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Coordinates: 41°19′24.28″N 19°49′16.49″E. The Pyramid of Tirana ( Albanian: Piramida) is a structure and former museum located in Tirana, the capital of Albania. It opened as a museum in 1988 and became a conference center in 1991 following the collapse of Communism. During the 1999 Kosovo War, the building was used as a NATO base.
Oct 23, 2023 · Completed in 2023 in Tirana, Albania. Images by Ossip van Duivenbode. In the heart of Albania’s capital city, a new kind of cultural hub is now open and accessible to the public. The Pyramid of ...
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Oct 22, 2023 · Max Height: 24.5m. Project Year: 2018 – 2023. Photographs: © Ossip van Duivenbode. Once sardonically called the ‘Enver Hoxha Mausoleum’, the transformed Pyramid has now become a monument for the people and their ability to overcome and outlive dictators. – Winy Maas, MVRDV founding partner. Pyramid of Tirana Photographs. © Ossip van Duivenbode.
Feb 27, 2024 · February 27, 2024. MVRDV ’s transformation of the Pyramid of Tirana into a digital hub was inaugurated on the occasion of the Western Balkan Summit on October 16—not coincidentally, the birthday of longtime Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha, for whom the Pyramid was built as a museum in 1988. The symbolism is clear: the renovated Pyramid ...
Oct 19, 2023 · Pyramid of Tirana is a new cultural hub in Albania . ... maximum height: 24.5 m pyramid center height: 20.2 m. lea zeitoun I designboom. oct 19, 2023. KEEP UP WITH OUR DAILY AND WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS.
The Pyramid of Tirana, Albania’s capital city, has been transformed by MVRDV into a cultural hub. Originally a museum dedicated to Enver Hoxha, the communist dictator, it is now an open sculpture in a new park. The park and sculpture feature colorful boxes that house cafes, studios, workshops, start-up offices, incubators, festivals, and ...
Dec 5, 2023 · From MVRDV’s Downtown One, a mixed-use, 140m-tall tower under construction, the broad strokes of that plan are becoming visible: the square, the 10 Tower Project (of which Downtown One is one) and the redevelopment of the Pyramid of Tirana – one of the country’s most iconic but fraught buildings.
