Kahramanlar Business Center
Kahramanlar Business Center, originally known between 1959 and 2015 as Emek Business Center, is a 24 storey highrise building at Kızılay Square in Ankara, Turkey.
Inspired by the Lever House building in New York City, it was designed in 1959 as one of the first International Style highrise buildings in Turkey. At the time of its completion in 1965, it was the tallest building in Ankara.
Construction
The building was commissioned by the Emekli Sandığı bound to the Social Security Administration of Turkey, and was built between 1959 and 1965 as a revenue generating property. The architects were Enver Tokay and İlhan Tayman, and the statics engineer was Yusuf Berdan.It was one of the first International Style highrise buildings in Turkey, and the first with a glass curtain wall facade. Its design was primarily inspired by the Lever House building, blended with some of the facade characteristics of the United Nations Secretariat Building in New York City.
The ground floor and the first two floors were designed as a shopping center, while the other floors were reserved for offices. The building is situated to the southeast of Kızılay Square, opposite to the Kızılay (Turkish Red Crescent) building, which gives the square its name.
Construction works temporarily stopped due to the [1960 Turkish language|Turkish coup d'état|1960 coup d'état], which delayed the completion and opening date to 1965.