Northern Boulevard, Tirana
West 8 

Northern Boulevard, Tirana

West 8 


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 connects the architectural landmarks (of very different types and morphologies), thus proposing a new skyline for north Tirana.

The project intervenes on Tirana River, which is cleaned and restructured to take in a new park and new paths which will play a determining role in the growth of traffic in the city...[+]


West 8 urban design & landscape architecture
Bulevar del Norte / Northern Boulevard, Tirana (Albania)

Arquitectos Architects
West 8 urban design & landscape architecture

Equipo de diseñoDesign Team
E. Bindels, A. Geuze, C. Elsasser, C. Dobrick, J. Weijts, K. Buchholz, R. Koningen, J. Therry, E. Chojecka, P. Maas, K. Endo, F. Diez, E. Recio, M. Castrillo, A. Ranieri, B. Wöber, J. Nijs

Consultores Consultants
MIC (movilidad mobility), Milan (ingeniería de tráfico traffic engineers), Witteveen + Bos (ingeniería engineering)