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 and more than 40 skyscrapers between 70 m and 100 m, a total of about 60 skyscrapers above 70 m. As for the number of skyscrapers above 100 m, 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) in the city of Barcelona and its metropolitan area.
 * list not full

Tallest structures
Tall structures of unknown height:
 * Onde Cero Radio Mast. Guyed mast used by "Onde Cero" for broadcasting on 540 kHz (41.47196°N, 2.21412°W)

Sources and external links

 * Report for Barcelona at Emporis
 * Report for Barcelona at SkyscraperPage
 * Report for Barcelona at Structurae
 * Fira Towers in progress. Photos and architectural review by a+t architecture publishers