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Port Baku Towers

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Location
  
Baku, Azerbaijan

Roof
  
120 m (390 ft)

Opened
  
2011

Owner
  
Pasha Construction

Opening
  
2011

Height
  
120 m

Architecture firm
  
Chapman Taylor Architects

Construction started
  
2006

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Type
  
High-rise office buildings

Architectural style
  
Highrise, Glass, Modern architecture

Floor count
  
32 (Southern Tower) / 14 (Northern Tower)

Similar
  
SOCAR Tower, The Crescent Develop, JW Marriott Absheron Baku Hotel, Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, Sofaz Tower

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Port Baku Towers are high-rise office buildings in Baku situated on Neftchilar Avenue next to marine port. The high-rise complex includes two towers - Northern and Southern - with 14 and 32 storey accordingly.

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Map of Port Baku Towers, Baku, Azerbaijan

Architecture

Architectural style of the buildings is modern. The tallest tower has been built in a shape of triangular prism with lower and upper bases. Due to such a geometry, The Southern Tower presents multiple aspects to the view depending on the angle of viewing: it looks like flat rectangle from eastern and western part of the city, but from northern point tower's seen as a cylindrical building; lateral faces of construction meeting in the prism's edge are seen from the south of Baku. According to skyscrapernews.com, such shape of Southern Tower reminds Flatiron Building, New York's skyscraper built in the early 20th century. But in contrast to Flatiron Building, upper levels of Port Baku Southern Tower are gradually constricted toward the top, that creates convexity in midsection of building. Such a geometric solution allows to decrease number of beams in upper levels which makes cladding steady blue and provides high reflective characteristics in the daytime and crystal transparency at night.

Usage

The buildings comprise class A offices, retail departments, international SPA and wellness centre, restaurants and cafes. There is also parking for 1200 cars.

References

Port Baku Towers Wikipedia