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AT recent times many new buildings are being built in the capital. Some of them differ not only in height, but also in architectural features. Our website has prepared material about ten such buildings:
1. TV tower
Baku television tower, 130 meters high, began to be built back in 1979. It was the very first tall building in the capital. In addition, in terms of its height, it is the 34th tower in the world. There is a restaurant on the 67th floor of the TV tower, from where a stunning panorama of the city opens.
2 . SOCAR Tower
B Socar Tower, the new administrative building of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), located on Heydar Aliyev Avenue, was built in 2010.
3. Crescent Development Project
This building is currently under construction. Crescent Development Project is a 433-storey business center, 203 meters high, located on the shores of the Caspian Sea. This complex will include hotels and shopping and entertainment centers. This project is already considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the capital.
4. Flame Towers (flame towers)
The 190-meter building is a complex of three multi-storey buildings. These include hotels, apartments and offices. The total area of the building is 235,000 square meters. This complex, built in 2007-2013, resembling a fire flame, is considered one of the best attractions for tourists.
5. Sofaz Tower
The twenty-six-story building of the State Oil Fund, the Sofaz Tower, was designed by a French company Inter Art Etudes . In addition to a two-story underground parking, a three-story podium, 18 open-type floors, 3 technical floors, the building houses a library, a museum, a conference hall for 200 people, restaurants, and much more.
6. Yelkən Ypwer Baku(Sail tower)
The Sailing Tower or Trump Tower is a 130 meter tall building with 33 floors. The building has 72 apartments and 189 separate hotel rooms. The building is located on H. Aliyev Street in the Narimanov district of the capital. The construction of the skyscraper began in 2008 and was completed in 2015. The building has 11 elevators.
7. Azersu Office Tower
August 9, 2012 Korean construction company Heerim Architects won a tender for the development of a new office building for OAO Azersu . The company designed the building in the form of a drop of water. In November 2013, construction began on the first floor of the building. However, later in 2016 the construction of the project was transferred to companies ALKE İnşaat and Tijaret . Currently, work is underway on interior decoration.
8. Port Baku Towers
This building was built on Neftchilar Avenue, next to seaport Baku. The complex has 2 towers. Rooms of the tower "A" class. There are shopping areas, an international spa and wellness center, restaurants, cafes, and parking for 1200 cars.
9. Demirchi Tpwer
This is a 25-storey business center located next to the Khatai metro station. The building has 30 floors in total. There is a pay garage.
10. Baku Tower
This is a 52-storey office building, which is being built at 109 Heydar Aliyev Avenue. The construction of this skyscraper is carried out by the company Avzil Construction LLC . This 249-meter building will be one of the tallest buildings in Azerbaijan.
It should be noted that the top 10 tallest buildings in Baku was created based on the list provided by State Committee on urban planning and architecture of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Objects | Height | Year of foundation |
TV tower | 310 m | 1979 |
Socar Tower | 209 m | 2015 |
Crescent Development Project | 203 m. | 2016 |
Flame Tower | 109 m | 2013 |
Sofaz Tower | 140 m | 2014 |
Yelkən Tower | 130 m | 2014 |
Azərsu ASC | 124 m | 2015 |
Port Baku Tower | 120 m | 2011 |
Demerchi Tower | 107 m. | 2013 |
Baku Tower | 249 m | 2014 |
Prepared by: Ramilya Gardashkhangyzy
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Modern Baku is a city of contrasts, where ancient buildings are harmoniously combined with the latest architectural achievements. Famous foreign architects embody their most daring futuristic ideas here, turning Baku into an ambitious city. "Moscow-Baku" brings to your attention the ten most unusual architectural projects that have changed the face of the city.
