Maritim Plaza Tirana

Maritim Plaza Tirana is a luxury hotel in Tirana, Albania owned by German Maritim hotel chain. It is located on 28 Nëntori Street, near the Skanderbeg Square.

Maritim Plaza Tirana
Plaza Hotel Location
General information
Type	work and living
Location	Rruga 28 Nëntori 18, 1001 Tirana, Albania
Coordinates	41.32778°N 19.82154°E / 41.32778; 19.82154
Construction started	2009
Completed	2015
Height
Top floor	85 m (278.9 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	24 (plus 4 for parking garage below)[1]
Lifts/elevators	4
Website
www.plazatirana.com

The hotel building is also known as the TID Tower, after the Tirana International Development corporation that originally commissioned its construction. The design comes from Belgian architectural firm 51N4E, and construction started on 14 January 2007.^[2] "The building is designed as a constellation of 3 singular buildings: the tower of 85 m height coming down to the ground, a 5 story glass building with a cantilevering roof that creates a public open air galleria; and a concrete building with a hollowed out quarter dome, embracing the tomb of Suleiman Pasha [sic; actually the Kapllan Pasha Tomb]."^[3] The central tower stands at 85 metres (279 ft) tall, and consists of 24 floors.^[4] The TID Tower's architectural design is notable for its sensitive incorporation of the Kapllan Pasha Tomb, tucked in a void in one of the complex’s low-slung concrete buildings, and for its use of concrete panels cast on-site.^[5][6] The building design was featured in the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016.^[5][7]

Kapllan Pasha Tomb underneath TID Tower complex

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Albania
• Landmarks in Tirana
• Kapllan Pasha Tomb

References

1. "TID Tower". Fundació Mies van der Rohe. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
2. "Start construction TID Tower Tirana". 51n4e. 2007-01-14. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
3. "EUMiesAward". miesarch.com. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
4. "Albania's real estate market revolutionised by TID Tower". Offplanpropertyexchange.com. 2009-02-09. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
5. Anagnost, Adrian (January 25, 2017). "Craft and Conquest: The 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, May 28-November 27, 2016". Nonsite.
6. Swinnen, Peter, and Johan Anrys (2010). "Squaring the Circle: Building a Tower the Tirana Way," in Re-Inventing Construction, edited by Ilka & Andreas Ruby. Berlin: Ruby Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-3-9813436-2-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
7. "TID Tower - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2021-09-17.