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Thanks to my friend Alberto, and with a bit of research, there are now a number of towers on the rise in central Zagreb Croatia, focused on the 2 main streets of Savska & Vukovarska.

Currently next door to the existing 22 storey Cibona tower, work is nearing completion of Stage 1 of the HOTO Business Tower which will house Croatia Telecom. Work has reached level nine, but the original height of the tower which was to be at 21 storeys, may be scaled back to 15 stories due to a stuff up in the number of underground car spaces. After many years, Cibona Tower will have a new neighbour .....

HOTO Business Tower - 32 Savska, Zagreb


Work was approved last month for the construction nearby of 2 commercial towers on Vukovarska Ulica. One tower will be 12 storeys, while the second will be double its size at 25 stories.

However, the best is yet to come. Zagreb may in fact allow for Europes tallest tower at 376 metres & at a whopper 104 stories under proposal to be built. Although I am sceptical of such a huge building rising above the old Hapsburg quarter of Zagreb.

Here is the link to the story courtesy of ALBERTO, the article unfortuanetly is in Croatian .....

http://www.index.hr/clanak.aspx?id=175354

The rise in building permits recently for such towers has caused a crisis in Zagreb City Council which is rushing to finalise a master plan for the CBD. Zagreb City Council up until last month was anti-highrise, but has given into demand by local developers and foreign investors.

Old neighbour Cibona Tower (22 storeys) .......






Cibona Tower, Hotel Opera, Arts and Crafts Museum


Old friends - Zagrebcanka & Cibona Towers
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Silouette of another tower under plan in Zagreb. Due to the number of proposals and construction in the nearby vicinity, Croatia Railways is to build a new station "City" to service new workers and residents ...



Link (In Croatian)
http://www.vecernji-list.hr/2003/11/07/Pages/uzhoto5.html
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In Croatian .......

Duž Savske i Vukovarske - Zagrebaèki Wall Street
Hoto toranj bit æe visok kao i onaj Cibonin, Mamiæ i Kordiæ gradit æe twinse od 12 i 25 katova, na križanju Vukovarske i Heinzelove u proljeæe poèinje gradnja 22-katnog Zagrebtowera, a neboder od dvadesetak katova u Vukovarskoj priželjkuje i Erste Bank
Usvajanje detaljnih planova ureðenja dijelova Savske i Vukovarske ulice u èetvrtak, na sjednici Gradske skupštine, samo je potvrdilo ono što neki arhitekti veæ duže vrijeme govore, a to je, da bi se na nekim dijelovima duž tih ulica trebale graditi visoke poslovne zgrade.
Tim je planovima ureðenja, koje umjesto lokacijske dozvole propisuje novi GUP, investitorima Zdravku Mamiæu i Josipu Kordiæu dopuštena gradnja dvaju nebodera, tzv. twinsa, visokih 12 i 25 katova na križanju Vukovarske, Luèiæeve i Humboldtove ulice.
Tomo Horvatinèiæ smjet æe, umjesto traženog 21 kata, nastaviti graditi svoj Hoto toranj u Savskoj do 15 katova, èime bi se Hoto izjednaèio s Ciboninim tornjem, djelom arhitekta Marijana Hržiæa. Zanimljivo je da je Hržiæ projektirao i Mamiæeve i Kordiæeve twinse.
Dakako, sama gradnja neæe poèeti prije nego što proðe osam dana, odnosno prije nego što odluka Skupštine iziðe u Službenom glasniku. Tada investitori mogu zatražiti izdavanje graðevinskih dozvola, koje, pak, oèekuju do kraja godine.
Glavni nadzorni inženjer Hoto tornja Božo Blaževiæ kaže, da æe se odmah pristupiti pripremnim radnjama i traženju novih suglasnosti za daljnjih sedam katova zgrade na kojoj veliki radovi stoje još od ljetos. Gradnja æe trajati cijele zime, kaže Blaževiæ, zahvaljujuæi montažnoj tehnologiji gradnje. U gradnju 15-katnog nebodera sa 270 parkirališnih mjesta u podzemnoj garaži ulaže se, saznajemo, oko 50 milijuna eura.
Osim ovih, u medijima èesto spominjanih nebodera, Savska i Vukovarska mogle bi dobiti još tri poslovna nebodera i time postati hrvatska poslovna èetvrt, poput Wall Streeta na newyorškom Manhattanu.
Naime, detaljni plan dijela Savske predviða još jedan neboder i to od 25 katova, u dvorištu sadašnje Pivnice Medvedgrad. To je, meðutim, tek prijedlog izraðivaèa plana i tek bi trebalo provesti arhitektonsko-urbanistièki natjeèaj za to podruèje, koje je sada u privatnom vlasništvu.
Gradnja Zagrebtowera, poslovnog nebodera sa 22 kata arhitekta Otte Bariæa, na križanju Vukovarske i Heinzelove trebala bi, pak, poèeti na proljeæe, nakon izdavanja graðevinske dozvole, što je u tijeku.
Izgledna je i izgradnja poslovne zgrade Erste&Steiermärkische Bank od oko 25 katova u Vukovarskoj, i to kao nadogradnja postojeæe graðevine izmeðu Fakulteta elektronike i raèunarstva i tzv. Galiæeve stambene zgrade. Kako se i ovdje radi o važnom gradskom podruèju, novi GUP i tu propisuje izradu detaljnog plana ureðenja, što je investitor, Erste Bank, veæ zatražio u Zavodu za planiranje razvoja grada.
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Yep, I'll have to look into this new 104 level tower. It would stand out like something crazy. I'm not too sure if Zagreb City Council will allow it. They have a hard time approving buildings taller than 20 levels.

