Flame towers in Baku are the highest buildings of Azerbaijan. The highest buildings of Azerbaijan Baku are built

Open in 2010, the 828-meter Burj Khalif Tower in Dubai became the highest building on the planet, a symbol of engineering genius triumph. But not long she was destined to be a record holder. In different parts of the Earth, there are already preparation for construction even more high and complex skyscrapers, each of which has a height no less kilometer.

Sky City. China

Sky City Tower, although it will have a height of a little less than a kilometer, but this project is likely to be the first to beat the Burj Khalifa record with its 828 meters from the base to the top of the spire. The project provides for the construction of a step 838-meter tower in the Chinese city of Changsha, on 202 floors of which houses are located, hotels, educational institutions, hospitals, offices, shops.

But it is interesting not so much a record height of Sky City, as incredibly the rapid pace of construction of this building. Broad Sustainable Building Company, which will build it, is known for the whole world by building high-altitude houses in just a few days. So this skyscraper is planning to build only 90 days plus 120 days of preparation of the site for construction.

The construction of this skyscraper should have started in the summer of 2013, but so far is postponed. True, preparatory work on the site in the place where Sky City will grow, gradually go.

Azerbaijan Tower. Azerbaijan

Building the highest skyscraper in the world and in Azerbaijan. The growing income from the sale of oil and gas allows you to implement very large social and infrastructure facilities in this country, for example, the construction of an artificial archipelago Khazar Islands, the high-altitude dominant of which will be the 1050-meter Tower Azerbaijan Tower.

The construction of the archipelago began a few years ago. Now it has grown the first public, residential and office structures, and the construction of the Azerbaijan Tower itself will begin, as expected in 2015.

The project investors promise to put into operation the Azerbaijan Tower building in 2019, and the entire artificial archipelago to complete by 2020.

Kingdom Tower. Saudi Arabia

But all the same, most ultra-high building projects are planned to be implemented in rich Arab countries. For example, Saudi Arabia lives the idea of \u200b\u200bbuilding the highest building in the world - does not give them a rest of the Burj Khalif in the neighboring United Arab Emirates.

Construction of a skyscraper Kingdom Tower began in 2013 in the city of Jeddah. The height of this 167-storey building will be slightly higher than 1000 meters. The exact data is still unknown - they will appear only after the commissioning of the object is put into operation. Investors are afraid to announce them, fearing that someone will build a facility just a few meters higher and will beat the record.

Kingdom Tower will be the central part of the Kingdom Center multifunctional complex - a whole city consisting of residential, office, hotel, shopping and entertainment facilities, the total value of which will be $ 20 billion.

Madinat Al-Hareer. Kuwait

They want to build a kilometer skyscraper and in Kuwait. In June 2014, a project of the building with the name Madinat Al-Hareer was finally approved, the height of which will be 1001 meters.

The name Madinat Al-Hareer is translated as a "silk city", which hints at the glorious history of Kuwait in those times when he was one of the world's silk trade centers. It was originally planned that this skyscraper would be erected by 2016, but, apparently, this period will be postponed at least for two years.

Dubai City Tower. United Arab Emirates

Dubai looks at the above projects with caution - they are already in the sooner future they can beat the height record of the Burj Dubai skyscraper. But, on the other hand, and in this city do not sit by folding hands. There is a complete move to work on creating a project of the world in the world of a two-kilometer building.

As the basis for the design of Dubai City Tower, the Eiffel Tower is taken. But the size of this Arab skyscraper will be at seven and a half times greater than the French prototype. The height of the future tower will be 2400 meters.

The 400 floors of the Dubai City Tower skyscraper will be interconnected not only by elevators, but also a vertical train, which can move at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour and deliver people from the bottom floor to the top in seconds.

Modern Baku is a city of contrasts, where the old buildings are harmoniously combined with the latest architectural achievements. Famous foreign architects embody their most bold futuristic plans here, turning Baku into an ambitious city. "Moscow-Baku" Intends to your attention the ten most unusual architectural projects that changed the appearance of the city.

