35-storey Crescent Tower will be the first impressive 7-stars hotel in the capital of Azerbaijan. Construction works started in the last quarter of 2007

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I am very impressed! Absolutely stunning tower, good for Baku. I'm gelous! ;)

wow
huge project

where's the star?:)

Wow, beautiful :nuts:

My god! It is amazing:o wow:okay:

what's going on there?!! Wow!! I'm proud!

Baku will be in future a great city :okay:

The Dubai of the Caucasus :)

Baku will be in future a great city :okay:

The Dubai of the Caucasus :)

Yeah, Baku is living its construction boom. Some 500 buildings 12+ floors are under construction in Baku

:cheers: wow

that looks awesome, the design is great... wow

Wow, fantastic development.

Galandar

Hey, bro, didn't you missed something? According to the article I found there supposed to be 2 complexes - one called "Crescent Moon" and the other called "Full Moon" (you can see it on your picture in the background) ;)

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full article

Full Moon Rising
Published on 2008-02-11 by Skyscrapernews.com
Heerim Architects has attempted to reinvent the skyscraper beyond the traditional with two lunar inspired projects in the central Asian republic of Azerbaijan.

The Korean firm has dreamed up Full Moon Bay and Caspian Plus that includes Crescent Place on neighbouring peninsulas in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku that look on to the Caspian Sea - the two projects on opposite extremes of the same bay acting as gateway markers.

Hotel Full Moon is essentially a disc with rounded edges and a hole in one of the top corners that appears radically different to the view depending on the angle it is seen from. The frontage thanks to the bulging centre makes it appear more like a glass death star whilst the side profile is more than a little gherkinesque.

Changing appearance depending on the view is reinforced by the cladding treatment the architect has selected. The front will have a glass diagrid whilst the back will be covered with hexagonal honeycombs.

This main building will be a 35 storey luxury hotel with 104,182 square metres of space for only 382 rooms, a relatively small amount of rooms given the sheer size of the internal space on offer. It will reach a maximum height of 158.68 metres.

The hotel is linked via a zoomorphically shaped podium that snakes curvaceously around the boundaries of the site to two residential apartment blocks entitled Palace of Wind 1 and 2.

Acting as the counterpoint to Hotel Full Moon is Hotel Crescent, part of the Caspian Plus redevelopment that stands as a curving arch similar to a crescent moon. The arch-like nature of the building is revealed by the fact that the structure isn't a pure crescent on its inside relying on more regularly shaped columns to help provide it with support.

At 32 floors tall it will also be a luxury hotel, this time with 221 rooms. There will also be 128 serviced apartments in the building. Floor space will 128,140 square metres.

Behind it will stand a further four tall buildings, three of which will be residential with the tallest of the quartet being a 43 floor office building standing 203 metres tall.

Heerim Architects have not long been established in Azerbaijan. They only opened their office in the country in July 2007 and yet have already secured these two major projects that face transforming the capital of one of the world's fastest growing economies.

WOW!!! Is that really going to be Build? I love it!

btw
in the central Asian republic of Azerbaijan.

I bulieve its Eastern Europe still or EuroAsia.:cheers:

these Koreans are for real... this is I believe their 5th or 6th major project in Azerbaijan and according to Korean ambassador korean companies are planning to invest somewhere around 2 billion dollars on projects like these.

These projects are amazing!!! I have no words to describe them

I bulieve its Eastern Europe still or EuroAsia.:cheers:

Eastern Europe, but bordering with Western Asia. As for Central Asia, if you look on the map they are 4 republics below Kazakhstan

Central Asia is completely different region with countries that end with -stan and where people look like the Chinese. Caucasus is tremendously more European, I wouldn't exactly call it eastern Europe but it is a separate region of Europe, kind of like the Balkans are not really eastern Europe either.

Anyway, this project is one of the most amazing ones I have ever seen in my life.

It is still possible to invent something unseen!!! Great!! Great project! Would love to see it completed!

amazing stuff

Almost all the newspapers and other stuff write and speak about this project. It is really amazing. Baku Mayor have approved this project. Cool :)

magneficent.

Galandar, do you have construction pics?

Here i have news about this project:

Crescent and Full Moon Towers in Baku


Heerim Architects has attempted to reinvent the skyscraper beyond the traditional with two lunar inspired projects in the republic of Azerbaijan.

The Korean firm has dreamed up Full Moon Bay and Caspian Plus that includes Crescent Place on neighbouring peninsulas in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku that look on to the Caspian Sea - the two projects on opposite extremes of the same bay acting as gateway markers.

Hotel Full Moon is essentially a disc with rounded edges and a hole in one of the top corners that appears radically different to the view depending on the angle it is seen from. The frontage thanks to the bulging centre makes it appear more like a glass death star whilst the side profile is more than a little gherkinesque.

Changing appearance depending on the view is reinforced by the cladding treatment the architect has selected. The front will have a glass diagrid whilst the back will be covered with hexagonal honeycombs.

This main building will be a 35 storey luxury hotel with 104,182 square metres of space for only 382 rooms, a relatively small amount of rooms given the sheer size of the internal space on offer. It will reach a maximum height of 158.68 metres.

The hotel is linked via a zoomorphically shaped podium that snakes curvaceously around the boundaries of the site to two residential apartment blocks entitled Palace of Wind 1 and 2.

Acting as the counterpoint to Hotel Full Moon is Hotel Crescent, part of the Caspian Plus redevelopment that stands as a curving arch similar to a crescent moon. The arch-like nature of the building is revealed by the fact that the structure isn't a pure crescent on its inside relying on more regularly shaped columns to help provide it with support.

At 32 floors tall it will also be a luxury hotel, this time with 221 rooms. There will also be 128 serviced apartments in the building. Floor space will 128,140 square metres.

Behind it will stand a further four tall buildings, three of which will be residential with the tallest of the quartet being a 43 floor office building standing 203 metres tall.

Heerim Architects have not long been established in Azerbaijan. They only opened their office in the country in July 2007 and yet have already secured these two major projects that face transforming the capital of one of the world's fastest growing economies.

Are they under constructing or waitin for Olympiad approving?

Are they under constructing or waitin for Olympiad approving?

They have nothing to do with Olympics, it is investment project of koreans