The Book Building

The Book Building is a mixed-use skyscraper in Tirana, Albania. Designed by 51N4E and completed in 2024, the tower stands at 77 meters (253 ft) tall, being divided into 21 floors, and displays residential, commercial spaces and offices.^[3] The building will be part of the newly-constructed complex of constructions circling the Skanderbeg Square alongside Tirana International Hotel, Intercontinental Hotel Tirana, Maritim Plaza Tirana, Eyes of Tirana and Skanderbeg Tower. The nickname of "Book Building" comes from it's volumetry which displays vitrations similar to a thick book full of bookmarks.^[4]^[5]

The tower takes part of the so-called "turbo-capitalist" modernization program of Tirana's central ward.^[6]

References

^ "Book Building - Tirana". wikimapia.org. WikiMapia. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "51N4E Book Building". 51n4e.com. 51N4E. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
^ "Book Building". invest-society.com. InvetsSociety. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
^ "Buildings near cultural monuments? Veliaj is refuted by the Municipality of Tirana itself: It gave 5 construction permits in three years". faktoje.al. Faktoje. May 4, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
^ "Projekti Book Building". Albanian Construction Portal.
^ Baumgarten, Chris (May 2, 2024). "Tirana: The disfigurement of a city". balkanstories.net. Retrieved July 25, 2024.