List of tallest buildings in Barcelona
# List of tallest buildings in Barcelona

Barcelona as the capital of Catalonia, the second biggest city in Spain and sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union, is a city with one of the largest number of skyscrapers in Europe. The recent trend in architecture in recent years has been promoting the construction of high-rise buildings as part of a wider modernisation plan that has been taking place since 1992, the year the Olympic games were held in Barcelona. Most of the skyscrapers in Barcelona were built in the 70s, 90s, and after 2002.

Barcelona has a few clusters of skyscrapers (outside the historic city center): Diagonal Mar (nearly twenty skyscrapers), Gran Via (about fifteen skyscrapers), around Plaça d'Espanya (a few skyscrapers) and Eix Macià (a few skyscrapers). The other skyscrapers are scattered about the city.

Barcelona and its metropolitan area has about 15 skyscrapers above 100 m (328 ft) and more than 40 skyscrapers between 70 m (230 ft) and 100 m (328 ft), a total of about 60 skyscrapers above 70 m (230 ft). As for the number of skyscrapers above 100 m (328 ft), Barcelona has a 7th place in the European Union. When it comes to use, most skyscrapers is the office buildings and hotels.

## Tallest buildings

The list includes buildings (above 70 m (230 ft)) in the city of Barcelona and its metropolitan area.

| Rank | Name | Height m (ft) | Floors | Year | Use | Location municipality district |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hotel Arts | 154 m (505 ft) | 44 | 1992 | Hotel | Barcelona Ciutat Vella |
| 1 | Torre Mapfre | 154 m (505 ft) | 43 | 1992 | Office | Barcelona Ciutat Vella |
| 3 | Torre Agbar | 144 m (472 ft) | 34 | 2004 | Office | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 4 | Habitat Sky (Hotel Meliá Barcelona Sky) | 116 m (381 ft) | 31 | 2008 | Hotel | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 5 | Hotel Porta Fira | 113 m (371 ft) | 26 | 2010 | Hotel | L'Hospitalet Granvia l'Hospitalet |
| 6 | Torre Realia BCN | 112 m (367 ft) | 24 | 2009 | Office | L'Hospitalet Granvia l'Hospitalet |
| 7 | Diagonal Zero Zero | 110 m (361 ft) | 24 | 2009 | Office | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 7 | Edificio Colón | 110 m (361 ft) | 28 | 1970 | Office | Barcelona Ciutat Vella |
| 9 | Hotel Barcelona Princess | 109 m (358 ft) | 26 | 2004 | Hotel | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 9 | Torre Puig | 109 m (358 ft) | 22 | 2014 | Hotel | L'Hospitalet Bellvitge |
| 11 | Hesperia Tower | 105 m (344 ft) | 28 | 2006 | Hotel | L'Hospitalet Bellvitge |
| 11 | Hotel Catalonia Plaza Europa | 105 m (344 ft) | 26 | 2011 | Hotel | L'Hospitalet Granvia l'Hospitalet |
| 13 | Torre Inbisa | 104 m (341 ft) | 25 | 2010 | Office | L'Hospitalet Granvia l'Hospitalet |
| 13 | Diagonal-Bilbao-Pere IV | 104 m (341 ft) | 27 | 2016 | Office / Residential | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 13 | Torre Zenit (Torre Werfen) | 104 m (341 ft) | 25 | 2009 | Office | L'Hospitalet Granvia l'Hospitalet |
| 16 | Hotel Torre Catalunya | 100 m (328 ft) | 25 | 1970 | Hotel | Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc |
| 17 | Illa del Mar 1 | 99 m (325 ft) | 29 | 2008 | Residencial | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 17 | W Barcelona (Hotel Vela) | 99 m (325 ft) | 29 | 2009 | Hotel | Barcelona Ciutat Vella |
| 19 | World Trade Center Almeda Park | 94 m (308 ft) | 28 | Under construction | Hotel | Cornellà Alameda Parc |
| 20 | Cambra de Comerç | 91 m (299 ft) | 22 | Under construction | Office | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 20 | Porta Firal A | 91 m (299 ft) | 25 | Under construction | | Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc |
| 20 | Porta Firal B | 91 m (299 ft) | 25 | Under construction | | Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc |
| 20 | Porta Firal C | 91 m (299 ft) | 25 | Under construction | | Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc |
| 23 | Torre Millenium | 90 m (295 ft) | 22 | 2002 | Office | Sabadell Eix Macià |
| 24 | Illa de la Llum 1 | 89 m (292 ft) | 26 | 2005 | Residential | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 25 | Consorci de la Zona Franca | 88 m (289 ft) | 22 | 2005 | Office | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 25 | Hotel AC Barcelona | 88 m (289 ft) | 22 | 2004 | Hotel | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 27 | Edifici Gas Natural (Torre Mare Nostrum) | 86 m (282 ft) | 20 | 2005 | Office | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 27 | Torre Nova Diagonal | 86 m (282 ft) | 22 | 2007 | Residential | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 29 | Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona Hotel | 85 m (279 ft) | 25 | 2004 | Hotel | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 29 | Secretari Coloma 114-118 | 85 m (279 ft) | 23 | 1975 | Residential | Barcelona Gràcia |
| 29 | La Caixa 1 | 85 m (279 ft) | 26 | 1974 | Office | Barcelona |
| 32 | Ferran Junoy 56-90 | 84 m (276 ft) | 25 | Under construction | | Barcelona Sant Andreu |
| 32 | Diagonal-Bilbao-Pere IV | 84 m (276 ft) | | Under construction | | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 34 | Torre Banc de Sabadell | 83 m (272 ft) | 23 | 1969 | Office | Barcelona |
| 34 | Melia Barcelona Hotel | 83 m (272 ft) | 23 | 1972 | Hotel | Barcelona Les Corts |
| 36 | Edificio Grupo Godó | 82 m (269 ft) | 24 | 1970 | Office | Barcelona |
| 36 | Paddock Bulevard | 82 m (269 ft) | 20 | 1998 | Office | Sabadell Eix Macià |
| 38 | Hotel Princesa Sofia | 79 m (259 ft) | 22 | 1975 | Hotel | Barcelona |
| 39 | Edificio Tarragona | 78 m (256 ft) | 22 | 1998 | Office | Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc |
| 39 | Cubics I | 78 m (256 ft) | 25 | 2010 | Residential | Santa Coloma |
| 41 | Edificio Allianz | 77 m (253 ft) | 20 | 1993 | Office | Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc |
| 41 | Torre Núñez y Navarro | 77 m (253 ft) | 20 | 1993 | Office | Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc |
| 41 | Illa del Mar 2 | 77 m (253 ft) | 23 | 2007 | Residential | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 41 | Torre Macià | 77 m (253 ft) | 20 | 1970 | | Barcelona Les Corts |
| 45 | Hospital de Bellvitge | 76 m (249 ft) | 22 | 1972 | Hospital | L'Hospitalet Bellvitge |
| 46 | Torre Europa 3 | 75 m (246 ft) | 19 | 2009 | Residential | L'Hospitalet Granvia l'Hospitalet |
| 46 | Torre Europa 4 | 75 m (246 ft) | 19 | 2009 | Residential | L'Hospitalet Granvia l'Hospitalet |
| 46 | Torre Europa 5 | 75 m (246 ft) | 19 | 2009 | Residential | L'Hospitalet Granvia l'Hospitalet |
| 46 | Biopol Mar | 75 m (246 ft) | 16 | Under construction | Office | L'Hospitalet Granvia l'Hospitalet |
| 50 | Diagonal 197 | 72 m (236 ft) | 19 | 2008 | Office | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 50 | Illa de Mar 2 | 72 m (236 ft) | 23 | 2008 | Office | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 50 | D199 | 72 m (236 ft) | 18 | 2009 | Office / hotel | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 50 | Torre RBA | 72 m (236 ft) | 18 | 2010 | Office | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 50 | Torre 22@ Mediapro | 72 m (236 ft) | 18 | 2008 | Office | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 50 | Porta Firal D | 72 m (236 ft) | 14 | Under construction | | Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc |
| 56 | Edificio Atalaya | 71 m (233 ft) | 22 | 1971 | Office | Barcelona Les Corts |
| 56 | Carrer Pau Casals 2 | 71 m (233 ft) | 19 | | | Vilassar de Mar |
| 58 | Illa del Cel 1 | 70 m (230 ft) | 22 | 2003 | Residential | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 58 | Illa del Llac | 70 m (230 ft) | 22 | 2002 | Residential | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| 58 | Torre Urquinaona | 70 m (230 ft) | 21 | 1973 | Office / Residential | Barcelona Eixample |
| 58 | Meridian Building | 70 m (230 ft) | 18 | 2006 | Office | Barcelona Porta |
| 60 | Les Orenetes de l'Eix | 70 m (230 ft) | 20 | 2005 | | Sabadell Eix Macià |

