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'Russia Tower' - skyscraper in the territory of Moscow International Business Center, planned to be completed in 2012. The proposed height of tower is 612 meters (2,008 feet). According to the chief architect of this project, Norman Foster, the tower must become the tallest building in Europe and second tallest in the world. The total area of the structure will cover 520,000 square meters (128.5 acres), of which 38% (200,000 sq m/49 acres) will be located underground. The tower will contain 118 floors, 101 elevators, underground parking to accommodate 3680 automobiles. The first floor will be used for commercial shops. The building will be able to hold 25,000 people simultaneously. The proposed site for the tower is on the Krasnopresnenskoy Embankment. The construction is scheduled to begin in 2007. A plan to build this enormous building was accepted by officials as early as 1994, and since then the tower changed its proposed position five times. In one of the versions, devised by Norman Foster, the height of the tower was to be 1000 m (3280 ft), this was turned down by the mayor of Moscow Luzhkov.

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History of the project

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History of the project

Originally, The Russia Tower was proposed for plots 2 and 3 of the Moscow International Business Center in 1994 as the world's tallest building; a 648 meter (2,126 feet), 125-story tower. It was designed by Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. It was soon moved to plot 14. In the middle of 2003 an updated, 648 meter (2,126 feet), 134-story, design had been moved to plots 17 and 18. In January 2004, the Moscow Development Company (ST Group) has been appointed as the main investor and developer of $700-million project.

See also

★ City Hall and City Duma

★ Federation Tower

★ Imperia Tower

★ Mercury City Tower

★ Eurasia (building)

★ Moscow-City

External links

★ Fosters and Partners official site

★ Waterman Group official site

★ Facts on SkyscraperPage.com

★ Main SkyscraperCity discussion topic

★ English SkyscraperCity discussion topic

★ Facts & Pictures in Emporis