Four Seasons Baku, Azerbaijan

The new Four Seasons is located at a crossroads facing the Caspian Sea, with Baku’s designer retail lined seafront promenade to one side, and the president’s palace to the other, with a newly landscaped public garden behind.

There are to be a total of 175 keys with a number of the suites accommodated within roof level domes offering 180-degree views across the capital or the sea. In a city visited mainly by business people connected to the country’s resurgent oil industry, in-room facilities will be very much geared towards the business traveller.

The total build area will be just under 42,000m2 with an average room size of 52m2. The building will be constructed using a concrete frame clad with local, pale toned stone.

The Four Seasons Baku is expected to open in 2011.