Grozny-City Towers

The Grozny-City Towers (Russian: Грозный-сити) 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]

Grozny-City Towers

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]

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See also

References
  1. http://rt.com/all-about-russia/blogs/madina-kochenova/dubai-grozny-kadyrov/
  2. "Fire rages 40 story skyscraper".
  3. "Luxury skyscraper hotel destroyed in massive blaze in Chechnya".
  4. "Grozny skyscraper catches fire". Daily News. New York.
  5. "Luxury skyscraper hotel destroyed in massive blaze in Chechnya".
  6. "Russia Grozny Building Fire". CNN. April 3, 2013.
  7. "Baykan Architecture". Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  8. "Konkan Engineering & Consultancy".

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