Website review: Foster + Partners
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supernu discovered 7 months ago- Russia Tower - by developer STT Group at a cost of US$ 2 billion - will stand 612 meters tall (2008 ft. / 118 floors) with a total floor area of 520,000 sq. m. (5.6 million sq. ft.) and will comprise serviced apartments, penthouses, 7-star hotel, office spaces, leisure facilities, retail, and publicly accessible viewing deck with cafes & bars at the top of the tower. The tower will be the tallest building in Europe when completed, the tallest naturally-ventilated tower in the world, and the first tower in the world to be equipped with triple-glazed solar cells that will generate electricity for the tower and feed the Moscow electricity grid for the city - sustainable architecture on a whole new level. The architect description of the tower: "Based on a highly efficient geometry derived from the triangular plan, the vertical city is a powerful triumvirate of three `arms' that meet at a central green spine running the full height of the tower. Wider at the base and tapering towards the top, the pyramidal form is elegant and slender in profile, and benefits from a highly efficient composition to achieve the maximum stability with the minimum structure, as well as the most effective distribution of space." Project team includes: Concept/design and architecture by Foster & Partners, structural engineering by Waterman International, Halvorson and Partners and Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin, design consultancy by Lerch Bates & Associates, lighting design by Speirs and Major Associates, and the contractor is Soletanshstroy. The tower will be built in Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia. Groundbreaking ceremony (Vid) took place September 18, 2007 and construction is scheduled for completion in 2012.
