Tahrir Square Development
Baghdad, Iraq

The Tahrir Square Development is projected to be the first portion of the Baghdad Renaissance Plan to be built. It is composed of five elements and stretches between the Tahrir Square traffic circle and the Tigris River . The first component is Tahrir Circle an eight story cultural center with a theater situated in the courtyard of the building. The next part of the development is office complex A, which forms one point of a triangular configuration of office complexes, along with B and C. A forty-two-story hotel sits in the center of the triangle as the geographic and aesthetic centerpiece of the development. The hotel and office buildings rest on a three level retail, parks, and recreation concourse. The entire cost of the Tahrir Square Development is projected to be $860 million.