Tashkent
The New Ministries of Energy and Construction in Tashkent are conceived as civic landmarks that harness nature’s energy.
Set within the New Tashkent government district, the development comprises two mirrored 60,000 m² buildings applying the same architectural and environmental principles, forming a unified 120,000 m² ensemble that consolidates dispersed agencies while signalling a national commitment to a low-carbon future.
New Ministries of Energy and Construction by Borgos Pieper, received an 2026 International Architecture Honourable Mention from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.
A raking office tower in each complex grows from a carefully proportioned perimeter block, forming memorable paired silhouettes on the city’s new skyline. At their heart, large communal gardens and bioclimatic atria act as the social and environmental engines of the ministries.
These protected interior landscapes bring daylight, vegetation and water into the core of each building, offering staff and visitors an everyday connection with nature in Tashkent’s extreme continental climate.
The architecture is driven by performance. Lightweight ETFE solar roofs with integrated photovoltaics, oriented to prevailing winds, provide shade, harvest energy and enable natural ventilation across the atria and offices.
Triple-layered west façades and wind-turbine walls create microclimates that dissipate solar gain and induce cross-ventilation through deep floor plates.
Combined with thermal mass, natural stack effect and advanced water and waste strategies, the twin schemes aim to reduce energy demand by 50–70% and achieve LEED Platinum credentials, turning the ministries themselves into demonstrators of the technologies they govern.
Internally, flexible open-plan floors are interspersed with bridges, winter gardens, cafés and meeting spaces to encourage informal interaction and collaboration. Executive levels are integrated, not isolated, reinforcing a culture of transparency.
The robust stone façades recall Tashkent’s historic identity as a “city of stone”, while refined detailing and crafted bronze frames express contemporary, forward-looking institutions.
Together, the two ministries form a more transparent and accessible public administration: a home for innovation and a green oasis at the centre of Uzbekistan’s new capital district.
Project: New Ministries of Energy and Construction
Architects: Borgos Pieper
Design Team: Etienne Borgos and Nadine Pieper
Engineers: Buro Happold GmbH
General Contractor: Koç Construction
Client: Ministry of Construction, Uzbekistan
Photographers: White Box
