It's too big to be a space station.

Wow! It's a coined-shaped Death Star!

This was a problem on the death star as well. They didn't have enough windows for all the higher ups. I'm glad they solved the problem.

I just hope they've protected their exhaust ports from small fighters...

Emperor: "Um...Where's the superlaser? Seriously. Where is the SUPERLASER? What do you mean what am I talking about? See that gigantic hole? SEE IT?!?! Did you think it was supposed to be like that? NO! Something goes there. What goes there? Are you really asking me WHAT goes there? A G**D***** SUPER LASER GOES THERE!"

The wealth of the world continues its shift towards the Eastern Hemisphere.

Azerbaijan is too remote to make an effective demonstration -

Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of Big Oil.

This hotel is now the ultimate power in the universe. I suggest we use it.

I could go all day.

I wish there were more buildings with such futuristic look everywhere on the planet.

This is what the future should look like everywhere. Not just plain sticks for skyscrapers in a downtown area.

Having a friend that used to live in Baku for many years, I ASSURE you the water is not that blue.

It's actually a nasty brown, due to an oil spill they had many years back.

World-weary travelers can't handle room service of that magnitude!

(yeah....stuff practically writes itself)

You Star Wars Geeks are not funny. Anyway it looks more like a duck from the front, and you say Azerbaijan, but that second photo is actually Waikiki if you can look past 'the pancake.'

It's so shiny.

So very very cool! I really love these kinds of projects. Trump made a very cool tower shaped kind of like a sail on a sail boat. I wish I was filthy freakin' rich and could live in the penthouse of one of these things with my x360, PS3, brand new gaming rig that costs 10,000$, and 99 virgin concubines who feed me grapes but don't use their hands to do so.

IN the 2nd picture, you can see the Hotel/Death Star lining up to destroy the Rebel Base across the bay....

oops, 3rd picture

oops. 3rd picture

I wonder if the building would have been a more impressive structure should they remove the awkward hole in the building. Unless it serves a particular function beyond its design, I think it looks too forced.

I do think the architects were trying to mimic the crescent shape, a symbol of Islam, the religion of 96% of Azerbaijan's population.

@ferment78: Funny we are!

@92BuickLeSabre: Ok, i must admit, THAT was funny.

Dubai, the ball is now in your court.

Azerbaijan, it's nice their getting something, they have a hell of a time.
Like the meek in The life of Brian.
Sorry, the jokes are coming to me in droves.

I think the sheriff of Rock Ridge's idea was brilliant. They'll save the *real* death star from those douchebags.

Unless, of course, they bring a shitload of dimes.

The hole is there for terrorist airplanes to fly through...

needs more sparkles and lens flares and plastic shiny rendering for full effect yeah thats it -the guy drawing this gaudy thing

They should hire Chad Vader to run the place.

Wow, that will take a lot of independent aluminum siding contractors.

Eh... sounds like Azerbaijan is somewhat confused about its identity (and budget).

Those are without a doubt the cheesiest architectural illustrations I have ever seen.
Look at those twinkles in the first picture. God!

Clearly the webcam-inspired one is grunting over to the other monstosity across the, as was pointed out by @ovil200: brown lagoon.

damn... That's just gorgeous. It's awesome lookin'

it would be pretty difficult to float the millenium falcon through those narrow dimensions.

I wonder how long it will take for someone named 'L. Skywalker' to check in? ;)

The first pic looks like a giant retarded bluebird with gigantism. Other than that, this is actually rather wicked. It seems that all of those crazy architectural backdrops that we see in science fiction movies are coming true, a little at a time.

I was born in baku, and visited twice since then, and frankly i'm shocked that this is coming there. there is a HUGE wealth distribution gap in that nation/city. sure there are marble lined parks in front of skyscraper banks, but a few blocks away are decaying projects and bathrooms without running water or toilets, with a mcdonald's thrown in there just for fun.

It won't be flat once it is inflated.

Incoming giant Calamari-cruiser-esque hotel?

Yeah, Dubai needs to build an Admiral Akbar cruiser hotel to launch an attack on this thing.

the chances of small fighters finding an exhaust port and blowing up that hotel are a "million to one".

Shiny! Pretty! I'd actually like to visit this when I get around to touring the Middle East.

where is excactly is that place? is it in asia? europe?

Beautiful. A very beautiful looking building.

Many rebel spies gave their lives to bring us these jpegs

That first photo looks like a hand of a person holding a platter of death star and a can of coke.

Before your execution I would like you to be my guest at a ceremony that will make this hotel operational. No resort chain will dare oppose the Emperor now.

America blows. We get no awesome cool designs. For being the most capitalistic country (maybe I'm wrong) we sure have sucky ass architecture. Nothing new and refreshing.

Now face the power of this fully armed and operational hotel!

<MichaelBay>Awesome hotel!!</MichaelBay> Though from a design standpoint, I really don't get the wavy-fluid-bubble like architecture trend (I'm talking about the building below it). It just looks so tacky, like something out of the 50s.

I wish we had billions of petrol dollars funneling into our country so we could build luxurious monstrosities such as this.

Looks more like epcot to me actually...

Many Bothans died...to bring us this information.

"Besides, stayin' in that hotel ain't my idea of courage...it's more like...suicide".

perfect design for the new at&t

The USA soo needs something like that so we can continue to trick people into thinking this country is actually being productive :)

@utube2007:
"perfect design for the new at&t"

Yup. Just needs a bit of blowing up, is all.

only 382 rooms? what a ripoff...

you mean i can go to the darkside, but i don't have to stay on the darkside?

I think the inside of the void/circle/hole should be lined with glass as well.

Use the force Luke!

Dick Cheney's European Vacation...

I served on the death star, and that thing looks TOTALLY different when you are that close.

@ch3m1st: Yeah. I was there three years ago, and based on the poverty I saw then, I can't believe this project will actually reach completion. If it does, though ... is it possible for the Armenians to feel even lower about their lots in life?

@Razta: And Mr. Izzard to have a performing residency there. Which would probably create some sort of time/space/comedy disruption.

If they do a giant monster cookie, where are the chocolate chips of death?

@Razta: Wa