Grozny-City
The Grozny-City Towers (Template:Lang-ru) is a five-star skyscraper hotel and business centre complex located near the Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque in Grozny, Chechnya. It stands at 492 ft (150 m).[1]
2013 fire
On April 3, 2013, the Grozny-City Towers Facade Clocks in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia caught fire and one side of the 40-story building[2] was engulfed in flames, which burned for approximately 8 hours.[3] No one was injured or killed in the blaze. More than 100 firefighters and 16 fire engines fought the blaze.[4] The building known locally as "Olympus" housed a 5 star luxury hotel and an apartment belonging to French film star and French tax exile Gérard Depardieu, whose apartment was on the 27th floor facing the "Heart of Grozny."[5][6]
The structure's interior survived largely intact however and has been fully repaired and reopened as of 2015.
Design
The architectural design belongs to Deniz Ceyhun Baykan [7] and Structural design was done by Yüksel Konkan.[8]
See also
References
- ^ http://rt.com/all-about-russia/blogs/madina-kochenova/dubai-grozny-kadyrov/
- ^ "Fire rages 40 story skyscraper".
- ^ "Luxury skyscraper hotel destroyed in massive blaze in Chechnya".
- ^ "Grozny skyscraper catches fire". Daily News. New York.
- ^ "Luxury skyscraper hotel destroyed in massive blaze in Chechnya".
- ^ "Russia Grozny Building Fire". CNN. April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Baykan Architecture". Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ "Konkan Engineering & Consultancy".
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