List of tallest buildings in Madrid

AZCA & CTBA business complexes, where most of the tallest buildings are located

Since 2009, the tallest building in Madrid (and Spain) has been Torre de Cristal, that dominates the Madrid skyline with 250 m in height. Madrid has two main business centres: Cuatro Torres Business Area and AZCA.

Tallest buildings

The list includes buildings (above 70 m (230 ft)) in the city of Madrid and its metropolitan area. An asterisk (*) indicates that the building is still under construction, but has been topped out.

Rank	Name	Image	Height m (ft)	Floors	Year	Use
1	Torre de Cristal		250 m (820 ft)	52	2009	Office
2	Torre Cepsa		248.3 m (815 ft)	45	2008	Office
3	Torre PwC		236 m (774 ft)	52	2009	Office, hotel
4	Torre Espacio		230 m (755 ft)	51	2008	Office
5	Caleido		181 (567 ft)	36	2020	Office
6	Torre Picasso		157 m (515 ft)	46	1988	Office
7	Torre de Madrid		142 m (466 ft)	36	1957	Residential, office
8	Torre Europa		120 m (394 ft)	30	1985	Office
9	Edificio España		117 m (384 ft)	25	1953	Hotel, office
10	Torres de Colón		116 m (381 ft)	23	1976	Office
11=	Gate of Europe tower 1		115 m (377 ft)	26	1996	Office
11=	Gate of Europe tower 2		115 m (377 ft)	26	1996	Office
13	Castellana 81		110 m (361 ft)	32	1981	Office
14	Torre Titania		104 m (341 ft)	23	2011	Office
15=	Skyline Madrid tower 1		100 m (328 ft)	25	2022	Residential
15=	Skyline Madrid tower 2		100 m (328 ft)	25	2022	Residential
15=	Torre del Complejo Cuzco [ usurped ]		100 m (328 ft)	25	1979	Office
18	Torre Castilla [ usurped ]		98 m (322 ft)	24	1981	Office
19	Valencia Tower		94 m (308 ft)	30	1973	Residential
20	Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla		89 m (292 ft)	22	1972	Hospital
21	Telefónica Building		89 m (292 ft)	14	1929	Office
22	Torre Metropolitana [ usurped ]		89 m (292 ft)	24	1978	Office, residential
23	Torre Retiro [ usurped ]		89 m (292 ft)	24	1971	Office, residential
24	Torre Mahou		85 m (279 ft)	22	1990	Office
25	Condado de Treviño 2 [ usurped ]		84 m (276 ft)	26	1980	Residential
26	Entrerrios Apartments [ usurped ]		82 m (269 ft)	25	1973	Residential
27	Puerta de Chamartin [ usurped ]		81 m (266 ft)	22	2006	Residential
28	Condado de Treviño 9 [ usurped ]		80 m (262 ft)	24	1974	Residential
29	Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas [ usurped ]		78 m (256 ft)	19	1978	Office
30	Torre Panorama [ usurped ]		75 m (246 ft)	22	2006	Residential
31	Caleruega 18 [ usurped ]		74 m (243 ft)	23	1973	Residential
32=	Caleruega 50 [ usurped ]		73 m (240 ft)	22	1976	Residential
32=	Caleruega 51 [ usurped ]		73 m (240 ft)	22	1979	Residential
34	Torres Blancas		71 m (233 ft)	21	1968	Residential

Tallest under construction or proposed

Under construction

Name	District	Height m (ft)	Floors	Year	Use
AXA tower 1 [1] [2]	Tetuán	≃100 m (328 ft)	24+attic		Residential
AXA tower 2 [1] [2]	Tetuán	≃100 m (328 ft)	24+attic		Residential
Méndez Álvaro II [3]	Arganzuela	81 m (266 ft)	18	2022	Office
Campus Méndez Álvaro [3]	Arganzuela	74 m (243 ft)	17	2022	Office

Proposed

Name	District	Height m (ft)	Floors	Year	Use
Torre Madrid Nuevo Norte 1	Fuencarral-El Pardo	330 m (1,080 ft)	77	2030	Office
Torre Madrid Nuevo Norte 2	Fuencarral-El Pardo	265 m (869 ft)	-	2030	Office
Torre Madrid Nuevo Norte 3	Fuencarral-El Pardo	240 m (790 ft)	-	2030	Office
Torre Chamartín I	Fuencarral-El Pardo	220 m (720 ft)	-	2030	Office
Torre Madrid Nuevo Norte 4	Fuencarral-El Pardo	180 m (590 ft)	-	2030	Office
Fábrica de Clesa Torre I	Fuencarral-El Pardo	130 m (430 ft)	32	-	Hotel, office
Torre Metropolitan	Chamberí	120 m (390 ft)	31	-	Residential
Torre Adequa	Hortaleza	100 m (330 ft)	25	2022	Office
Fábrica de Clesa Torre II	Fuencarral-El Pardo	80 m (260 ft)	-	-	Hotel, office

Timeline of tallest buildings

Name	Image	District	Years at tallest	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors
Edificio Metrópolis		Centro	1910-1919	45	148	5
Cybele Palace [4]		Centro	1919-1929	70	230	8
Edificio Telefónica		Centro	1929-1953	88	289	14
Edificio España		Centro	1953-1957	117	384	25
Torre de Madrid		Moncloa-Aravaca	1957-1988	142	466	34
Torre Picasso		Tetuán	1988-2007	155	515	43
Torre Espacio		Fuencarral-El Pardo	2007-2008	224	755	56
Torre de Cristal		Fuencarral-El Pardo	2008–present	249	817	50

Gallery

• 
  Cuatro Torres Business Area (left) and AZCA (right) from the Edificio Capitol
• 
  Cuatro Torres Business Area
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  AZCA
• 
  Paseo de la Castellana

Sources and external links

• Report for Madrid ^{[ usurped ]} at Emporis
• Report for Madrid at SkyscraperPage
• Report for Madrid at Structurae

References

1. AXA proyecta 330 viviendas protegidas en el distrito madrileño de Tetuán (in Spanish)
2. Comienzan las obras de las segundas torres al final de Marqués de Viana (in Spanish)
3. Méndez Álvaro Campus (in Spanish)
4. madrid.es