M21 Tower

A new vertical landmark shaped around light, greenery and life in the city.

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01 Vision

Open to the city

M21 is conceived as an open tower: a vertical neighbourhood where architecture, landscape and shared life rise together.

The open, colonnaded ground floor of M21 Tower, with café tables under umbrellas, trees and people walking and cycling past on the street — Public realm A porous ground floor for Tirana

“Not an isolated object, but a framework for urban life.”

Generous terraces soften the tower’s concrete frame and extend every level toward the city. At its base, a sequence of planted, shaded spaces invites movement through the building rather than around it.

02 Architecture

A vertical neighbourhood

One structural rhythm. Many ways to inhabit it. M21 brings together residential, hospitality and social spaces in a single planted silhouette.

M21 Tower rising above the low houses and trees of a Tirana street — M21 From the street, Tirana

The tower, top to bottom

Restaurant: 2 floors · 86 seats
Aparthotel: 3 floors · 15 suites
Residences: 17 floors
City level: Bistro · reception · public realm

26 floors above ground, one structural frame

Planted terraces on the M21 residential facade, looking out over Tirana to the mountains in the evening haze

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Homes with a horizon

Deep terraces create an outdoor room for every residence, framing views across Tirana and toward the mountains.

17 residential floors

A planted, light-filled atrium within M21 Tower

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A stay within the city

Fifteen suites bring a more intimate model of hospitality into the tower, with shared spaces connected by light and planting.

3 levels · 15 suites

Guests dining on a planted upper-level terrace of M21 Tower, between the concrete frame and the trees of Tirana

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Dinner above Tirana

Two upper floors pair warm interiors with wide city views—an evening destination held inside the tower’s structural frame.

2 levels · 86 seats

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Open at the ground

The tower meets Tirana through a shaded, planted public realm, with a bistro and reception animating the street edge.

Bistro · reception · public space

03 Experience

Life, layered.

From morning coffee at street level to dinner above the city, M21 is designed around everyday rituals. Warm, tactile interiors sit within the tower’s rigorous mineral frame.

Guests at tables in the M21 restaurant, beside full-height windows that look onto planted balconies — Restaurant · upper levels Dining above Tirana

A textured cream sofa and dark stools in the restaurant lounge, the Tirana skyline soft beyond the terrace — Restaurant · lounge Golden hour

Terracotta modular seating around a travertine table in the restaurant lounge, open to a planted terrace — Lounge · terrace Warm, tactile rooms

Two guests talking in terracotta armchairs on the restaurant terrace, the city behind them in the late sun — Terrace · evening An open-air room

Concrete stair threaded through a bronze rod screen and planting inside M21 Tower — Circulation · planting The open stair

Looking down into the planted atrium and café terraces at the heart of M21 Tower — Atrium · shared spaces Landscape within

Shaded colonnade with seating, trees and a hanging stair at the ground level of M21 Tower — City level · public realm Shade at the ground

M21 Tower rising above central Tirana at sunset, with the mountain range behind

04 Location

Tirana,
in full view.

A central urban address with the energy of the city below and Albania’s mountain landscape on the horizon.

05 M21 Tower

A new point of reference.

Discover the project vision, programme and architectural character.