My guess is the developer is using a trick to get the council to approve something close to that height, but not exactly that height. We'll keep an eye on this project as its just early days.

Anyway the good thing for Zagreb is that several towers are under construction or will begin construction in the new year. So far this is the new count

15 level "HOTO" Business Tower housing Croatia Telecom
12 level Stage 1 of the long awaited "Zagreb Twins"
25 level Stage 2 of the long awaited "Zagreb Twins"
22 level "Zagreb Tower"
25 level Erste & Steiermärkische Bank Tower
25 level tower on the site of Medvedgrad Brewery
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Originally posted by Mikael

Wow, amazing !!
That would be the tallest in Europe !!
Indeed Mikael & Bziherl, this new tower under proposal would make it Europe's tallest skyscraper and also the world's 10th tallest skyscraper. Here are some facts .......

Levels - 104!
Height - 376 metres
Completion - 2008 if everything goes OK.
Design - Rumor has it that it will look similar in design to Deutsche Bank Tower in Frankfurt.

Currently a suitable site is being looked at and the proposal in being taken into consideration with architects and engineering meeting with the builders of similar towers such as the Petrona's.

So how serious are they? They seem very serious and currently have a number of jobs, including under construction in Zagreb of the 21 level HOTO Business Tower.

There is demand in Zagreb for more commercial space as the former anti-highrise city council has changed their tune much to the whinging of companies seeking new space and developers.

If it does get knocked back, and it may, there certainly will be a huge new tower close as possible to that height built, if not at lease a couple of 50 level towers.
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Zagreb Tower - Hot Pics of New Tower

Work finally begins on Zagreb's (Croatia) latest commercial high rise ..... ZagrebTower.

The 22 level tower with a shorter 8 level tower has begun.

I love the eliptical design of the tower & floorplates

here are a few renders and links .........


Zagreb as the Croatian metropolis is well on its way to become a major turntable of Southeast Europe.
Situated in the immediate vicinity of the city center, the office project ZAGREB TOWER will decisively influence the future face of ZAGREB

The Location on Radnicka Cesta provides excellent links to higher-level traffic systems. It lies withhin 10 walking minutes from the railway station and the airport is reached in about 25 minutes by car.

















Links .........

