10 Top Attractions in Baku (2024)

3. Heydar Aliyev Centre

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长脸张少侠The Aliyev Cultural Center, built in May 2012, is a classic work by the late pioneer architect Zaha Hadid. It is a landmark in Baku city and even country. The Cultural Center was pre-opened on May 10, 2012 under the auspices of the current President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. The building is also named after the current President. The Aliyev Cultural Center is both a modern translation of Islamic architectural temperament and a rebellion against rigid Soviet-era architecture. Like a magic wand-wielding wizard, Zaha blends Islamic culture, natural forms and pioneering art, creating a huge array of folds and open spaces that connect with the urban environment. The high completion of Aliyev Cultural Center also makes Zaha her theoretic works. The Azerbaijani government allocated $6 billion a year to build public buildings, and after Zaha won the international competition, the abundant funds gave architects a high degree of creative freedom, so that the design and construction of the cultural center is less affected by external factors. Strong economic support ensures the project’s difficult, high-quality and high completion, and allows us to see the orderly facade of the Aliyev Cultural Center today, the transparent and clean curtain wall, and the exquisite and stable structure. Standing on the square and looking at the Aliyev Cultural Center, it seems that a gray-white concrete plane is peeled off the ground and expanded into two peaks, with the surface expanding, splitting, flowing and rising in the air. In the clear topology of the site, the building itself is an explosive node, with its climax at the 80 m roof top. Zaha's first work in China was the Guangzhou Grand Theatre , Beijing Galaxy SOHO complex, Nanjing Youth Olympic Center, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Building and Beijing Daxing International Airport. Address: 1 Heyd?r ?liyev prospekti, Bak? 1033 Azerbaijan Time: 11:00-18:00 Monday off, in fact, the main look is the English name: Heydar Aliyev Centre

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2.4km from Baku White City