The design of the hotel and conference center comes from the plan and the unofficial national symbol of Azerbaijan, the Buda. The levels of the hotel step and spiral upwards. The complex is located at the Caspian sea on reclaimed historic oil drilling grounds.

State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) ran an international design competition to design and develop the new oil museum in 2008. Anamorphosis Architects was one of the finalists and the finalist chosen to move forward into the second and final stage of the competition

 
Project Title:
 Baku Oil Museum & University Complex

ANAMORPHOSIS Architects:
 Nikos Georgiadis, Tota Mamalaki, Kostas Kakoyiannis, Vaios Zitonoulis

Design Team:
 Jose Carlos Gonzalez Leal, Jed Laver, Marzena Paraniak, Archontis Karanasios, Phaedra Crespi, Julia Desli, Enrique Ramirez, Emma Victoria Savvaidi, Andronike Giannatou