* list not full

## Tallest under construction - approved and proposed

| Name | Height m (ft) | Floors | Status | Use | Location municipality district |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cambra de Comerç | 86.50 m (284 ft) | 21 | Approved | Office | Barcelona Sant Martí |
| Torre Front Marítim | 80 m (262 ft) | 22 | competition entry | Residential / Office | Mataró |
| Illa Central (Onze04) | | 23 | competition entry | Office | Badalona |

## Gallery

| Eix Macià area and skyscrapers from the left: Torre Millenium, Paddock Bulevard and Les Orenetes de l'Eix. | from the left: Torre Mapfre, Hotel Arts and Edifici Gas Natural |
| - | - |
| Plaça d'Espanya area and skyscrapers (in the background) from the left: Hotel Torre Catalunya, Edificio Tarragona, Torre Núñez y Navarro and Edificio Allianz. | W Barcelona hotel (Hotel Vela), one of the symbols of Barcelona |

## Tallest structures

| Rank | Name | Use | Height (m) | Floors | Year | Municipality | District |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Torre de Collserola | Communications tower | 288.80 | 13 | 1992 | Barcelona | Sarrià-Sant Gervasi |
| 2 | Besòs thermal station | Retired power station | 203 | n/a | 1970 | Sant Adrià de Besòs | La Marina del Besòs |
| 3 | Sagrada Família | Church | 172.50 | 3 | Unfinished (2026) | Barcelona | Eixample |
| 4 | Montjuïc Tower | Communications Tower | 136 | -- | 1992 | Barcelona | Sants-Montjuïc |
| 5 | Torre Jaume I | Aerial Tramway Support Pillar | 107 | n/a | 1931 | Barcelona | Ciutat Vella |

Tall structures of unknown height:

* Onde Cero Radio Mast. Guyed mast used by "Onde Cero" for broadcasting on 540 kHz (41°28′19.04″N 2°12′50.84″E﻿ / ﻿41.4719556°N 2.2141222°E﻿ / 41.4719556; 2.2141222)
