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Milad Tower 
Milad Tower is the tallest concrete tower in Iran[1] and Middle East,[2] 2nd in Asia[3] and 6th in the world.[4]General information Type Mixed use:
telecommunication, restaurant, observation, commercial, convention, conference, hotelLocation Tehran, Iran Coordinates 35°44′40″N 51°22′30″E / 35.74444°N 51.375°ECoordinates: 35°44′40″N 51°22′30″E / 35.74444°N 51.375°E Construction started 2000 Completed 2007 Opening 2008 Height Antenna spire 435.0 m (1,427 ft) Roof 315.0 m (1,033 ft) Top floor 12 Technical details Floor count 12 Floor area 154,000 m2 (1,660,000 sq ft) Elevator count 7 Design and construction Management Heydari Sazeh Co. Main contractor Heydari Sazeh Co. Architect Dr. Mohammad Reza Hafezi References [1] Milad Tower (aka Borj-e Milad , Persian: Borje Milād ) is the tallest tower in Iran. Built in between the Shahrak-e Gharb and Gisha districts of Tehran, it stands 435 m (1,427 ft) high from base to tip of the antenna.[5] The head consists of a large pod with 12 floors, the roof of which is at 315 m (1,033 ft). Below this is a staircase and elevators to reach the area. Milad Tower is the sixth tallest tower in the world[6] after the Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower in Guangzhou, CN Tower in Toronto, Ostankino Tower in Moscow, the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, and the Tokyo Sky Tree, still under construction. It is also currently (in early 2010) the 14th tallest freestanding structure in the world.[7]
Milad Tower is part of The Tehran International Trade and Convention Center. The project includes the Milad telecommunication tower offering restaurants at the top with panoramic views of Tehran, a five-star hotel, a convention center, a world trade center, and an IT park. The complex seeks to respond to the needs of business in the globalized world of the 21st century by offering facilities combining trade, information, communication, convention and accommodation all in one place.
Furthermore, the complex features a parking area of 27,000 square meters, a large computer and telecommunications unit, a cultural and scientific unit, a commercial transaction center, a temporary showroom for exhibiting products, a specialized library, an exhibition hall, and an administrative unit. Milad Tower has an octagonal base, symbolizing traditional Persian architecture.
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Milad Tower complex
Head Structure of the Milad Tower
IinteriorMilad Tower, with its height of 435 meters, is the fourth tallest telecommunication tower in the world. Milad Tower consists of five main parts: foundation, transition (lobby) structure, shaft, head structure and antenna mast. The lobby structure consists of six floors. The first three floors consist of 63 trade units, 11 food courts, a cafeteria and a commercial products exhibition, which is supposed to be 260 square meters.
The first and second floors underground consist of official and installing sections and data center. The ground floor is devoted to the entrance and visitors reception. The shaft is a concrete structure which is 315 meters high from ground floor. In three different sides of it 6 elevators are designed to transfer the visitors to the head of the tower at the speed of 7 meters per second and an emergency staircase exists at the fourth side.
The head of the tower is a steel structure weighing about 25,000 tons and consisting of 12 floors. This structure is the biggest and the tallest multi-story structure among all the telecommunication towers in the world. In the top floors of the tower, there are the fire-immune area as a refuge zone,[8] closed observation deck, cafeteria, public art gallery, open observation deck, a revolving restaurant, telecommunication floors, a VIP restaurant, Mechanical floors, and a sky dome. The 4-stage antenna mast is 120 meters high. The lower floor of the mast is for the adjustment of public users' telecommunication antennas and the three upper floors are devoted to the antenna of radio and television organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Client was Yadman Sazeh Co. a representative of Tehran Municipality. The tower has been designed by Dr.M.R.Hafezi, Built By Boland Payeh co.,
International convention center
The center's main parts are 7 conference salons and an exhibition space with an area of 700 square meters, and its other features are a lobby, a training room, two powder rooms, a radio and television studio, and reception services.
International hotel
A five-star hotel with 52,000 square metres (560,000 sq ft) area has been established in order to provide local and global tourists and the guests attending the conventions with accommodation and reception services.
World trade center
This center with 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) area has been established with different sections for national and global commercial business transactions, exhibitions for products and services, technical and scientific conventions.
Ranks
Gallery
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2008-04-01
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2005-06-22
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2008-02-02
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2009-05-19
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2009-06-19
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2009-06-19
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2011-04-16
See also
- List of towers
- List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
- List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
- List of tallest towers in Southwest Asia
- List of revolving restaurants
- International rankings of Iran
References
- ^ "Touring Tehran’s Milad Tower costs about 40$". Tehran Times. 2008-09-11. http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=177680. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
- ^ "Shining example of Delta’s work". Oldham Evening Chronicle. 2009-09-07. http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/7/business/29366/shining-example-of-deltas-work. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
- ^ "Milad Tower Near Completion". Iran Daily. 2006-12-03. http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2723/pdf/i1.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-05.[dead link]
- ^ "Milad Tower, a perfect product for a perfect project". NBN (Nasl Bartar Novin). Undated. http://www.nbn.ir/viewer.php?id=15. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
- ^ "Iran Opens World's 4th Highest Telecoms Tower". Cellular-News. 2008-10-08. http://www.cellular-news.com/story/34027.php. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
- ^ "Milad Tower, a perfect product for a perfect project". NBN (Nasl Bartar Novin). Undated. http://www.nbn.ir/viewer.php?id=15. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
- ^ Andrew Burke, Mark Elliott. Iran (Lonely Planet Country Guide). p. 114. Lonely Planet Publications, 5th Edition, 2008. ISBN 9781741042931.
- ^ "Congress Venue". IUA. 2009-03-13. http://www.iuatehran2009.ir/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=42. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
Tehran ProvinceCapital 
Counties and Cities Baharestan CountyMalard · SafadashtPakdasht · SharifabadPishva CountyQods CountyQodsRey* · Baqershahr · Hasanabad · KahrizakRobat Karim CountyLandmarks Azadi Tower · Bahman Cultural Center · Carpet Museum of Iran · Dizin · Ebn-e Babooyeh · Golestan Palace · Grand Bazaar, Tehran · Iranian Crown Jewels · Malik National Museum of Iran · Milad Tower · Naderi Throne · National Museum of Iran · Niavaran Palace Complex · Peacock Throne · Pearl Palace · Sa'dabad Palace · Saltman · Samarian spinel · Shahr-e Bazi · Shebeli Tower · Shemshak · Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine · Tangeh Savashi · Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art · Tughrul Tower · Toopkhaneh · Reza Abbasi Museum- indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.
Categories:- Towers in Iran
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- Iranian architecture
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