Skanderbeg Building (Tirana’s Rock)

Project details

• Location: Tirana, Albania

• Façade/Building Envelope: Alca Group

• Aluminium Systems: METRA

• Concrete Structure: Ales Construction Ltd

• Photography: Andrew Shenouda

Skanderbeg Building, officially known as Tirana’s Rock, reimagines the tower as a habitable monument. Designed by MVRDV, the building is shaped through continuous curving balconies that subtly form the profile of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg, the 15th-century Albanian leader and national hero, remembered for uniting Albanian forces and resisting the Ottoman Empire.

The result is a building that connects contemporary urban life with national memory, creating a sculptural presence at the edge of Skanderbeg Square.