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Ostankino Tele Tower
Останкинская Теле Башня
127427 Moscow, Akademika Korolyova St. 15
Moscow Russia
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1963 | | Finished | 1967 | | Floor Count | 120 | | Floor Area | 15,000 m² | | Cubical Space | 70,000 m³ | | Elevator Count | 11 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - communication | | - conference | | - observation | | - restaurant | | - ride | | Structural Types | | - tower | | - flag | | - glass floor | | - pod | | - pole | | - revolving floor | | Architectural Style | | - futurism | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - aluminium | | - concrete, reinforced | | - concrete |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Planned | | 568.0 m | | Planed for increasing in 2007 | | | | | | | | Antenna | | 540.1 m | | Flag of Russia on tip | | | | | | | | Roof | | 385.5 m | | | | | | | | | | Observation deck | | 337.0 m | | | | | | | | | | Restaurant gold | | 334.0 m | | Seventh Heaven | | | | | | | | Restaurant silver | | 331.0 m | | | | | | | | | | Glass floors | | 325.0 m | | | | | | | | | | Restaurant bronze | | 228.0 m | | | | | | | | | | Ground level | | 0.0 m | | | | | | | | | | Foundation | | -4.0 m | | | | | | | |
Description
• Consulting Engineer: Fritz Leonhardt.
• Engineer: Nikola Vassiljevich Nikitine.
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• Coordinates: 55°49'10''N, 37°36'45''E.
• The Ostankino Tower was the world's tallest free-standing structure at the time it was built.
• Currently under reconstruction after a fire on 27 Aug. 2000. After reconstruction is complete, Ostankino Tele Tower will regain world's tallest free-standing structure title.
• The tower was completed to mark the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution.
• Named after the Ostankino district of Moscow in which it is located.
• Member of "World Federation of Great Towers".
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