The façade static calculations of the Gateway Building, located in Baku's redeveloped White City district, were carried out by MBY.
The work covered the engineering of the steel and aluminium façade elements. Façade fabrication was undertaken by İstanbul Çarşı, with Werner Sobek acting as the project's façade consultant.
Working within an international consultant ecosystem required the calculations and details to align both with local fabrication capability and with the consultant's quality standards.
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