1. Heydar Aliyev Center
The symbol of modern Baku - the center of Heydar Aliyev became one of the favorite places for visiting the Baku People and Guests of the city. The Heydar Aliyev Center was built on the project of the world famous architect CHAHI HADID. In the project of the building made in the style of postmodernism, there are no straight lines. And the closer you turn out to be the center, the more you notice how the building wave rises from the ground, then again falls down, as if personifying infinity and continuation. The center, which is distinguished by multifunctionality and is a unique sample architecture, has already entered the list of world architecture. The building has a museum, conference room, library, etc.

2. Flame Towers.
Flame Towers architects were inspired by the history of the country of lights and decided to create a project that can become a new symbol of modern Baku. The towers became the highest building in Azerbaijan and their appearance resemble flames. Today, three "fiery" towers are foreseeable from the farthest points of the city and are a business card Baku. Flame Towers are three high-altitude buildings, including a hotel, apartments, offices, restaurants and a cinema. The towers are completely covered with LED screens that display the movement of the fire. Visually creates the effect of torches, which emphasizes the main venture of the project covering in their name - "Fire Towers". Flame Towers was announced by the winner of the MIPIM 2013 contest - the largest investment exhibition of innovative projects in the European real estate market - in the nomination "The Best Hotel and Tourist Center". A lighting of Flame Towers towers according to SkyscraperCity.com survey, an influential urban forum, was recognized as the best in the world.

3. State Museum of Carpet
The Azerbaijani Museum of the Carpet was erected at the Baku Boulevard - the beloved place of rest residents and guests of the capital. His building reminds a rolled carpet - such was the idea of \u200b\u200bthe author of the project, the famous Austrian architect Franz Yant. The new building was openly recently - in August last year and today it is the most visited museum of Azerbaijan. By the way, the museum has an unusual exhibition concept. Its exhibits are carpets are suspended on arcuate walls, many of which are visible from all floors in different angles. About 14 thousand exhibits are stored here, in addition to carpets and carpets, these are metal products, clothing, ceramic, wooden items, jewelry, books, a unique collection of photographs.

4. Baku Crystal Hall
Baku Crystal Hall has erected on the banks of the Caspian Sea, on the Square of the State Flag. This complex is intended for international cultural events. And they built it 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 builders, "in case of any emergency situations, all visitors to the stadium can be evacuated in eight minutes."

The Crystal Hall facade is equipped with numerous modern dynamic light settings, allowing you to create various effects. Glowing crystals with thousands of lights allow you to reflect more than 45 thousand color shades and create a bright architectural backlight at night.

5. Baku International Airport Gaidar Aliyev
Today it can be safely argued that one of the unusual air bonds of the world is located in Baku. Baku International Airport Heydar Aliyev is a bright personification that the airport can be not only a convenient infrastructure object, but also a masterpiece of architecture, a real business card of the country. The building of the futuristic terminal from a height resembles a huge aircraft, torn over the runway. The four floors of the building at all levels are wound from the inside the designs of peculiar "cocoons" made from oak veneer, and cafes, bars, shopping kiosks in the Salam Lounges business zone on the top floor architects hid in wooden hemispheres.

6. Socar Tower
The 42-storey Socar Tower skyscraper is located on the lively Avenue of Heydar Aliyev and will soon become an office building of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan. Moving Fire Stream - Central Skyscraper Design Idea. The original project SOCAR TOWER included two towers, which curling around each other, accounted for one whole building. Over time, changes have been made to the project. Now it is one tower that slightly splits on the petals of the fire. The top of the first "petal" is approximately at the level of 22-23 floors. Two others crowned the top of the building. The facade itself is waveled from the base to the top - another reference on the topic of the flame.
When building the building, the most modern technologies were applied. Thus, the building is provided with Twin elevators, the feature of which is that in one mine one above one placed two cabins moving independently of each other. SOCAR TOWER is also equipped with self-cleaning system, and the building facade can be used as a LED screen.