1. Heydar Aliyev Center
The symbol of modern Baku - the Heydar Aliyev Center has become one of the favorite places for visiting Baku residents and guests of the city. The Heydar Aliyev Center was designed by the world famous architect Zaha Hadid. There are no straight lines in the design of the postmodern building. And the closer you get to the Center, the more you notice how the building rises from the ground in a wave, then falls down again, as if personifying infinity and continuation. The center, distinguished by its multifunctionality and being a unique example of architecture, has already been included in the list of world architecture. The building houses a museum, a conference hall, a library, etc.
2 Flame Towers
The architects of Flame Towers were inspired by the history of the land of fire and decided to create a project that could become a new symbol of modern Baku. The towers have become the highest building in Azerbaijan and their appearance resembles flames. Today, three "fiery" towers are visible from the farthest points of the city and are calling card Baku. Flame Towers are three high-rise buildings that include a hotel, apartments, offices, restaurants and a cinema. The towers are completely covered with LED screens that display the movement of the fire. The effect of torches is visually created, which emphasizes the main idea of the project, which lies in their name - "Flame Towers". Flame Towers was declared the winner of the MIPIM 2013 competition - the largest investment exhibition of innovative projects in the European real estate market - in the nomination "Best Hotel and Tourist Center". And the lighting of the Flame Towers was voted the best in the world by skyscrapercity.com, the influential urban planning forum.
3. State Museum carpet
The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum was erected on Baku Boulevard, a favorite place for recreation for residents and guests of the capital. Its building resembles a rolled carpet - this was the idea of the author of the project, the famous Austrian architect Franz Janz. The new building was opened quite recently - in August last year, and today it is the most visited museum in Azerbaijan. By the way, the museum has an unusual exhibition concept. Its exhibits - carpets are hung on arched walls, many of which are visible from all floors from different angles. About 14 thousand exhibits are stored here, in addition to carpets and rugs, these are metal products, clothes, ceramic, wooden items, jewelry, books, a unique collection of photographs.
4. Baku Crystal Hall
Baku Crystal Hall was erected on the shore of the Caspian Sea, on the state flag square. This complex is intended for holding international cultural events. And it was built specifically for the Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in 2012 in the Azerbaijani capital. The complex accommodates more than 23 thousand people and, according to the assurances of the builders, “in the event of any emergencies all visitors to the stadium can be evacuated in eight minutes."
The façade of Crystal Hall is equipped with numerous modern dynamic lighting installations, allowing you to create various effects. Luminous crystals with thousands of light panels allow you to reflect more than 45 thousand color shades and create bright architectural illumination at night.
5. Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport
Today we can safely say that one of the most unusual air terminals in the world is located in Baku. Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport is a vivid embodiment of the fact that an airport can be not only a convenient infrastructure facility, but also a masterpiece of architecture, a real hallmark of the country. From a height, the futuristic terminal building resembles a huge plane soaring over the runway. The four floors of the building at all levels are entwined from the inside with structures of a kind of “cocoons” made of oak veneer, and the cafes, bars, and shopping kiosks in the Salam Lounges business area on the top floor were hidden by the architects in wooden hemispheres.
6 SOCAR Tower
The 42-storey skyscraper SOCAR Tower is located on the busy Heydar Aliyev Avenue and will soon become the office building of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan. The moving stream of fire is the central design idea of the skyscraper. The original SOCAR tower project included two towers, which, curling around each other, made up one whole building. Over time, changes were made to the project. Now it is one tower, which is slightly split into petals of fire. The top of the first "petal" is approximately at the level of 22-23 floors. The other two crown the top of the building. The façade itself is undulating from base to top, another reference to the flame theme.
During the construction of the building, the most modern technologies. Thus, the building is provided with TWIN elevators, the peculiarity of which is that in one shaft, one above the other, there are two cabins that move independently of each other. Socar Tower is also equipped with a self-cleaning system, and the facade of the building can be used as an LED screen.
