Mercury City Tower
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| Mercury City Tower | |
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| Меркури-сити Tауэр | |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Commercial Offices Residential Condominiums |
| Architectural style | Structural Expressionism |
| Location | Moscow International Business Center Moscow, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°45′2″N 37°32′22.6″E / 55.75056°N 37.539611°ECoordinates: 55°45′2″N 37°32′22.6″E / 55.75056°N 37.539611°E |
| Construction started | 2009 |
| Completed | 2013 |
| Cost | US$ 1 billion |
| Height | |
| Roof | 338.8 m (1,112 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 75 5 below ground |
| Floor area | 180,160 m2 (1,939,200 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 31 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | M.M. Posokhin Frank Williams and partners G.L. Sirota |
| Developer | LLC Rasen Stroy |
| Structural engineer | Mosproject-2 |
| Main contractor | Rasen Construction |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Mercury City Tower (Russian: Меркури сити Тауэр) is a 1109 feet tall skyscraper in Moscow and one of the tallest buildings in Europe.
Located in the Moscow International Business Center, construction started in 2009. The Mercury City Tower is a multipurpose building with housing, offices and shops.[5] The tower is located on plot 14 of the MIBC. The structure's height is 339 meters [6] above ground, with five underground floors. The building topped out at 338.8 m (1,112 ft) on 1 November 2012 and overtook The Shard in London as Europe's tallest building.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Mercury City Tower at CTBUH Skyscraper Database
- ^ Mercury City Tower at Emporis
- ^ Mercury City Tower at SkyscraperPage
- ^ Mercury City Tower at Structurae
- ^ "Mercury City Tower, Moscow". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ Emporis GmbH. "Mercury City Tower, Moscow, Russia". Emporis.com. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ Ilya Khrennikov, 'Moscow Mercury City Tops Shard as Europe’s Tallest Tower', Bloomberg, 1 November 2012.
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mercury City Tower. |
- Official website (Russian)
- M.M. Posokhin, russian architect website
- Mosproject-2, russian architect agency's website
- Mosproject-2, the project on the russian architect agency's website
- The project on Frank Williams & Partners Architects LLP's website
- Photos of Mercury City Tower image gallery at Skyscrapercity
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