ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan | Roj tower | 30 floors | 130 m
 

ERBIL - autonomous region of Kurdistan - Iraq.
Iraq is not booming in anyway as it is not safe, except the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region which has been safe and autonomous since the 1991 no-fly-zone by NATO......... the region is working towards independence from chaotic Iraq, Kurdistan was attached to Iraq in 1923 by the Brits and French of that time.


The Tower’s Features

* Erbil Business Tower consists of 30 floors including shops and showrooms in the ground floor.
* Surrounded by restaurants and retail shops.
* Build up area of 110,000 m².

http://www.empireiraq.com/images/Emp...ess-Towers.jpg

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...14441659_n.jpg

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...51954658_n.jpg

http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...71045540_n.jpg

Alan, can you link to a Google Map showing the location of the tower? Then I can enter it into the database. :)

sure thing ... :)

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/52934653

Great thanks! There doesn't look to be much in the area though.

tell me about it , that map is un-updated :(

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6113/57599671.jpg

http://img835.imageshack.us

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/...5ebe4540_b.jpg
middle building

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/587...65c2517b2b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kung_fu...in/photostream

Update 11.11.11
 

http://store2.up-00.com/Nov11/TdD87966.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...1091189&page=3

strange cladding....from the top on down.

If there's anything good we Americans can take away from the Iraq war, these ambitious projects in Kurdistan, by Kurds and for the Kurds are it. Thank you Alan for showing them!

Long live Kurdistan!

thank you dear you are welcome

here is some more update 14.11.2011

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/3720/62337015.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/62337015

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1253/62332770.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/62332770

are you kurdish dear ?

Nope. Just an American who supports your statehood for no other reason than I think it is right and due.;)

oh wow , we sure do need more people like you , welcome dear thanks .

Update 20.01.2012
 

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7/65253264.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/65253264

update on Roj tower 2.2012
 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6...41aac53d_b.jpg

Flickr

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...22911016_n.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...1091189&page=4

You are a special person to love your country and your land
Long live Kurdistan
I hope to see an independent Kurdistan

update 4.2012
 

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...99407951_n.jpg
FB - My Erbil