Deniz Mall
Baku, Azerbaijan
The brief from the client was to create a landmark development on the Caspian Sea which would serve a similar role to the Sydney Opera House in how it related to the waterfront – a sculptural form with a series of shell roofs which would reflect in the water and look impressive when illuminated at night.
Chapman Taylor designed the building as a congress centre in 2007. However, during construction the project was put on hold for a few years and during this period a new, larger convention centre by Coop Himmelblau was commissioned next to the Zaha Hadid-designed Heydar Aliyev Centre – thus requiring a new role for the building.
The building is now being repurposed, keeping the same design, to include entertainment, leisure, F&B and retail facilities. Chapman Taylor’s London studio was appointed to provide the interior design services in 2016, with the complex on course to open in early 2019 (not quite open when we were there!).
Located on land reclaimed from the Caspian Sea, Deniz Mall will be a waterfront complex of 120,000m² entertainment, retail, leisure and dining destination over five floors. A ‘flame’ tower is the centrepiece of eight star-shaped wings inspired by Azerbaijan’s national emblem.
Deniz Mall
Baku, Azerbaijan
The brief from the client was to create a landmark development on the Caspian Sea which would serve a similar role to the Sydney Opera House in how it related to the waterfront – a sculptural form with a series of shell roofs which would reflect in the water and look impressive when illuminated at night.
Chapman Taylor designed the building as a congress centre in 2007. However, during construction the project was put on hold for a few years and during this period a new, larger convention centre by Coop Himmelblau was commissioned next to the Zaha Hadid-designed Heydar Aliyev Centre – thus requiring a new role for the building.
The building is now being repurposed, keeping the same design, to include entertainment, leisure, F&B and retail facilities. Chapman Taylor’s London studio was appointed to provide the interior design services in 2016, with the complex on course to open in early 2019 (not quite open when we were there!).
Located on land reclaimed from the Caspian Sea, Deniz Mall will be a waterfront complex of 120,000m² entertainment, retail, leisure and dining destination over five floors. A ‘flame’ tower is the centrepiece of eight star-shaped wings inspired by Azerbaijan’s national emblem.