A CONTROVERSIAL luxury hotel planned for Malaga port has hit fresh trouble.

The project’s original architect, Jose Segui, has launched legal action against the developer after the scheme was handed to world-renowned British architect David Chipperfield, who has unveiled his own design for the tower.

The new design increases the height of the tower from 116 metres to 144 metres. Segui has raised concerns about the changes, saying they could affect the project’s safety.

Speaking to COPE Radio, Segui said the taller building would block views of the sea and argued that the redesign makes major changes to the original plan which had a cylindrical design.

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He has warned that the project “will have many problems getting approved” and could even be “cancelled” because, he claims, it no longer complies with the original planning conditions.

He also claims that he has not received “a single euro” for eight years of work on the project and is upset that he is not involved with the project any longer.

But, Earlier this year, a spokesman for the developers told The Mirror that Chipperfield’s priority was creating a building that would integrate with Malaga and ‘still be valid’ 150 years from now.

The new design still requires approval from Malaga City Council.

It also needs the Spanish Council of Ministers to lift the ban on building a hotel in Malaga port.

Before either of those steps can happen, however, the courts must rule on the legal challenge.

If built, the tower hotel will have around 400 luxury rooms.

The project would also redevelop the area of Levante Quay, creating new gardens for public use and a 2,000-capacity convention centre.

Some residents of Malaga have also raised concern over the towers impact on its surrounding.

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