ZAGREB - construction update

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)

Pretty good pics. I agree, I like the first one too with the rest of the western skyline of Zagreb.

Its a pity that it wasn't 30 levels, but anyway there are a number of mid-rise buildings coming up in Zagreb this year.

What are the chances of those new "twins" going back to original height of 138m (approx 35 levels).

I read somewhere that these 2 towers have a good chance of a height increase and that their designs weren't completely final yet?

Originally posted by Mr Croatia

Pretty good pics. I agree, I like the first one too with the rest of the western skyline of Zagreb.

Its a pity that it wasn't 30 levels, but anyway there are a number of mid-rise buildings coming up in Zagreb this year.

What are the chances of those new "twins" going back to original height of 138m (approx 35 levels).

I read somewhere that these 2 towers have a good chance of a height increase and that their designs weren't completely final yet?

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I'm not too sure on those "twins", I thinks its more a case of a large tower followed by a "mini me".

I know that the final design, height etc is not final, but there is a good chance that they could both end up higher.

Such a pity though when the original design several years ago was for a pair of 138m high towers. We'll see what eventuates ........

I like the look of this tower. It will definately add bulk to this growing commercial area of Zagreb. When I was passing through there a few weeks back, you could see a number of cranes. I also noticed a tall office building being built. I'm not too sure which one it was. I think it is the one you call "HOTO Office Tower".

This is all very amazing. I can see my neighbours the Croats are finally pulling out of their economic slump. Looks like Slovenia had better watch out as Croatia had the second best living standards in the former Jugoslavia up against Slovenia.

That is so far 6 big office towers coming up in Zagreb for 2004. Even interesting is the planned tallest skyscraper in Europe.

Bloody Croats! :bleep: I'm very jealous!

Originally posted by Slovenija

This is all very amazing. I can see my neighbours the Croats are finally pulling out of their economic slump. Looks like Slovenia had better watch out as Croatia had the second best living standards in the former Jugoslavia up against Slovenia.

That is so far 6 big office towers coming up in Zagreb for 2004. Even interesting is the planned tallest skyscraper in Europe.

Bloody Croats! :bleep: I'm very jealous!

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LOL! No need to be envious my Slovene friend. Welcome to the forums. You will have to update us on all of the Slovene projects that are happening.

Originally posted by Slovenija

I like the look of this tower. It will definately add bulk to this growing commercial area of Zagreb. When I was passing through there a few weeks back, you could see a number of cranes. I also noticed a tall office building being built. I'm not too sure which one it was. I think it is the one you call "HOTO Office Tower".

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Yep it is "HOTO Business Tower". It is due to finish in March this year and it will have Croatia Telecom moving is asap.

Here are some more renders of ZagrebTower ......

ATP Zagreb, newest outpost of the ATP Group has every reason to feel proud. The office – only founded in 2002 – already has 17 employees and, now, a major contract.

"We have been retained to design the Porr tower in Zagreb", explained ATP-Zagreb Director Otto Baric in a conversation with the Austria Press Agency. The new office tower in Vukovarska is one of the Croatian Capital’s most prestigious projects.

Thanks to its position on the edge of an important shopping district, the Porr tower will play a significant urban role in the development of the city. The complex will consist of two separate buildings – the twenty story elliptical tower and a seven storey rectangular base, and will incorporate a 380-place basement car park.

WOW! Another one. I must have missed this one by accident.

I love the curves of this one. Indeed SinCity, great work.

I can see the Serbs getting jealous. All Belgrade has is the odd pissy building they have under construction. Most of them are not even proper towers. They are only a couple of levels high.

Even Sarajevo is doing very well, the Bosmal Twins are the former Jugoslavia's tallest towers ever.

Hey Croats, want to give me a couple of these beauties for Ljubljana????????????

Just to keep my Zagreb updates in the one spot, so here we go again, yet another new office building to rise in central Zagreb for 2004.

The 9 level building will be the new Zagreb office for prominent Croatian IT&T company "Combis". Combis is based in Dubrovnik on the coast but services many other Croatian cities, especially Zagreb.

The building is being designed by the popular Zagreb architectural firm of "A+Plan".

The building will add to a growing construction boom for the Croatian capital city. The building is due for completion in 2005.

Links are below. Let me know what you guys think of the design. I like it and it seems to be typical in style to many new Zagreb buildings .......











A+Plan Architects Link ......
www.aplan.hr

Combis IT&T Webpage ......
www.combis.hr

Plans have been released for another new Zagreb project ..... the ZAGREB CONGRESS CENTRE. This is a new 4000 seat venue which is to be built adjacent to the multi storey HOTEL OPERA. A design competion is soon to begin. This is the article from yesterdays Zagreb daily "Vecernji List". The article is in Croatian .....

Kongresni centar uz Operu
SDP NAJAVIO NOVI GRADSKI PROJEKT
Buduæi Kongresni centar treba se nalaziti izmeðu hotela Opera i Prehrambeno-biotehnološkog fakulteta, najnoviji je prijedlog zagrebaèkog SDP-a iznesen na juèerašnjoj tiskovnoj konferenciji.
Predsjednik Gradske organizacije te stranke Milan Bandiæ, objasnio je kako su se na tu lokaciju odluèili upravo zbog blizine hotela i velièine zemljišta koje je uglavnom u gradskom vlasništvu. Od prijašnjeg prijedlog da centar bude u kompleksu Paromlina, odustalo se jer Grad još nije postao vlasnik tog kompleksa.
Kongresni centar bi bio s Operom povezan podzemnom garažom, imao bi veliku dvoranu od èetiri tisuæe mjesta i veæi broj manjih dvorana.
- Gradnja æe poèeti kada kada prijedlog proðe Poglavarstvo i Skupštinu. Gruba procjena je da æe gradnja stojati oko 10 milijuna eura - rekao je Bandiæ.
U pokrivanju troškova bi trebali sudjelovati Grad, hotel Opera, Turistièka zajednica Zagreba, Ministarstvo gospodarstva i zgrebaèke gospodarske tvrtke.
Bandiæ je juèer najavio i da SDP neæe odustati od smanjenja broja detaljnih planova u Programu mjera za unapreðenje stanja u prostoru. Iako se koalicijski partner HNS zalaže da ih bude 145, SDP æe taj broj amandmanima u Skupštini smanjiti na 84 detaljnija plana.
- Poslje urbanizma lokacijskih dozvola, sad nam se nameæe urbanizam detaljnih planova malog obuhvata i nedefiniranog roka donošenja za pojedniaène investitore. Investirori jesu naši partneri, ali ne mogu sa Zavodom za planiranje krojiti urbanistièku sudbinu grada tako da ubrzavaju njihovo donošenje financiranjem izrade planova, pa da bude tko plati, taj i gradi - oštro je poruèio Bandiæ.
SDP zahtjeva da skore izmejne Generalnog urbanistièkog plana Zagreba prati povjerenstvo sastavljno od gradskih zastupnika i struke.