7. Azersu Office Tower
Azersu Office Tower will become the new office headquarters of Azerbaijan's national water operator. The building is located on Heydar Aliyev Avenue, which is the main place for the implementation of futuristic high-rise buildings in Baku and claims to become the business center of the capital. The tower was built according to the project of the Korean company Heerim Architects, which proposed a building project in the form of a large drop of water, thus reflecting the main activity of the company. The building has 22 floors, its height is 124 meters. Construction began in 2013, and the opening ceremony of this grandiose project is expected in the near future.
Azersu Tower is successfully combined with the fire theme of the neighboring building - SOCAR Tower. Thus, the symbols of water and fire, embodied in architectural forms, ended up next door on Heydar Aliyev Avenue.
8. Trump Hotel Baku
Baku has also drawn the attention of US tycoon Donald Trump. The new creative building of modern Baku - the 33-storey Trump International Hotel & Tower Baku - will open soon. The tower will house 72 luxury apartments and 189 hotel rooms. And Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the tycoon, came several times to follow the construction process. “When we open in 2015, visitors and residents of our building will see not only luxury real estate that is unparalleled in Baku, but also some of the best in the world,” Trump Organization President Donald Trump said.
Rising above the Caspian Sea, Trump Baku is an oasis in the middle of a bustling city. The building is located on a busy intersection, but surrounded by extensive gardens, fountains and park paths. The façade of the building has a characteristic bright silhouette, reminiscent of a sail mast on the high seas, and consists of metal bronze panels, glass openings and private terraces.
9. The Crescent Development Project
On the shores of the Caspian Sea, the construction of the grandiose The Crescent Development Project is underway, which will consist of three buildings: the Crescent Hotel, the Crescent City business center, and the residence and shopping and entertainment center Crescent Place. The most unusual thing in this complex is the hotel building, which is built in the shape of a crescent, the ends of which rest with their "horns" on the water surface. The architects assure that the arcuate configuration of the skyscraper will not affect inner space building, as it rests on both sides of the multi-storey towers, which create additional volume and are a support for the entire hotel. A 35-storey hotel is being built in the sea, on a man-made island, at a distance of 100 meters from the shore. The construction of the complex is expected to be completed in 2016.
10. Khazar Islands New City
An analogue of the ambitious Dubai Palm project will appear on the coast of Baku. The Azerbaijani version is called Khazar Islands and is being built on an artificial archipelago, which will consist of 50 islands and 19 microdistricts. In total, the archipelago will occupy 24 sq. km - length will be 8 km, width - 3 km. Most residential buildings on the Khazar Islands will be 25 storeys, with some islands having 40-60 storey buildings. The construction of the main part of the project requires 60 billion dollars. This entire amount will be attracted from external sources - 30 billion dollars will be foreign investment, and the same amount will come from the sale of apartments. The project is still at the early construction stage.
Azerbaijan, planned to be built by 2019. It will be the tallest building in the world. Its height will be 1050 m, and this is already higher than today's leader, 828 m high. Yes, and higher than the projected skyscraper in Saudi Arabia- , 1001 m high.
Baku, like Dubai, is rapidly developing due to money from oil and gas fields. Almost every day a new construction site starts in Baku. The city strives to become the business center of its region, attracting more and more investments. But architects from all over the world dream of being invited to the construction of such grandiose and magnificent buildings.
Copying the construction structure of an Arab country in Baku, it is planned to build an artificial archipelago Khazar Islands, the center of which will be skyscraper Azerbaijan Tower. The construction of artificial islands in the Caspian Sea will be carried out in stages. Total the population that will live and work here is 1 million people. Accordingly, both residential and public and office buildings will be built. The construction of 150 schools, 50 hospitals, a large number of shopping and cultural centers, parks and even a Formula 1 race track is envisaged.
Baku is changing right before our eyes! In the capital of Azerbaijan every day, new buildings, public centers, skyscrapers appear. However, the scale of this is still incomparable with Dubai. But maybe it's in the future! After all, in 2019 in Baku may appear Azerbaijan Tower – tallest building in the world.
