{"id":9346,"date":"2026-06-10T09:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=9346"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:13:24","slug":"herzog-de-meuron-to-revitalise-communist-era-palace-of-congresses-in-tirana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/herzog-de-meuron-to-revitalise-communist-era-palace-of-congresses-in-tirana\/","title":{"rendered":"Herzog & de Meuron to revitalise communist-era Palace of Congresses in Tirana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron<\/a> has revealed plans to update the Palace of Congresses concert venue<\/a> in Tirana<\/a>, Albania, with a 260-metre-tall skyscraper.<\/span><\/p>\n

Herzog & de Meuron<\/a> will oversee the renovation of the 40-year-old concert venue’s existing performance spaces, while introducing a mixed-use office tower and a public plaza.<\/p>\n

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Herzog & de Meuron is set to overhaul the Palace of Congresses in Tirana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The studio’s proposal seeks to largely preserve the venue’s communist-era architecture, which has a symmetrical, monolithic form wrapped in horizontal bands of glazing.<\/p>\n

“Our proposal intervenes in the existing building only where necessary,” the studio said.\u00a0“Rather than altering its identity, the project seeks to strengthen its relationship with the city and its public realm.”<\/p>\n

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A mixed-use tower will be added to the concert venue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Palace of Congresses was originally designed by Klement Kolaneci and completed in 1986. Renders of the proposal reveal the venue’s main elevation will remain largely unaltered, but it will be fronted with a newly landscaped public realm.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, at the site’s rear, the mixed-use skyscraper will rise above the surrounding landscape, containing offices and a hotel.<\/p>\n

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A full-height lobby will double as an events space<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Described by Herzog & de Meuron as being “shaped by vernacular logic”, the skyscraper will have an angular form complete with a gridded facade and truncated top.<\/p>\n

It will sit on an angular plinth with a roof that stretches over the concert venue to double as an accessible terrace.<\/p>\n