Editing Cluj-Napoca (section)

===Contemporary architecture===
{{Main|Contemporary architecture in Cluj-Napoca}}
[[File:Cladirea biscuite Cluj-Napoca.jpg|thumb|City Business Center, dubbed the "biscuit building", is an office building in central Cluj-Napoca.]]
[[File:Plopilor Vest.jpg|thumb|Modern residential building in Plopilor Vest]]

Since 1989, modern skyscrapers and glass-fronted buildings have altered the skyline of Cluj-Napoca. Buildings from this time are mostly made out of glass and steel, and are usually high-rise. Examples include shopping malls (particularly the [[Iulius Mall Cluj|Iulius Mall]]), office buildings and bank headquarters. Of this last, regional headquarters of the [[Banca Română pentru Dezvoltare]] is the tallest office building in Cluj-Napoca, with {{convert|50|m|ft}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tallest High-rise Buildings in Countries: Europe: Romania |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/co/?id=100136 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218051431/http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/co/?id=100136 |archive-date=18 February 2007 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Emporis}}</ref> Its twelve storeys were completed in 1997 after 4&nbsp;years of work and house offices for the bank and for divisions of several other companies, including insurance and oil companies.

Another [[Architecture|architecturally]] interesting building is the so-called "Clădirea biscuite" (''the biscuit building''). This building was supposed to house the local headquarters of the Banca Agricolă (Agricultural Bank), but entered in the custody of the city due to the failure of that bank in the 1990s and its subsequent purchase by the [[Raiffeisen Romania|Raiffeisen Bank]], to be eventually converted in an office building.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2006 |title=Emil Boc inventeaza "tivul la Biscuit" |url=http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-presa_regionala_arhiva-1711762-emil-boc-inventeaza-tivul-biscuit-city-business-center-plateste-primariei-cluj-napoca-parcare-care-nu-are.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521110834/http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-presa_regionala_arhiva-1711762-emil-boc-inventeaza-tivul-biscuit-city-business-center-plateste-primariei-cluj-napoca-parcare-care-nu-are.htm |archive-date=21 May 2009 |access-date=2008-03-17 |publisher=Romania liberă. Ediția Transilvania-Banat |language=ro}}</ref>

The headquarters of [[Banca Transilvania]], at the intersection of [[Regele Ferdinand Avenue, Cluj-Napoca|Regele Ferdinand Avenue]] and Barițiu Street, is also a large contemporary building and was originally constructed to host the regional offices of [[Romtelecom]], the public phone company, but was later sold to the bank.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pop |first=Doru |date=26 April 2007 |title=BT spends another 7&nbsp;m euros on headquarters in Cluj |url=http://www.zf.ro/articol_121977/bt_spends_another_7m_euros_on_headquarters_in_cluj.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429032807/http://www.zf.ro/articol_121977/bt_spends_another_7m_euros_on_headquarters_in_cluj.html |archive-date=29 April 2007 |access-date=2008-03-17 |newspaper=[[Ziarul Financiar]]}}</ref>

Cluj-Napoca is undergoing a period of architectural revitalisation that is set to bring the manner of expansion to the vertical. A [[financial centre]], containing a tower of 15 storeys, is slated for completion in 2010 on Ploiești Street.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 January 2008 |title=Centrul financiar-bancar din Cluj a primit aviz pentru un turn cu 15 etaje |url=http://www.clujeanul.ro/cluj/centrul-financiar-bancar-din-cluj-a-primit-aviz-pentru-un-turn-cu-15-etaje-2347757 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080301234803/http://www.clujeanul.ro/cluj/centrul-financiar-bancar-din-cluj-a-primit-aviz-pentru-un-turn-cu-15-etaje-2347757 |archive-date=1 March 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Clujeanul |language=ro}}</ref> Two 35-storey [[Sigma Towers|twin towers]] are projected to be constructed in the Sigma area in Zorilor,<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 March 2008 |title=Clujeanul.ro vă prezintă filmul și detaliile zgârie-norilor de la Sigma |url=http://www.clujeanul.ro/cluj/clujeanul-ro-va-prezinta-filmul-si-detaliile-zgarie-norilor-de-la-sigma-2434696 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309232959/http://www.clujeanul.ro/cluj/clujeanul-ro-va-prezinta-filmul-si-detaliile-zgarie-norilor-de-la-sigma-2434696 |archive-date=9 March 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Clujeanul |language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2008 |title=Aviz pentru turnurile de 35 de etaje |url=http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=9480 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302111710/http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=9480 |archive-date=2 March 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Ziua de Cluj |language=ro}}</ref> while the [[Florești, Cluj|Florești]] area will host a complex of three towers with 32 levels each.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 February 2008 |title=Turnuri de Dubai construite în Florești |url=http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=8558 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211102226/http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=8558 |archive-date=11 February 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Ziua de Cluj |language=ro}}</ref> As of February 2020, the aforementioned projects were never completed or were postponed indefinitely.