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Central Bank of Iraq Tower

Baghdad, Iraq

The 39th tallest building in the world

421 m · 1,381 ft

The Central Bank of Iraq Tower (Arabic: برج البنك المركزي العراقي), also known as the Zaha Hadid Tower, is a 37-story office skyscraper under construction located on the banks of the Tigris river in the Al-Jadiriya district of Baghdad, Iraq. Upon completion, it will be the second tallest building in the country after E1 Tower in Erbil and the tallest building in Baghdad with a height of 172 m (564 ft). The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) had commissioned the Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid in 2010 to design the project, and was presented in 2011, however construction on the project only began in late 2018. It is scheduled to be completed in 2026. The tower will serve as the new headquarters for the Central Bank of Iraq, Iraq's national bank. It also features a VIP entrance, visitor entrance, main lobby, museums, personnel entrance, energy centre, public area, personnel facility, cash management area, data centre, security centre and landscaping areas.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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