Английская Википедия:Azrieli Center

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Interior view of Azrieli Center shopping mall

Azrieli Center (Шаблон:Lang-he; Merkaz Azrieli) is a complex of three skyscrapers in Tel Aviv. At the base of the complex lies a large shopping mall. The complex was designed by Israeli-American architect Eli Attia. After Attia and the developer of the complex David Azrieli (after whom it is named) fell out, completion of the project was passed on to the Tel Aviv firm of Moore Yaski Sivan Architects.

Site

The Azrieli Center is located on a Шаблон:Convert site in Tel Aviv, Israel, which was previously used as Tel Aviv's dumpster-truck parking garage. The project cost US$420,000,000.

Circular Tower

The Azrieli Center Circular Tower is the tallest of the three towers, measuring Шаблон:Convert in height. Construction of this tower began in 1996 and was completed in 1999. The tower has 49 floors, making it at the time of its construction the tallest building in Tel Aviv and the second tallest in Israel, after the Moshe Aviv Tower in Ramat Gan, which was built in 2001. The top floor has an indoor observation deck and a high-end restaurant, and the 48th floor is home to Mr. Azrieli's personal office.Шаблон:Citation needed

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A panoramic view from the circular tower

Each floor of the Circular Tower has 84 windows, giving the tower more than 4,000 windows. The tower's perimeter is Шаблон:Convert; its diameter is Шаблон:Convert. Each floor covers Шаблон:Convert.

On October 31, 2003, the first annual Azrieli Circular Tower run-up competition was held, in which the participants ran up the 1,144 stairs to the tower's roof. Winners of the contest had the chance to participate in the following year's Empire State Building run-up competition in New York City.Шаблон:Citation needed

Triangular Tower

The Azrieli Center Triangular Tower has a height of Шаблон:Convert. Construction of this tower, like the circular tower, began in 1996 and was completed in 1999. It has 46 floors and its main occupant is Bezeq, Israel's largest telecommunications company; Bezeq occupies 13 floors of the tower. The tower's cross-section is an equilateral triangle.

Square Tower

The Azrieli Center Square Tower was completed in June 2007. The tower has 42 floors, and is Шаблон:Cvt high. It is the shortest of the three towers in the Azrieli complex. Construction of the third tower was stopped in 1998 due to urban planning disagreements and was resumed in 2006.

The lower 13 floors house Africa Israel's Crowne Plaza business hotel. The upper floors are used as office space.

Shopping center

The Azrieli Center Mall is one of the largest in Israel. Шаблон:Citation needed There are about 30 restaurants, fast-food counters, cafes and food stands in the mall. Шаблон:Citation neededThe top floor of the mall is a popular hangout spot for teens, and many online message boards arrange get-togethers there during national holidays.Шаблон:Citation needed

Due to high, constant terrorism threats, the Azrieli towers are guarded to deter terrorist action, like many buildings in Israel.

Other features

The large complex boasted an 8-screen cinema until 2010, when H&M took over the space. Azrieli also features a large fitness club, night schools, a small kid-focused amusement park and a pedestrian bridge leading to Tel Aviv HaShalom Railway Station. A second pedestrian bridge, completed in March 2003, connects the Azrieli Center with the other side of Begin Road and HaKirya. It is expected that a connection between Kaplan underpass and the project's underground carpark, which is one of the largest ever built in the region, will be constructed. When completed, the Шаблон:Convert plot which the Center occupies will offer a 400-seat, open air auditorium.

Access

The Azrieli Center is bordered by the Ayalon Highway that crosses Tel Aviv from North to South, Begin Road and Giv'at HaTahmoshet Street (a short section that connects Kaplan Street with HaShalom Road). It is situated next to the HaShalom Interchange on the Ayalon Highway.

The center can be easily accessed from most parts of Israel by train to the Tel Aviv HaShalom Railway Station which is connected to the center by an enclosed pedestrian bridge or by one of the many buses that stop on Begin Road. In addition, the Tel Aviv Arlozorov Bus Terminal is located Шаблон:Convert north of the complex. Sha'ul HaMelekh LRT Station is located 5 minute walk from the complex.

Future Azrieli Tower

The Azrieli Tower is a planned 350 meter high spiral skyscraper which will be incorporated into the Azrieli Center complex. The Azrieli Tower will be the tallest in Israel when completed surpassing the current tallest skyscraper; Azrieli Sarona Tower. However, ToHa Tower 2, due to be completed in 2024, will be the tallest tower in Israel at Шаблон:Convert.

Gallery

• Ground level view of the complex

  Ground level view of the complex

• Fountain at the Azrieli Complex, dismantled in the late 2010s in favor of a pedestrian plaza

  Fountain at the Azrieli Complex, dismantled in the late 2010s in favor of a pedestrian plaza

• Bridge connecting foot traffic to the Complex

  Bridge connecting foot traffic to the Complex

• Azrieli Center at night

  Azrieli Center at night

See also

• List of skyscrapers in Israel
• List of tallest buildings in Tel Aviv
• List of shopping malls in Israel
• YOO Towers

External links

• Catch up for Tower 3 - World Architecture News