- Date: 2014
- Location: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
- Phase: Completed
- Building Area: 48,000 m2
- Services Provided: Architecture, Interior design, Detailed design, Site supervision
- Parter in charge: Thierry Melot
- Core Team: Vincent Bertin, Philippe Fabre, Liguo Li
- Office: AMA Shanghai
The Russian-based and extremely strict anti-seismic regulations resulted in calculations requiring tremendous structural over-dimensioning that could have resulted in an unacceptable visual clumsiness given the height of the building. This led to an assumed formal choice based on the emphasised use of diagonal ribs.
This emphasised the effect of delicate stems provided by the softened curves of the white marble elevation as they reach out towards the city, lit by the spectacular beacon-like atrium rising up over the last five floors of the building.
This emphasised the effect of delicate stems provided by the softened curves of the white marble elevation as they reach out towards the city, lit by the spectacular beacon-like atrium rising up over the last five floors of the building.