Baku White City

A revivalist-style White City residential building in construction

The master plan of Baku White City refers to the re-development of a portion of Black City, 221-hectare land area, conceptualized to be part of the 2021 strategic plan for Baku.[1][2]

Development

The project designed by Atkins and Foster and Partners.[3] Around 75 per cent of the project will be residential units, creating a new community of 19,700 households for about 50,000 people as well as commercial and leisure units that will provide up to 48,000 jobs.[4] The project is set to be completed in 2020.[5]

In 2014, the Lycée français de Bakou (Baku French Lyceum) located in White City was inaugurated by President Ilham Aliyev.[6] In 2015, the eastern part of the Baku Boulevard, the city's seaside promenade, was extended by two kilometres to cover the coastal part of White City,[7] which also became the site of the newly-built Boulevard Hotel Baku.[8]

In 2015, the Baku White City Office Building became the first property in Azerbaijan to be awarded BREEAM certification on international ecological standard with the rating of Good.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Boulden, Jim. "Does Azerbaijan's 'Black City' have a golden future?". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "White City to replace Black city in Baku". news.az. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Moss, Oliver. "Baku-Investment capital". www.the-report.net. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Fahy, Michael. "Turkish company wins $42.5mn Baku White City contract". arabianindustry.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  5. ↑ LE PROJET GÉANT BAKU WHITE CITY.
  6. ↑ İlham Əliyev Bakı Fransız Liseyinin açılışında iştirak edib.
  7. ↑ Elchin Huseynov. Баку-2015: Прогулка по новому бульвару White City. Trend News Agency. 18 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Azerbaijani President attends opening of Boulevard Hotel. News.az. 15 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Baku White City office building gets international ‘green’ certificate BREEAM. Azerbaijan Business Centre. 8 January 2015.

Coordinates: 40°22′54″N 49°53′15″E / 40.3816°N 49.8876°E / 40.3816; 49.8876

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