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Sunset Waves

Sunset Waves is a pair of 29-storey residential towers on Avenida República Argentina, completed in 2021. They were the first project on the 165,000-square-metre site that TM bought in Poniente in 2018.

Benidorm skyline drawn from building data: heights to scale, west to east Poniente Levante TM Tower · 230 m Intempo · 187.1 m Gran Hotel Bali · 186 m Gran Delfín · 158 m Torre Lúgano · 158 m Sunset Sailors Tower 1 · 151 m Neguri Gane · 148 m Edificio Kronos · 140 m Benidorm Beach · 126 m Edificio Don Jorge · 124 m El Mirador del Mediterráneo · 123 m Torre Levante · 120 m Costa Blanca I · 116 m Miragolf Playa 2 · 115 m Gemelos 26 Torre I · 114 m Gemelos 26 Torre II · 114 m Torre d'Oboe I · 114 m Torre d'Oboe II · 114 m Sunset Sailors Tower 2 · 113 m Sol de Poniente 2 · 112 m Beni Beach · 110 m Sunset Cliffs Torre 2 · 106.2 m Miragolf Playa I · 105 m Playa Azul · 105 m Torre Pinar · 105 m Residencial Islamar 2 · 104 m Residencial Islamar 3 · 104 m Torre Poseidón · 103 m Sunset Waves I · 101.5 m Sunset Waves II · 101.5 m Hotel Port Benidorm · 101 m Las Terrazas de Benidorm 1 · 101 m Las Terrazas de Benidorm 2 · 101 m Torre Doscalas · 100.4 m Gemelos 22 Torre 1 · 100.2 m Gemelos 22 Torre 2 · 100.2 m Coblanca 41 · 97 m Delfín Tower · 95 m Hotel Flamingo Oasis · 95 m Gemelos 20 Torre 1 · 94 m Gemelos 20 Torre 2 · 94 m Torre Coblanca · 94 m Sol de Poniente 1 · 92.7 m Tropic-Mar · 92.6 m Edificio Ónice · 92 m Sunset Drive East · 92 m Sunset Drive West · 92 m Londres II · 91 m Torre Sakura · 91 m Costa Blanca II · 90 m Coblanca 40 Torre 1 · 89.3 m Coblanca 40 Torre 2 · 89.3 m Hotel Meliá Benidorm · 89.3 m Hotel Meliá Benidorm Torre 2 · 89.3 m Principado Marina · 89.3 m Edificio Circo · 89.2 m Torre Benidorm · 89 m Cibeles 1 · 88 m Cibeles 2 · 88 m Sunset Cliffs Torre 1 · 86.7 m Balcón de Poniente 1 · 86 m Balcón de Poniente 2 · 86 m Coblanca 37 · 86 m Eagle Tower · 86 m Edificio El Olivar 1 · 86 m Edificio El Olivar 2 · 86 m Sierra de Bernia 1 · 85.9 m Sierra de Bernia 2 · 85.9 m Torre Capri · 85.9 m Torre San Remo · 85.9 m Gemelos 12 Torre 1 · 85 m Gemelos 12 Torre 2 · 85 m Las Damas · 85 m Sandos Benidorm Suites · 83 m Residencial Miranda 1 · 82.6 m Residencial Miranda 2 · 82.6 m Hotel RH Victoria · 82 m Parque Europa 1 · 82 m Parque Europa 2 · 82 m Parque Europa 3 · 82 m Torre Europa · 82 m Coblanca 32 B · 81.1 m Old town

The story

In January 2018 TM Grupo Inmobiliario bought 165,000 square metres on the second line from the Playa de Poniente, the largest land investment since the company was founded in 1969. For the first two towers TM held an ideas competition. Gea Arquitectos from Elche won against the finalists ON-A and Morph; the jury praised a ‘calm, lasting avant-garde look’. Sales began as early as May 2018: two-bedroom apartments from €275,000, three-bedroom up to €400,000. In two weeks there were more than 40 reservations, 15 of them on the first day.

Waves of glass-fibre concrete

The shape is meant to imitate waves and sails. Bands of glass-fibre-reinforced concrete (GRC) and curved floor slabs form the sweeping profile; the rear façade is in shades of blue, as a contrast to the straight-lined skyline. The edges taper so that the towers look lighter. The design was done entirely in BIM, with the bands adjusted parametrically. North-south orientation, cross-ventilation, aerothermal heating and energy class A are part of it, according to Gea.

Finished in the pandemic

By its own account TM spent around €40 million to complete Sunset Waves without interruption during the Covid period. Handover was in 2021, in February according to one portal. The 268 apartments are considered sold out; penthouses on floors 27 and 28 have their own jacuzzis. The communal areas cover more than 10,000 square metres with pools, tennis and padel courts, a 150-square-metre panoramic gym, a sauna and a climbing wall for children. Then followed Sunset Cliffs, Sunset Sailors and the TM Tower on the same site.

Good to know

  • 101.5 metres (according to SkyscraperPage), 29 floors, two towers.
  • Design chosen by ideas competition in 2018, won by Gea Arquitectos.
  • Sales launch May 2018: 2 bedrooms from €275,000, 3 bedrooms up to €400,000.
  • Façade of GRC bands with a blue-painted rear.
  • Around €40 million in construction costs according to TM.

Open questions

  • Height: 101.5 m (SkyscraperPage) versus 104 m (Spanish list/Emporis); no CTBUH entry.
  • Number of apartments: 264 (press 2018) versus 268 (Gea, marketing).
  • Contractor not documented; completion 2020 or 2021 depending on the source.
  • Date of the land purchase: January 2018 (Alicante Plaza 2018) or 2017 (Alicante Plaza 2023).

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