Heydar Aliyev Centre, Baku

Heydar Aliyev Centre, Baku (Azerbaijan)

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, awarded as the ‘Design of the Year’ in 2014, termed as one of the symbols of modern Baku. The cultural centre includes an auditorium, museum, exhibition halls and administrative offices. Developed in 2007 by architect Zaha Hadid, the opening took place in 2012. You have heard or seen some amazing architectures of the modern time in the world. Heydar Aliyev Center beats them all probably. This is a building with curves. There is no column in the building. It is flowing and has mainly three distinctively different pieces under one roof. One is the conference hall or auditorium; two is a gallery hall and third is a museum. You can simply flow from one part to the other from inside the center enjoying each section of it