Both major political parties are going to have new
buildings. The MPRP building is at the same site where the old one was
irreparably damaged in the July 1 violence in 2008, while the DP is
constructing a new building in place of the old one which has been sold.

The MPRP building is called
Independence Palace. The old building which was burnt was
demolished and new construction began in the second season of 2009. The party
considered 18 plans from 11 architecture firms and chose the one from Baldan
Company. Undur Buyant Holding Company was selected as the builder. The party
had restricted the tender to companies that supported the MPRP.

The new building will have 12 stories, including two in
the basement and a technical floor. It will be 39.2 meters tall, 56.8 meters
long and 43.3 meters wide. It will have office rooms, a meeting hall to seat
800 people, an auditorium for 300 people, a museum gallery with 1,000 sq.
meters of floor space, a dining hall with 400 seats, a library, a supermarket
as well as a garage for 96 cars. It will cost MNT14.6 billion and will be ready
by December 20, 2011.

The DP will call its building
Democracy Palace. The foundation stone was laid on December
6, 2009 and the construction
work is being executed by Balban’s Company. The palace will have two blocks,
with 27.780 sq. meters of total floor space. The public block will be five
stories high while the office tower will have 20 floors rising 120 meters.
There will be a Democratic History hall, a museum, a lecture hall with  200 seats, an internet training and research
center, a business information center, a meeting hall with 520 seats, and rooms
for translators, observers and journalists.

A three-meter
tall monument “My freedom and my inspiration” will be placed in the center of
the building. Sculptor L.Gankhuyag hopes to finish the work  by 2012.