In the heart of the capital, the villa of Albania's former dictator welcomes young artists from around the world, the country's latest step from its hermetic past to a rapidly evolving future. The ...

This infamous communist-era pyramid is being reborn as a tech hub The Pyramid of Tirana was a symbol of Albania's brutal dictator. Now, MVRDV has plans to convert it into an "inhabited monument." ...

The mood is vividly captured by a resident who said that, in the fall of 1996, Tirana smelled and sounded like a slaughterhouse, as farmers drove their animals to market to invest the proceeds in the ...

A map of Albania, the face of the country's national hero and a house-covered facade are among the defining features of these eight skyscrapers currently under development in Tirana. Tirana is ...

Similarly the towering Pyramid of Tirana has been transformed from a museum dedicated to Hoxha into a park and sculpture garden with sweeping views of the city. Art has also helped Albanians ...

Connected to the towers by a plaza, a stepped pyramid structure rendered in white ... Other projects set to be completed in Tirana include a mixed-use high-rise composed of house-shaped "puzzle ...

A WWII tank art installation in Tirana's Skanderbeg Square. Resist the urge to check out the Pyramid of Tirana – the title is far more grandiose than the structure, which was initially built in ...

LLM contributor Shekha Vyas immerses herself in the unique energy of the bustling city of Tirana,which is gaining a ...