7. Azersu Office Tower
Azersu Office Tower will be the new office headquarters of the National Water Operator of Azerbaijan. The building is located on the avenue of Heydar Aliyev, which is the main place of implementation of futuristic high-rise buildings Baku and applying to the business center of the capital. The tower is built on the project of the Korean company Heerim Architects, who proposed the project of the building in the form of a large water drop, thereby reflecting the main activity of the company. The building has 22 floors, its height is 124 meters. Construction began in 2013, the opening ceremony of this grandiose project is expected in the near future.

Azersu Tower is successfully combined with fiery themes of the neighboring building - SOCAR TOWER. Thus, the symbols of water and fire, embodied in architectural forms, were next to the avenue of Heydar Aliyev.

8. Trump Hotel Baku
Baku attracted the attention and American magnate Donald Trump. The new creative structure of the modern Baku is a 33-storey Tower Trump International Hotel & Tower Baku - will open soon. The tower weld 72 luxury apartments and 189 hotel rooms. And follow the construction process several times came the daughter of magnate, Ivanka Trump. "When we open in 2015, visitors and inhabitants of our building will see not only the luxurious real estate, which is not in Baku, but also one of the best in the world," said Trump Organization President Donald Trump.

Building over the Caspian Sea, Trump Baku is an oasis in the middle of a burly city. The structure is located on a lively crossroads, but surrounded by extensive gardens, fountains and park tracks. The facade of the building has a characteristic bright silhouette, resembling a sail mast in the open sea and consisting of metal bronze panels, glass openings and private terraces.

9. The Crescent Development Project
On the banks of the Caspian Sea, there is a construction of the Grand Project The Crescent Development Project, which will consist of three buildings: Hotel Crescent Hotel, Crescent City, and the Residence and the Crescent Place Shopping Center. The most unusual in this complex is the hotel building, which is built in the shape of a crescent, whose ends rest in their "horns" into the water surface. Architects assure that the arcuate configuration of the skyscraper will not affect the inner space of the building, as it relies on both sides to the multi-storey towers that create an additional volume and are support for the entire hotel. The 35-storey hotel is erected into the sea, on a bulk island, at a distance of 100 meters from the coast. The construction of the complex is expected to be completed in 2016.

10. Khazar ISLANDS NEW CITY
On the coast of Baku, an analogue of the ambitious Dubai project "Palma" will appear. The Azerbaijani version is called Khazar Islands, built on an artificial archipelago, which will consist of 50 islands and 19 microdistricons. In total, the archipelago will take 24 square meters. km - length will be 8 km, width - 3 km. Most residential buildings on Khazar Islands will be 25-storey, and 40-60-storey buildings will be built on some islands. The construction of the main part of the project requires 60 billion dollars. The whole amount will be brought from external sources - $ 30 billion will be foreign investment, and the same amount will come from the sale of apartments. The project is still at the earliest construction stage.

Baku changes right in front of her eyes! In the capital of Azerbaijan, not a day, new buildings appear, public centers, skyscrapers. However, the scale of this is so far incomparable with Dubai. But, perhaps, the case is for the future! Because already in 2019 in Baku may appear Azerbaijan Tower – the highest building in the world.

Comparison Baku with dubs can be continued for a long time. In both cities there are active construction for gas and oil money. These cities become business centers of their region, investors from all over the world are increasingly looking at them, and the best architects of the planet dream that they will ever invite the buildings there.

To close even more on its Arab "older brother", in Baku even going to build an artificial archipelago Khazar Islands. Here is his high-altitude dominant and will be the Azerbaijan Tower tower.

Azerbaijan Tower will be the center of Khazar Islands, built on artificial islands in the Caspian Sea near Baku. It will be developed in stages. As a result, it will have residential, public and office buildings, designed for 1 million people living and working there. In particular, 150 schools are planned for Khazar Islands, 50 hospitals. Trade and cultural centers, parks, sports complexes and even the route for Formula racing will be created here. The total area of \u200b\u200bthe scheduling area will be 2000 hectares. The bridge and multi-band speed highway will connect this new area with the center of Baku.

Start Construction of a record high skyscraper Azerbaijan Tower is scheduled for 2015. To put it into operation collected in 2018-2019 (Kingdom Tower is expected to appear in 2016-2017). All the Khazar Islands project must be fully implemented until 2022.

