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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
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
High-rise front, Baku 2001
Baku vegetable seller
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
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
Government House in Baku, 2008
Government House in Baku, 2008
Panoramic view of Baku
New high-rises in a sea of Bakuvian houses, autumn 2008
Cityscape of Baku
Baku in the autumn of 2008.
A bread seller in Baku
A bread seller in Baku, the autumn of 2008.
Cityscape of Baku: Fountains Square
Baku's most central place, the Fountains Square with small electric toy cars for children in front of Gruenderzeit villas that surround the square.
Panoramic view of Baku
New buildings in the sea of houses of Baku, the autumn of 2008.
Cityscape of Baku
A child inf front of a Khrushchyovka in one of the suburbs of Baku in the autumn of 2008.
Streetscape in the historic center of Baku
A Gruenderzeit building with an expat woman on the balcony, Baku 2008.
Soviet construction in Baku
Soviet construction in Baku, 2008
Golden high-rises in Baku
A significant high-rise construction in Baku shortly before its completion in 2008.
An old store in Soviet style near the old market, Baku 2008
An old store in Soviet style near the old market, Baku 2008.
Facade embellishment, Baku 2008
A Khrushchyovka that is currently embellishes with aglay, Baku, 2008.
Unfinished building next to a new construction, Baku autumn 2008
Unfinished building next to a new construction in Baku in the autumn of 2008.