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Architecture of Baku - photo story by Sebastian Burger 2008

A building in Baku

Construction project at Azerbaycan Prospekti. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Streetscape, scene in the center of Baku

Traditional bay window in front of an eclectic new building mixing postmodern styles with Stalinist pomp. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Streetscape, scene in the center of Baku

Street scene in Baku in the autumn of 2008.

Streetscape, scene in the center of Baku

Streetscape, scene in the center of Baku in the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

A magnificent Gruenderzeit house from 1918 with living area extension. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

Bizarre living-space extension on a Gruenderzeit building. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Neighbours talking in the courtyard,Baku

The courtyard of an inner-city atrium house in the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku

Last remains of an oil-boom block in Baku, autumn 2008

Panoramic view of Baku

Khrushchyovkas from the 60s. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

An old building in front of a new one. Baku, the autumn of 2008

Panoramic view of Baku

New high-rises in a sea of Gruenderzeit (buildings from the late 19th and early 20th century) houses in Baku, in the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku

Rare sight: a one-storey Gruenderzeit building before a gable construction that is protected as a historic monument. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

New high-rise. Baku, autumn 2008.

Buildings in Baku

A Gruenderzeit (Founder Epoch) two storey building with a third floor from the Soviet era. In the background there are the three towers of "Af Market". Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

A buiding has collapsed on 28.8.2007 just before its completion. The neighboring buildings of similar structure have been removed as a precaution. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

A grand villa that was demolished in the meantime. It stood in the development area of the so-called 'Winter Park'. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Streetscape in Baku

A narrow alley with school children - popular shooting location for local TV-productions . Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Street and high rise buildings in Baku

Unusual building density for new constructions in Baku: a closed perimeter block structure of high rises. Baku, autumn 2008

Panoramic view of Baku

The Orient Complex - one of the many construction sites abandoned due to lack of money. Baku, Fall 2008 (2011 = same situation).

Panoramic view of Baku

Microcosms of tower blocks. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

The shacks of informal settlements are being replaced by high rises. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku

Context-sensitive infill next to a new building. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

Sea terminal. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

The Absheron Hotel, a relic of the Soviet era, had to give way to its own reconstruction at the beginning of 2009. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku

Common social area with four to six storeys. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku

A further construction of new high-rise structures seems predestined. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

Past Soviet grandeur: the former Hotel Karabakh. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku, Nariman Narimanov Monument

The statue of Nariman Narimanov, a revolutionary, writer and politician, was restored in 2008/2009. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

A loaded Lada

'Loaded Ladas' as mobile shops, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

Living room extension from the early 90s. Baku, in the autumn of 2008

A building in Baku

One of the biggest atrium houses of Baku seen from outside - originally a two-story building that was enlarged during the Soviet period by adding two more stories. Baku, in the autumn of 2008.

Overlooking the rooftops of Baku

View over the roofs of simple houses built in the 20th century in Baku. Satellite dishes and old houses, Baku the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

One of the main atrium houses of Baku is home to about 100 residents, half of whom have already been bought out by the end of 2008. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Streetscape in Baku, city-center

A Russian Orthodox church in the center of Baku in the autumn of 2008.

Streetscape, scene in the center of Baku

Despite infrastructural problems the old oil-boom quarter functions as an urban neighborhood. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku

An added balcony to extend living area. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

Projection of a garage with sandstone embellishment - before two load-bearing walls. Baku, the autumn of 2008 (in November 2011 it was still the same).

Gated Community in Baku

Gated Community in Turkish style, seven years after completion. Baku, in the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku

Prefabricated buildings are embellished with Aghlay, the local coquina stone. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku

The construction site of the Flame Towers before the British Petroleum Enclave Park Residence. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku

New buildings in a sea of houses in Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Buildings in Baku

The first business center of postmodernism? The ISR Plaza, built in 1998. Baku, in the autumn of 2008.

Cityscape of Baku

Mass residential construction of the past 50 years in the district of Xatai. Baku, the autumn of 2008.

Panoramic view of Baku

Downtown panorama of Baku in the autumn of 2008.

Building(s) in Baku

Noble oil-boom residence constructed in 1918 with extension. Baku, autumn 2008

Government House in Baku, 2008

Oil in water nearby Baku's center

Rests of the Black city nearby Baku's center, Autumn 2008

Rests of the Black city nearby Baku's center

In the background: Rests of the Black city nearby Baku's center, Autumn 2008

Learning cycling in the courtyard, Baku 2008

Baku Autumn 2008

Learning cycling in the courtyard, Baku 2008

Baku Autumn 2008

Marshrutka in Baku

Historic view due to its substitution: inner-city Marshrutkas have been replaced in 2008 by a state-controlled bus monopole.

High-rise front, Baku 2001

Baku vegetable seller

Baku Boulevard 2008

Historic view due to destruction or reconstruction. Popular promenade and amusement park: 'Baku Boulevard', 2008

Cityscape Baku

Panorama of high-rises and simple houses in Baku, 2008

Government House in Baku, 2008

Cityscape Baku

Unfinished and abandoned construction of a building next to new building shell, Baku Autumn 2008

Street scenery Baku 2008

Baku Autumn 2008

Cityscape Baku

Baku Autumn 2008: three Khrushchyovkas in front of the heterogenious skyline of Baku

Streetscape with redone front of a ministry building

Streetscape with redone front of a ministry building, in the foreground the scaffolded front of Baku's historic first 5-storey building 'Besh Mertebe', Baku 2008