I love skyscrapers and architecture in general. Contrary to popular belief that all the most interesting ended in the XIX century, I find attractive and Soviet homes, and modern buildings. The era of the USSR left us beautiful constructivism, and the multi-storey towers simply fascinate with their own species like complex engineering facilities. However, I was distracted, sorry, I tell about Baku. In the photo Flame Towers, famous flame towers, who have become one of the symbols of the city. On the very first day I went to watch them.

Fountain "Bakhram-Gur". Sculpture depicts Sasanida Shahinshha Iran who kill the dragon. This is an episode of the poem by Nizami Ganjevi "Seven Beauty." Whoever Nizamy Ganjevy hope to remember.

Skyscrapers are on the mountain. Top can be climbed onto the funicular. I am not indifferent in this type of transport, and I was glad to combine pleasant with useful. The fare is 0.50 manat, payment only in cash. Bakikart also does not work. It seems before the funicular was free. Made changes to Wikipedia and created 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. Length paths - 455 meters, 28 people are placed in the cabin. Departure every 20 min.

I took the last free place and rejoiced luck. But something went wrong. The funicular did not go. Twenty minutes passed, people began to pour. Workers could not say anything intelligible. It seems to be a problem with the top trailer. Since the system is single, the bottom is also not moving. As a result, I sat down, I sat down and went on foot.

Some went to the nearest museum of carpets with hope that for an hour the funicular will work. But I do not need a museum, I want Flame Towers. Takes off to the mountain of Aki whirlwind. It turned out to go not so far, near a kilometer. The rise is not very cool. Only sidewalks are very narrow.

Wow, what a beauty!

Construction of a shopping center. The sign is written to Caspian Waterfront Project.

Baku is called "the city of winds", in America Chicago - "WINDY CITY". They are very similar to, from the sightseeing site in the Nagornaya Park it is clearly visible. There are no skyscrapers, and everything is different, but immediately remembered.

Ferris Wheel Baku Eye, Restaurant "Lighthouse", Crystal Hall Arena and Public Flag Square

View of the towers from the sightseeing site. They symbolize three flames. In the evening the view is even more spectacular. The surface of the buildings is covered with LED screens. I even removed the video that I was doing in the most exceptional cases. About Evening Baku will make a separate post. Who can't wait can look at my YouTube channel. And on Facebook laid out something. Subscribe and recognize all the first;)

Jaran is one of the European Talismans 2015, which took place in Baku. There is still a Nag (grenade), I found it in the seaside park, then I'll show you.

There is a television bull on the next mountain. Hmm, I thought, "why not go there. And went :)

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The highest skyscraper will be built in Azerbaijan

In 2015, in Azerbaijan, it is planned to begin construction of the highest building in the world. Will be 1050 meters, which is 220 meters above the current record holder - a skyscraper of Burj Khalifa (Burj Khalifa), built in the United Arab Emirates.

For the construction of the Azerbaijan Tower (Azerbaijan Tower), as the Avesta Group of Companies calls it, a very unusual place has been chosen. Architects plan to build a skyscraper and a whole city around him on forty one artificial island. The tower itself will become the central composition. The DVICE resource notes that Azerbaijan Tower will be able to withstand the earthquake in nine points.

Artificial Khazar Islands will be located in the Caspian Sea South-west capital of Azerbaijan Baku. It is planned that the islands will become a new business center of the country. The city, designed for one million inhabitants, be among all other things to enjoy modern bridges, the Formula One (Formula One) and even a private airport. The total cost of the project is $ 100 billion, two of which will be spent on the construction of Azerbaijan Tower.

The skyscraper is planned to finish by 2018-2019, the islands - by 2022. The main competitor of the Tower of Azerbaijan will be the Kingdom Tower (Kingdom Tower), another skyscraper, the construction of which will happen in Saudi Arabia. According to the project, the height of this facility will be 1001 meters.

Video. Khazar Islands - NEW CITY (Azerbaijan Tower)