Milad Tower

Milad Tower
Borj e Milād
Location within Tehran (dark blue)
Alternative names	Tehran Tower
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Concrete, commercial, telecommunication, observation, restaurant, hotel
Location	Tehran,  Iran
Coordinates	35°44′41″N 51°22′31″E / 35.74472°N 51.37528°E / 35.74472; 51.37528Coordinates: 35°44′41″N 51°22′31″E / 35.74472°N 51.37528°E / 35.74472; 51.37528
Construction started	2000
Completed	2009
Opening	2009
Management	Boland Payeh Co.
Height
Antenna spire	435.0 m (1,427 ft)
Roof	315.0 m (1,033 ft)
Top floor	312.0 m (1,024 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	12
Floor area	154,000 m2 (1,660,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	7
Design and construction
Architect	Mohammad Reza HAFEZI
Main contractor	Boland Payeh Co.
References

Milad Tower (Persian: Borj e Milād – برج میلاد‎‎), also known as the Tehran Tower (برج تهران – Borj e Tehrān), is a multi-purpose tower in Tehran, Iran. It is the sixth-tallest tower and the 17th-tallest freestanding structure in the world.

It is located between the Qarb Town and Gisha District, standing at 435 metres from base to the tip of the antenna. The head consists of a large pod with 12 floors, the roof of which is at 315 m.

The tower is a part of a complex called International Trade and Convention Center of Tehran. The complex also includes a five-star hotel, a convention center, a world trade center, and an IT park.

The tower was first proposed as part of the "Shahestan Pahlavi" project, in Tehran's Abbas Abad district, and was designed by the American urban planner Jaquelin Robertson. The site was planned to encompass five million square meters, a third of which was to be open space, and to accommodate 50,000 residents, as well as government ministries, commercial offices, and a number of cultural centers, including museums, facilities for the performing arts, and libraries. The project would have cost $5 billion ($21 billion adjusted for inflation). The firm also employed Lisa Halaby, the future Queen Noor of Jordan. After the 1979 Revolution, the project was cancelled.

Construction of the tower was commenced in 1997. Upon completion of its 11-year-long construction in 2008, the Milad Tower was considered the fourth-tallest free-standing telecommunication tower in the world. The tower was opened a year later, in 2008, albeit numerous conflicts on the history of the tower still prevail, such as some sources proving that commencement of the tower's construction was a year earlier instead of 2000 and that the tower was completed a year later instead of 2007. The tower was officially opened on 20 February 2009 by the 55th Mayor of Tehran, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, and members of the City Council of Tehran. More than 250 local and foreign journalists were covering the event.