Blue Sky Tower
Blue Sky Tower | |
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Хөх тэнгэр цамхаг | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | office, residency, hotel |
Town or city | Ulaanbaatar |
Country | Mongolia |
Coordinates | 47°54′58.9″N 106°55′7.8″E / 47.916361°N 106.918833°E |
Construction started | 2006 |
Completed | 2010 |
Opened | 2011 |
Cost | 200 million |
Height | 105 m (344 ft)[1] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 25 |
Lifts/elevators | 5 |
The Blue Sky Tower is an ultra-modern 25 story, 105 meters (344 ft) tall steel and glass skyscraper that stands just to the south of Sükhbaatar Square in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar. It houses a 200-room hotel, luxury apartments, restaurants, as well as office and conference spaces.[2]
The skyscraper consists of a curtain wall made of blue tinted glass in reference to Mongolia's moniker as "the land of the eternal blue sky", but also as a signal to foreign corporations of Mongolia's transparency and openness to business.[3] Blue Sky Tower serves as a landmark that dominates the central Ulaanbaatar skyline thanks to its location and distinctive shape. Designed in the style of a sail or fin, it appears to be modeled after the Burj Al Arab in Dubai.[4] Mongolians often refer to it derisively as "the meat cleaver" or "the sail boat"[3] and the purpose of a sea-themed edifice in the capital of a landlocked country is unclear.[4]
Construction on the skyscraper, designed in cooperation with a South Korean company, began in 2007 but was temporarily suspended during the political tensions that followed
References
- ^ Emporis: Blue Sky Tower
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78831-695-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-317-58588-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-988-8208-67-8.
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