Lola Ripollés

  Engineer, Madrid director at Deerns Spain.

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  votes For and says:

  En mi opinión, actualmente en España, [...] edificios residenciales de 60 plantas podrían ser perfectamente rentables. English translation: In my view, in Spain today, high‑rise residential buildings of 60 floors could be perfectly profitable. Unverified source (2016)

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  José de la Peña

  Architect, partner at Bakpak Architects.

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  votes For and says:

  Hay mucha altura, pero también hay una liberación del suelo enorme [...] es lo más interesante a nivel de ciudad. English translation: There is a lot of height, but there is also a huge freeing up of land [...] that is the most interesting thing at ... more Unverified source (2025)

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  Leticia Vaquero

  Spanish journalist at Libertad Digital and esRadio

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  votes For and says:

  Una posible solución podría ser la de la construcción en altura. Unverified source (2025)

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  Antonio Giraldo

  Spanish geographer, urbanist and Madrid councillor

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  votes For and says:

  Mejor le hubiera ido a la maltratada costa española si hubiéramos tenido más Benidorms y muchas menos Marbellas. Unverified source (2023)

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  Arcano Research

  Analysis unit of Arcano Partners

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  votes For and says:

  Una de ellas es apostar por la edificación vertical o, como lo califica el documento, "construir hacia arriba". Unverified source (2025)

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  Pau Antó

  Spanish real estate investor

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  votes For and says:

  Tengo una batalla con una idea que mucha gente no acepta, las ciudades quizás se tienen que transformar [...] Estamos acostumbrados a ver ciudades altas y no nos escandalizamos, pero estoy seguro de que si ahora propusierámos construir en altura la g... more Unverified source (2025)

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  OECD

  Intergovernmental economic organisation

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  votes For and says:

  Updates to PGOU and NUM plans can strengthen their abilities to incentivise development in line with demographic trends and discourage low-density development that strains infrastructure and service delivery. The incorporation of demographic trends i... more Unverified source (2025)

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  Francisco Pomares

  Canary Islands journalist and columnist

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  votes For and says:

  Hace falta un nuevo consenso, un espíritu público que asuma que la vivienda es una infraestructura básica, un derecho como el agua, la energía, el pan o la justicia. Y para eso, hay que construir. Construir en altura donde sea posible. Densificar el ... more Unverified source (2025)

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  Antonio Balmón

  AMB vice president; Cornellà mayor

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  votes For and says:

  La política de servicios públicos solo puede suceder en el ámbito de la región metropolitana. La dignidad de las personas comienza por las condiciones de los espacios donde viven, y es por lo que hemos de procurar los poderes públicos. Hemos de pens... more Unverified source (2025)

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  Aedas Homes

  Spanish homebuilder and developer

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  Este tipo de edificios serían una estrategia clave para enfrentar la falta de suelo. La densificación mediante edificios en altura evita la expansión descontrolada de las ciudades, lo que disminuye la necesidad de transporte individual, preserva áre... more Unverified source (2025)

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  Sigfrido Herráez

  Dean, Architects’ Association of Madrid

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  votes For and says:

  No se trata de problemas de terreno o de cálculo de estructura [...], sino de normativas municipales a través de los planes integrales de ordenación urbana. Hay zonas donde no se puede construir en altura porque las previsiones se hacen en función d... more Unverified source (2025)

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  Rafael Castelló

  Architect; urbanism commentator

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  votes For and says:

  Por supuesto que la construcción en altura debe hacerse con «todos los estándares legales de bienestar, como zonas verdes», pero puede ser buena, porque los edificios con más altura redundan en que haya menos trayectos y que la ciudad esté menos disp... more Unverified source (2024)

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  Elisa Valía

  Valencia city councillor (PSPV)

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  votes For and says:

  Si restamos un 20% por entender que en los centros históricos y edificios protegidos no se podrá, saldrían 72.220 nuevos pisos —cantidad que se elevaría a 144.440 si se añadieran dos plantas por bloque—. La vivienda pública nunca va a llegar a barri... more Unverified source (2025)

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  Juan Ramón Rallo

  Professor of economics

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  votes For and says:

  The average height of buildings in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, or Zaragoza was greater 60 years ago than it is today. It must be that, since we have an excess supply of housing and prices are very affordable, there is no need to build vertically. Unverified source

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  Defendamos Nuestro Horizonte

  Citizen platform opposing Málaga port skyscraper

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  votes Against and says:

  La implantación [...] de un edificio innecesario en un hábitat icónico del paisaje supone un grave impacto irreversible sobre la imagen de Málaga y su bahía. Unverified source

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  ICOMOS Spain

  Spanish committee of International Council ICOMOS

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  “Su impacto es irreversible y degradaría la imagen de la ciudad”. La “naturaleza permanente” de la edificación desaconseja su construcción. Unverified source (2018)

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  Álvaro Ardura

  Spanish architect and urban planner, academic.

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  votes Against and says:

  Si el propietario del suelo no pudiera construir en altura se lo pensaría más a la hora de especular. Unverified source

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  Pedro Abella

  Real estate expert at IE University Madrid.

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  votes Against and says:

  One solution would be to build horizontally rather than up, says Abella. Unverified source (2020)

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  Carles Dolç

  Valencian architect and urbanist, heritage activist.

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  votes Against and says:

  Los edificios en altura son impropios y afectan negativamente al paisaje, y más estando en primera línea. Razones suficientes para que desaparezca. English translation: High‑rise buildings are inappropriate and negatively affect the landscape, espec... more Unverified source (2017)

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  Íñigo Ortiz Díez de Tortosa

  Spanish architect, co-founder of Ortiz León.

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  que en España no haya ninguno [...] es razonable. English translation: that there are none in Spain [...] is reasonable. Unverified source (2016)

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  José Manuel Pérez Rivera

  President of Ceuta environmental group Septem Nostra

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  Ceuta posee la suficiente belleza y atractivo para no necesitar una torre gigante que se atreva a rivalizar con el mítico Monte Hacho Unverified source (2021)

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  Andrés Rubio

  Spanish journalist and author of España fea

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  votes Against and says:

  En Ourense, sarcásticamente llamado Novayorciño, está O Carballinho: varios aterradores rascacielos, ¡feísmo galaico! Unverified source (2025)

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  Eleuterio Población

  Architect and academic, Seville

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  votes Against and says:

  Hay que ayudar a la Unesco y a Icomos para paralizar el proyecto, para que cambie y se adapte a la escala de la ciudad. [...] no todo lo viejo es bueno. [...] Sólo el «capricho» puede justificar la edificación de la torre Pelli. Unverified source (2009)

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  Víctor Fernández Salinas

  Geography professor, University of Seville

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  votes Against and says:

  Málaga es moderna en su cosmopolitismo, en su pujante sector cultural y en su capacidad para reinventarse manteniendo su identidad propia e inconfundible. La modernidad no se expresa en altura, sino en dimensiones más cualitativas que cuantitativas, ... more Unverified source (2018)

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