Eyes of Tirana is a mixed-use
highrise
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building under construction in
Tirana
Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest ov ...
,
Albania
Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...
. Designed by
Henning Larsen Architects
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In 2008, it opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 2011, an office in Munich ...
, the tower was topped out in 2023 and stands at 135 meters (443 ft) tall, being divided into 31 floors and a ten-storey low-rise building.
Upon its completion, the tower is set to contain the functions of a hotel, serviced apartments and offices.
Architecture
Concept
The main tower of the complex has a special architectural volumetry. It divides the entire structure into four
parallelepiped
In geometry, a parallelepiped is a three-dimensional figure formed by six parallelograms (the term ''rhomboid'' is also sometimes used with this meaning). By analogy, it relates to a parallelogram just as a cube relates to a square.
Three equiva ...
s of seven floors each, imitating irregular standing playing cubes. Both of the main buildings display
double-skin facades with aluminium
cladding, fully glazed with external sunshade elements. The aim of the architects was to shell the building with 2,537 structural cell facades with the integration of vertical and horizontal pilasters sect. 80×300 mm covered in composite panel with prismatic finish.
Main designers X-Plan Studios have had the task of creating a specific engineering with curtain walls and spiderglass tensile structures for the tower. They conceptualized the project of the cladding facades of the entire “Eyes of Tirana” tower in the central square of the city. These are the facades in modular cells specifically designed for the tower, and the two structural blocks of the top floors composed of two large tensile structures in spiderglass facades and horizontal floors of
structural glass with transparency towards the lower void.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Albania
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Landmarks in Tirana
There are many landmarks in Tirana, Albania some of which are of considerable historical or artistic interest. Many monuments and landmarks situated in Tirana, date back to the Illyrian, Roman, Greek and Ottoman periods.
Tirana is home to diff ...
References
External links
Eyes of Tirana at SkyScraper Page
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Highrises in Albania
Buildings and structures in Tirana
Tourist attractions in Tirana
Buildings and structures completed in 2024