Online Hausverwaltung & Immobilientreuhand AG
http://www.onlinehausverwaltung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=4

Zagreb Tower
http://www.zagrebtower.com/
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Here is another 15 level tower that is to commence shortly on the intersection of Vukovarska/Heinzelova Streets Zagreb. The site has already been cleared for construction ......







The property is located on one of the most attractive sites in the center of Zagreb. The surrounding area consists primarily of offices and includes Chromos Business Tower and the headquarters of Euroherc insurance firm. It is easily accessible both by car and public transport.

Currently the property comprises empty land with an area of 12.055 sq.m. The investor has already demolished the building which formerly existed on the site and has been granted a location permit to build an office complex with 40.000 sq.m. of leasable area. The future complex will include a 15-floor office tower on Vukovarska with an area of 15.000 sq.m. and adjacently on Heinzelova an 8-floor office building of 25.000 sq.m. There will be parking on two floors below ground with an entrance from Vukovarska and exit onto Heinzelova.

Based on the existing project this complex will offer some of the best office space in the city finished to the highest standards and with its attractive design will no doubt become one of the symbols of Zagreb. The investor is a renown international construction company which is willing to sell or lease space in the complex but only in segments no less than 5.000 sq.m.

Link .....
http://www.spillerfarmer.hr/ponuda/posl_nekretnine/vuk_heinz_en.htm
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Zagreb - HOTO Tower Construction Pics

The Croatian capital of Zagreb is riding a construction boom of mid-rise commercial and residential towers. Here are some construction pics of HOTO Business Tower as its nearing completion.

HOTO Business tower was intended to be 21 levels, then Zagreb City Council chopped it down to 9, however after some intervention, the tower was allowed to hit 15 levels. The main reason was a lack of enough underground car spaces. The tower is still under negotiation to be built up to 21 levels.

HOTO Tower is to house Croatia Telecom .......

Pics, thanks to a friend ...........







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Here is another development for Vukovarska Street that will start in 2004. These are the 2 twin towers which were originally meant to be 30 levels, both @ 138m. They will now vary in height ......







More to come later :D
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This is the recently completed tower for Croatian insurance Firm "EuroHerc" which sits opposite the new ZagrebTower in Zagreb's financial district ...........



More to come :D
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Originally posted by xapbpoh

Who is the architect? It has an extraordinary similarity to the 25-storey 'block D' ARC planned for Sunderland. It's great, but giving it such a grand name as 'zagreb tower' seams a bit shortsighted considering it's unlikely to be the first or tallest new towr in the city.
You would probably find that there are similar designs to this tower in a number of cities around the world, therefore is not unique. For example when I first saw ZagrebTower, it automatically remind me of the Casino Tower here in Melbourne Australia. ie eliptical shape and similar facade.

The architects are a Zagreb firm ATP-Zagreb and are behind a number of highrise projects that are about to rise in 2004 in Zagreb.

As for "ZagrebTower", I agree with you Xapbpoh, it is very "shortsighted" as bigger ones are on their way. Cheers!
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Originally posted by Alberto

Design is cool, I like HOTO Tower.

I don't know, but for me height is not everything. In the city like Zagreb, it is more important to construct more buildings with cool design and smaller number of the floors, then one with big height. Zagreb have spaice to grove in the any direction and it is posiblle to construct smaller towers but big numbers.
I agree with you Alberto. Thats why I think this new 104 level, 376m tower planned for Zagreb might not be the best idea as it will stick out like dogs balls.

I would prefer 3x 40 level buildings because a bunch of these would create a better skyline for Zagreb. So far there are plenty of 20+ level towers on the way.

HOTO Tower above is not final and may even reach 21 levels. So far they are built up to level 15 which looks great. :D
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Originally posted by Mantaz

Nothing special ;)
I think the above building is OK, I just wanted to show what the area was like near ZagrebTower. ;)
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I'm amazed with the below design because its boxy, so far everything I have seen for Zagreb involves curved facades. I think it may have to do with the existing Cibonna Tower which is cylindrical in design ......

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Originally posted by Mr Croatia

I was in Zagreb this year and it was amazing to see the changes from a couple of years ago. All I can say is that the designs are great and the best part is the area around the financial area/district.

