Draft:Khurd Office Tower

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Khan Bank Tower at night. One of the most iconic and modern buildings in Mongolia
'General information
Status Completed
Type Skyscraper (office)
Architectural style Modern
Location Chinggis Avenue-6, Stadium Orgil-1, Khan-Uul District, Ulaanbaatar 17010, Mongolia
Coordinates 47.9037° N, 106.9119° E
Construction started 2014
Completed 2017
Height
Architectural 108 meters (352 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 24'(+2 basement floors)

The Khurd Office Tower (also called the Khan Bank Tower) is a skyscraper located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It is 108 meters tall (352 ft) and was completed in 2015.[1] The building address is located on Chinggis Avenue-6, Stadium Orgil-1, Khan-Uul District, Ulaanbaatar 17010, Mongolia[2]. The total project site stands at 246,105 sqft and its is currently used as an office building[3].

The office is located on Chinggis Ave. next to Naadam Center Mall. It has been built with green reflective glass panels[4]. The Khan Bank tower was used as the headquarters for the Khan Bank, on e of Mongolia's largest banks, with over 6,300 employees throughout the country. The Khan Bank Tower, which was financed and built by the Bank, is equipped with eco-friendly features and smart control systems. The building provides a professional and up to date, environmentally friendly, cost and time efficient space for employees[5].

There has been a pushback against the urban densification in Ulaanbaatar, construction boom and the construction of buildings such as Khurd tower has exasperated the rapid densification of Ulaanbaatar.[6] The tower is a modern addition to Ulaanbaatar Skyline. There has been an increase of towers taller than 50 metres and Khurd office tower is a great example of a modern addition of Ulaanbatar.[7]

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  1. ^ "Khurd Tower - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  2. ^ "Khan Bank". www.bcmongolia.org. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  3. ^ "Khan Bank Tower :: Green Building Information Gateway". GBIG. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  4. ^ "Ulaanbaator Khurd Office Building". E-FUJII VIETNAM (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  5. ^ "Khan Bank – Communication on Progress | UN Global Compact". unglobalcompact.org. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  6. ^ Anderson, Raven (2017). "Towers on the steppe: Compact city plans and local perceptions of urban densification in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia". Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability. 10 (2): 217–300. doi:10.1080/17549175.2016.1223739. S2CID 151430309.
  7. ^ Gull, Manico. "A visit to Mongolia". Journal of the Central Asian Society. 1 (1).