This hotel and residential complex is located in a terrain of irregular contours in Dhërmi, a picturesque town in the Albanese Riviera that faces the Ionian Sea. The ground plan follows a grid to organize the premises, while the height variation of t
The Rruga Adem Jashari mixed-use development presents three russet-hued towers and a white stepped pyramid. Located on a strategic site in the Albanian capital, on the boundary between the urban fabric and an adjacent park, the pigmented concrete co
Located near the Montenegro border, Shkodra is one of Albania’s oldest cities. An important cultural and economic hub, it was the capital until 1920, when the seat of government moved to Tirana. Along with a natural landscape it has a rich cultural h
This mixed-use 50-floor tower in the western part of the the capital of Albania is designed to offer 54,423 square meters of residential, office, and commercial space and also a hotel. It presents two interconnected volumes of different heights. The
Built in 1988 as a museum dedicated to the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, the Pyramid of Tirana has been converted by the Rotterdam firm MVRDV into a cultural center. Located in the heart of the Albanian capital, it has reopened with the original co
Located 25 kilometers from Saranda, very near Albania’s south border with Greece, the Butrint National Park is a natural place with archaeological remains and a high a degree of biodiversity, including within it Lake Butrint and the Vivari Channel, w
The Portuguese firm OODA has won the international competition to build the new headquarters of the Albanian television network Klan TV in Tirana. Carried out in collaboration with the local office Artech, the winning scheme draws inspiration from ve
Considering the entire site as a natural monument, the project integrates the Supreme Court and the School of Magistrates – a listed Italian rationalist building – with the least possible impact, maintaining the park green and accessible... [+]
The project aims to reactivate the Tirana River with a sequence of public spaces threaded along a boulevard that emphasizes the outdoor qualities of the Mediterranean culture in Albania’s capital city…
The 585-hectare plan earned a special award for innovation in urban development within an international competition in which Nicholas Grimshaw (see AV Proyectos 051) was the chosen winner. The main avenue is like the backbone of the project and conne
Tirana existe o, al menos, existe para los concursos de arquitectura. Así lo demuestra el internacional que acaba de ganar Nicholas Grimshaw, y cuyo objeto es la ampliación y la renovación de un gran bulevar construido en 1930 y situado en pleno cora
Una mezquita, un centro islámico y un museo conformarán un nuevo complejo cultural en Tirana que pretende difundir los valores de la tolerancia en Albania, un país en el que conviven las confesiones católica, ortodoxa y musulmana. La propuesta del es
La propuesta de Coop Himmelb(l)au ha resultado la ganadora del concurso para el diseño del nuevo parlamento albanés. El edificio será la pieza más emblemática de un campus que reunirá las instituciones gubernamentales más importantes del país, situán
