View Full Version : Akmerkez Tower 1, 2 and 3, Istanbul


Jakob
January 15th, 2005, 07:30 PM
Akmerkez
Istanbul, Turkey

HEIGHT: 100 m / 76 m / 65 m
FLOORS: 28 floors / 21 floors / 18 floors
COMPLETION: 1992
ARCHITECT: ?


Akmerkez Shopping Mall is the only retail facility which won both the "Best Shopping Mall of the World" (1996, 1999, 2001) and the "Best Shopping Mall of Europe" (1995) awards from ICSC.


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Interior:

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AtlanticaC5
January 16th, 2005, 11:50 AM
8/10 Not so tall, but they look very good together, great glass

Genç
January 16th, 2005, 12:44 PM
8/10

Desven
January 16th, 2005, 01:07 PM
8/10

Accura4Matalan
January 16th, 2005, 06:59 PM
7/10

Monkey
January 16th, 2005, 09:41 PM
7.5

I quite like the towers (especially the colour), but the podium on which they stand could be improved. There needs to be more space between the towers and the road I think. Maybe some sort of park/square or green space would help.

RafflesCity
January 18th, 2005, 06:28 PM
7/10

only because of the facade..otherwise theyre quite boring

B@dGuYoM
January 18th, 2005, 06:47 PM
8/10

DamienK
January 18th, 2005, 09:34 PM
7.5/10

Wu-Gambino
January 22nd, 2005, 09:03 PM
8/10

Fabio
January 23rd, 2005, 05:58 AM
8/10

they look nice

Basshead
January 23rd, 2005, 08:45 PM
Not very special, 6

Sitol447
February 10th, 2005, 07:31 PM
6/10 - Not special

Medo
February 11th, 2005, 07:30 AM
I hate the blue cladding. But the enterior looks good. 7/10

Arpels
February 11th, 2005, 02:23 PM
i dont like the blue but the complex is fantastic 8,5!!

Alter-Ego
March 3rd, 2005, 03:07 PM
8/10

Sonic from Padova
March 3rd, 2005, 03:52 PM
7!

london-b
March 5th, 2005, 10:02 PM
7/10

falconi
March 6th, 2005, 01:57 AM
8/10

JDRS
March 6th, 2005, 04:21 PM
Nice interior and nice cladding but otherwise way too squat.
7/10

hugo_hlv
March 10th, 2005, 12:31 AM
8.5/10

unals
March 17th, 2005, 08:18 AM
8/10... I wish they made them twice as tall, it would look much much better. :(

meow
March 30th, 2005, 08:40 PM
Christmas??! not necessarily... but it also fit the Ramadan spirit :)
http://dunyaturk.com/tr01/akmergece2.jpg

Jakob
April 2nd, 2005, 08:58 AM
Christmas??! not necessarily... but it also fit the Ramadan spirit :)


Whatever, the lights are amaaaaaaazing! It seems like Istanbul focuses more and more on light shows. I love that!

SoboleuS
April 2nd, 2005, 09:40 AM
Towers 2 and 3 look like giant barrels ;) but Tower 1 is quite nice. Generally I don't like blue glass, but this complex is not bad. 7/10

superskyline
April 6th, 2005, 12:51 AM
7/10

SkyFront
April 7th, 2005, 11:30 AM
9 for 3 towers ;)

DRAKKO
July 2nd, 2005, 02:01 AM
6/10

decapitated
July 2nd, 2005, 03:37 PM
looks nice, but nothing special, it's worth a 7:)

Asterix
August 13th, 2005, 04:29 PM
Le doy un 8! Muy bonito! :)

jesarm
August 18th, 2005, 08:32 PM
6,5/10

El_Greco
August 20th, 2005, 02:24 AM
8/10

Sinjin P.
December 20th, 2005, 07:44 AM
9/10 Istanbul really has some quality-made skyscrapers.

www.sercan.de
December 20th, 2005, 01:29 PM
^^^
really?
actually i don't like the 90s towers (blue blue twin)

6,5/10

Ballota
December 21st, 2005, 10:20 PM
8.5

Nice lookin triplets!

:okay:

beta29
December 23rd, 2005, 11:34 AM
8/10... :)

forvine
December 24th, 2005, 02:39 AM
7/10 quite boring

DrasQue
January 11th, 2006, 11:59 AM
9 because we know how that tower is famous everybody talks it about shopping

reinhart87
February 27th, 2006, 03:52 AM
8/10

this building proofs that a great structure does not have to be tall at all.. as long as it blends with its surrounding and have characters.. it's guaranteed it will be a great structure

Skyman
May 19th, 2006, 09:59 PM
7/10

marpa
May 27th, 2006, 01:56 AM
7,5/10

eastman
June 2nd, 2006, 04:12 PM
stands very classy near bosphorus....

Joya
June 3rd, 2006, 07:52 PM
9 for it's local fame ( though it was selected the best shopping center in Europe in late 90s )

Eric Offereins
June 4th, 2006, 03:32 PM
7/10

gutooo
August 9th, 2006, 03:13 AM
8/10

Miguel_Prat
October 12th, 2006, 04:57 PM
8/10

Alter-Ego
October 13th, 2006, 09:33 AM
7.5/10

ZZ-II
October 14th, 2006, 06:46 PM
what a wonderful glass 9/10

benjiletti
February 1st, 2007, 11:45 AM
7.5/10

Dreamlıneя
February 2nd, 2007, 07:04 AM
Those towers look nice! 8/10

omercank
March 14th, 2007, 05:58 PM
I like the complex on the whole, however the towers could have been a little taller. I think having a 35 and two 30 storey towers would have looked much better...

W!CKED
April 7th, 2007, 11:05 AM
8.5/10

meus
November 19th, 2007, 07:50 PM
7/10

MasonicStage™
November 20th, 2007, 03:49 PM
okay...8,5/10 ;)

Astralis
November 30th, 2007, 04:35 PM
7/10

Prince Victor
February 28th, 2008, 06:05 PM
9/10 very nice

meds
March 4th, 2008, 06:02 PM
7/10

CreaTurco
November 20th, 2008, 11:16 PM
6/10..it's gettin old man..

tonyssa
May 3rd, 2009, 04:57 PM
7/10

henry hill
May 4th, 2009, 11:20 PM
8,5/10

Jan Del Castillo
August 11th, 2009, 04:39 AM
9. Very good building. Regards.

LMCA1990
August 11th, 2009, 07:13 PM
6/10

xavarreiro
August 20th, 2009, 06:37 AM
8/10

Amboseli Daima
February 3rd, 2010, 01:35 PM
nice...9.

sieradzanin1
February 9th, 2010, 05:05 PM
9/10

romanito
August 29th, 2010, 03:30 AM
8/10

Tomek 2008
August 29th, 2010, 09:41 PM
8,5/10

yudibali2008
May 22nd, 2011, 07:16 AM
8/10

v-sun
May 22nd, 2011, 11:06 AM
7/10

mossimoh
January 15th, 2012, 08:46 PM
8/10

Nikkodemo
October 29th, 2012, 08:28 AM
9/10

OmI92
October 29th, 2012, 11:13 AM
8/10

OldBoy137
November 5th, 2012, 08:27 PM
6/10

Dakaro
November 7th, 2012, 10:13 PM
8/10 Nice... :cheers: :)