Comparisons between Baku and Dubai can be continued for a long time. In both cities there is active construction for gas and oil money. These cities are becoming the business centers of their region, investors from all over the world are looking at them more and more often, and best architects the planets dream of being invited to build buildings there someday.
In order to look even more like their Arab "big brother", Baku is even going to build an artificial Khazar Islands archipelago. Here, the Azerbaijan Tower will become its high-rise dominant.
The height of this skyscraper will be 1050 meters (189 floors), which is 50 meters higher than the Kingdom Tower - the tallest building in the world announced for construction. Now the palm is sent from Saudi Arabia to Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan Tower will become the center of Khazar Islands, built on artificial islands in the Caspian Sea near Baku. It will develop in stages. And as a result, it will have residential, public and office buildings designed for 1 million people living and working there. In particular, it is planned to build 150 schools and 50 hospitals on the Khazar Islands. Trade and cultural centers, parks, sports complexes and even a Formula 1 race track will be created here. The total area of the reclaimed territory will be 2,000 hectares. A system of bridges and multi-lane highways will connect this new area with the center of Baku.
The start of construction of the record high skyscraper Azerbaijan Tower is scheduled for 2015. They are going to put it into operation in 2018-2019 (Kingdom Tower is expected to appear already in 2016-2017). The entire Khazar Islands project should be fully implemented by 2022.
I love skyscrapers and architecture in general. Contrary to popular belief that all the fun ended in the 19th century, I find both Soviet houses and modern buildings attractive. The era of the USSR left us wonderful constructivism, and multi-storey towers simply fascinate with their appearance, like complex engineering structures. However, I digress, sorry, I'm talking about Baku. The photo shows Flame Towers, the famous Flame Towers, which have become one of the symbols of the city. The first day I went to see them.
Fountain "Bakhram-gur". The sculpture depicts the Sasanian Shahinshah of Iran slaying a dragon. This is an episode of Nizami Ganjavi's poem "Seven Beauties". Who is Nizami Ganjavi, I hope you remember.
Skyscrapers are on the mountain. You can take the funicular up to the top. I am not indifferent to this type of transport, and I was glad to combine business with pleasure. The fare is 0.50 manat, payment only in cash. BakiKART does not work either. It seems that the funicular used to be free. Made changes to Wikipedia and created a navigation address https://naviaddress.com/994/922727
The funicular appeared in Baku in 1960. There was a long period when he did not work. In the early 2000s, the funicular was repaired and launched. The length of the tracks is 455 meters, 28 people fit in the booth. Departure every 20 min.
I took the last free place and rejoice in the success. But something went wrong. The funicular was not running. Twenty minutes passed, people began to freak out. The workers could not say anything intelligible. Sounds like a problem with the top box. Since the system is unified, the lower one does not move either. In the end, I sat, sat and went on foot.
Some went to the nearest carpet museum, hoping that the funicular would be up and running within an hour. But I don't want a museum, I want Flame Towers. Soared up the mountain like a whirlwind. It turned out to go not so far, about a kilometer. The climb is not very steep. Only the sidewalks are very narrow.
Wow, what a beauty!
Construction shopping center. The sign says Caspian Waterfront Project.
Baku is called "city of winds", in America Chicago - "windy city". They are very similarly located, from the observation deck in the Upland Park it is clearly visible. There are no skyscrapers, and everything is different, but I immediately remembered.
Baku Eye ferris wheel, Mayak restaurant, Crystal Hall arena and National Flag Square
View of the towers from the observation deck. They symbolize the three flames. In the evening the view is even more impressive. The surface of the buildings is covered with LED screens. I even made a video of what I do in the most exceptional cases. I will make a separate post about evening Baku. For those who can't wait, check out my Youtube channel. And posted something on Facebook. Subscribe and be the first to know ;)
Jeyran is one of the mascots of the 2015 European Games, which were held in Baku. There is also Nar (pomegranate), I found it in the Seaside Park, then I will show it.
There is a TV tower on the next mountain. Hmm, I thought, why don't I go there. And went :)
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