I wonder how successful they will be with this new 104 level tower. It would certainly make it a land mark building not just in Zagreb, but also in Europe.

I heard anyway that Zagreb needs almost 250,000 sq m of office space to catch up with demand. That is basically 3 WTC towers. The demand is fuelling the current round of towers and proposals.

Great to see heaps of activity in the Cro capital.
Now thats a lot of commercial space in demand!

The last time I was in Zagreb was 1996, so that was several years ago. However in the vicinity of Savska & Vukovarska Avenija you could see that a proper CBD was starting to take its course.

Welcome to SkyscraperCity Mr Croatia! Finally another one of my mob ;)
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Just some more renders of this project I have come across. It also seems to be known as "PORR Tower - Zagreb"

Office Building
PORR Tower
Zagreb, Croatia

A 20 storey elliptical office tower with a seven storey rectangular annexe. Planned as the headquarters of a major regional company, the building is a key urban element at the meeting point of two major traffic axes through Zagreb’s main business district. Work starts in March this year.

Construction Start 03/2004
Completion 09/2005
Total Built Area 48,000 m2
Total Built Volume 148,000 m3
Construction Costs ca. EUR 48.0m



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Zagreb - ERSTE BANK's New 26 Level Tower

What more can I say?

Zagreb, Croatia's capital city is pretty much BOOM TOWN!

Plans and renders have been released for the city's latest skyscraper to begin construction mid 2004.

The 26 storey ERSTEBANK Tower is located in the growing business district amongst a number of other commercial towers on the rise. The owner / occupier will be ERSTEBANK, one of central Europe's major Banks. This will be their regional office.

Anyway, here are some renders, so what do you guys think? I'll have some more renders later ..........



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Anyway, might as well update this thread as well.

Zagreb's latest skyscraper has been revealed. The 26 storey Erste & Steiermaerkische Bank Tower is set to begin mid this year. It location is on the popular Ulica Grada Vukovara (City of Vukovar Street [no 41]) located in the centre of Zagreb.

This area has a number of tower under construction or due for construction in 2004.

This will be Erste & Steiermaerkische Bank's regional office. Recently they purchased Croatia's fourth largest bank - Rijecka Banka.

Here are a couple of renders ......



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Originally posted by Mr Croatia

Cool !!!!!!

How do you do it SinCity? You seem to find so much on Croatia.

I like the design of the building which for a change is squarish in shape, everything else in Zagreb sees to be curvy in design.

How many towers in Zagreb are now going up in 2004? To me it seems like several big ones.

Do you know the buildings height? I wonder if this tower may become ex-Yu's tallest.
So far these are the main ones for 2004. More are in the pipline but my guess is they will start in 2005 as they are in planning stages

Towers for 2004 - Total of 6!
21 level "HOTO" Business Tower housing Croatia Telecom
12 level Stage 1 of the long awaited "Zagreb Twins"
25 level Stage 2 of the long awaited "Zagreb Twins"
22 level "Zagreb Tower"
26 level Erste & Steiermärkische Bank Tower
25 level tower on the site of Medvedgrad Brewery

As for height? - I think it will be just over 100 metres if you take into consideration that the floor to height measurement in most commercial towers is 4 metres. This is to allow for utilities to be placed above the ceiling. If this was a residential building then the height would be 3 metres as this extra space is not needed.

As for ex-Yu's tallest? - I still think the race is being won by Sarajevo's Bosmal Twins @ a height of 118m.

If Erste & Steiermärkische Bank Tower was 30 stories instead of 26, then definately it would have eclipsed the Sarajevo Bosmal Twins by a couple of metres .......
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Here we go some more renders of Erste Bank Tower.

I like this pic the best. It shows a pananrama of the Zagreb skyline and the impact this tower will make western section of the CBD

In this pic you can see HOTO Business Tower rising in the background.

This picture allows also for the scale of the building when you compare it to those cute little Zagreb Trams running on street level .....





Second runner-ups render. (I personally like the winners design)
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