Esentai Tower
High-rise building in Almaty, Kazakhstan
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The Esentai Tower (Kazakh: Есентай мұнарасы, romanized: Esentay munarası, Russian: Есентайская башня) also known as the Almaty JW Marriott Hotel is a high-rise mixed-use building in the Medeu District of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Built between 2006 and 2008, the tower stands at 162 m (531 ft) tall with 36 floors and is the current 5th tallest building in Kazakhstan. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and it is part of the Esentai Complex.
| Esentai Tower | |
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 Interactive map of the Esentai Tower area | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office, Hotel |
| Architectural style | Postmodern |
| Location | Almaty, Kazakhstan, Al-Farabi Avenue 77/7, Almaty |
| Coordinates | 43.21905°N 76.92937°E |
| Construction started | 2006 |
| Completed | 2008 |
| Owner | The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company JW Marriott Hotels (former) Qairat Boranbaev (former) |
| Height | |
| Roof | 162 m (531 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Concrete |
| Floor count | 36 |
| Floor area | 27,000 m2 (291,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Developer | Capital Partners |
| Structural engineer | Leslie E. Robertson Associates |
History
Architecture
The building is part of the Esentai Complex, a 368,000-square-metre (3,960,000 sq ft) mixed-use development built along the Esentai River in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[1] The building disposes of a total of 27,000 square metres (290,000 sq ft) of Class A office space between ground level and the fourteenth level included. The building also houses offices for Ernst & Young, HSBC, Credit Suisse, and Renaissance Capital.[2]
The first fourteen floors of the tower are occupied by offices, conference rooms, recreation areas and extensive shopping gallery with restaurants, with the 175-room Ritz-Carlton Hotel located above them, and the top eight floors of the building include serviced apartments.[3][4] The American firm Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA) provided the structural design for the building who conceptualized a high-rise solution for seismic areas.[5] The tower has a status of old-built greenframe building.[6] It received the LEED Silver certification in June 2016.[7]
See also
Gallery
The tower in May 2012 while owned by Marriott
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