AZERBAIJAN TOWER: SOON TO BE THE WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING

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INTRODUCING THE AZERBAIJAN TOWER: Soon To Be The World's Tallest Building
Adam Taylor|Feb. 9, 2012, 7:46 PM|66,822|23

We brought you the news last month that Azerbaijan was planning to build the world's tallest building at 3,645 feet — taller than both the Burj Khalifa and the upcoming Kingdom Tower to be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Now, News.az brings us more information on the building, which will be known as the Azerbaijan Tower and will feature 189 floors.

The building is being built on a series of artificial islands, called the Khazar Islands, constructed in the Caspian Sea off Garadag, southwest of Baku. The company behind the building, Avesta Group, is said to be in talks with the companies behind the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and hopes the building to be complete by 2018-2019.

It's all going to cost a pretty penny, of course. Architizer reports that the islands are due to cost $100 billion and the tower itself $2 billion — it looks like Azerbaijan will be putting that energy money they are getting into use.

Let's hope the building fares better than the Burj, which is now a "distressed" property.

http://www.businessinsider.com/azerbaij ... wer-2012-2
http://www.khazarislands.com/

[fighter]

Good god.

The world is changing before our eyes. This wasn't even possible just 20 years ago.

Nonetheless, good job Azerbaijan: up:

I wonder what the next 10-15 years will look like in terms of architecture and skyscrapers

[Based]

Somalia 2030

I can imagine it now, a Kismayo Grand Prix, Based handing the trophy to a retiring Vettle

[Lillaahiya]

Baku wa meel aad iyo aad u qurux badan Nevertheless, I don't see the point of building these ridiculously high towers

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Baku wa meel aad iyo aad u qurux badan Nevertheless, I don't see the point of building these ridiculously high towers

SUPERTALL TOWERS ARE ONE THING, BUT MAN-MADE ISLANDS?

[miskeen86]

the Dubai king will be really pissed-off

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

Dhaboyacos and their obsession with shiny buildings. It's like catnip to you guys.

[HilaacHills]

I heard that in ay u dhaarteen the participants of the Eurovision contest this year, which will be located in Baku next month.

[Hepburn]

Dhaboyacos and their obsession with shiny buildings. It's like catnip to you guys.

Go back to your dusty hut, you irrelevant moron.

[AhmedBoqor]

And why not? Azerbaijanis are blessed with an abundance of oIl and natural gas. Onshore, Offshore, you name it, they got it.

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And why not? Azerbaijanis are blessed with an abundance of oIl and natural gas. Onshore, Offshore, you name it, they got it.

[MidriGeez]

the Dubai king will be really pissed-off

Hahaha soo True, Emirati's are the easiest People to troll, watch how he will put a plan now to Build a tower 3x Higher sparing all dubai's Treasury to do it.lol While calling It Jannat Tower. When it comes to show off Contest Don't Lock horns with the arabs.