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Russia Tower
Krasnopresnenskaya naberezhnaya, plots 17-18 Presnensky Centre
Moscow Russia
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| Status: | cancelled | | Construction Dates | | Floor Count | 118 | | Basement Floors | 8 | | Floor to Floor | 4 m | | Floor Area | 520,800 m² | | Elevator Count | 101 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - mixed use | | - hotel | | - observation | | - office | | - parking garage | | - residential | | - retail | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | - pseudo pyramid | | - concrete core | | Architectural Style | | - futurism | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - aluminium | | - marble | | - carbon-fibre | | - granite | | - concrete, reinforced |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 612.2 m | | | | | | | | | | Top floor | | 500.0 m | | | | | | | |
Description
Architect: Foster + Partners.
Owner and Developer: Russian Land.
Others: Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc., Speirs and Major Associates, STT Group, Waterman Group PLC.
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Area: 5605891 ft².
On-hold on October 2008, due to the financial crisis which started in the fall same year.
The triangular 3-starpoint cross section shape makes the residential, hotel and office elements can all have their own entrance.
Could be the tallest building in Europe when completed an also the tallest naturally ventilated tower in the world.
Green certificate means to building, a triple glazed low E faηade, solar cells which feed electricity back into the Moscow grid, precipitation harvesting which reduces the need for the toilets' water by 30% and the potential for thermopiles and cooling by river water.
Groundbreaking was attended by Moscow's mayor, Yuir Luzhkov, as well as members of the Moscow Government.
On 27 April, 2009, Alexander Kuzmin, Moscow Head Architect, announced that the project was cancelled due to financial problems.
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