Type Mixed Use Cost $2–3 billion Estimated completion 2025 Lifts/elevators 69 | Construction started Unknown as of 2017 Floor count 189 | |
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Status Planned; status unknown as of 2017 Architectural style Neo-FuturismMegatall skyscraper Similar Jeddah Tower, Sky City, Sky Mile Tower, Jakarta Signature Tower, Azersu Tower | ||
Azerbaijan Tower is a planned megatall skyscraper to be constructed on the Khazar Islands, 25 km (16 mi) south of Baku, Azerbaijan. If built as planned, the tower will surpass the tremendous heights of both Burj Khalifa and the Jeddah Tower becoming the tallest building in the world.
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- Map of Azerbaijan Tower Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan tower the world s tallest building megaprojects
- Overview
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Map of Azerbaijan Tower, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan tower the world s tallest building megaprojects
Overview
The president of the Avesta Group of Companies, Ibrahim Ibrahimov, stated that the Azerbaijan Tower would rise to about 1,051 m (3,448 ft) with 189 floors.
The $2 billion tower is to be the centerpiece of the Khazar Islands, a $100 billion city of 41 artificial islands that will spread 3,000 hectares over the Caspian Sea. The city is being planned to house 1 million residents, contain 150 schools, 50 hospitals and daycare centers, numerous parks, shopping malls, cultural centers, university campuses, and a Formula 1 quality racetrack. All of these facilities are planned to be able to withstand up to magnitude 9.0 earthquakes. The city will be equipped with 150 bridges and a large municipal airport to connect the islands to the mainland.
Ibrahim told reporters that American, Turkish, Arab and Chinese investors have already shown their interest in the project that will be, in his words, like a "new Venice".
Construction on the Azerbaijan Tower was set to begin in 2015 and be completed by around 2019. Its construction status is unknown as of 2017. The Khazar Islands are scheduled to be finished between 2020 and 2025.