Federation Tower
complex of skyscrapers
The Federation Tower (Russian: Башня Федерации, romanized: Bashnya Federatsii) is a skyscraper made up of two skyscrapers built on the 13th lot of the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC) in Moscow, Russia. The two skyscrapers are named Tower East or Vostok (Russian: Восток; literally means "East") and Tower West or Zapad (Russian: Запад; literally means "West").
| Federation Tower | |
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Башня Федерации | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Residential building; office building |
| Architectural style | Postmodernism |
| Location | 16, Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, Moscow-City, Moscow, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°44′59.17″N 37°32′13.70″E / 55.7497694°N 37.5371389°ECoordinates: 55°44′59.17″N 37°32′13.70″E / 55.7497694°N 37.5371389°E |
| Construction started | 2005 |
| Completed | December 7, 2017 |
| Opened | Zapad: 2008 Vostok: December 7, 2017 |
| Cost | US$1.2 billion[1] |
| Owner | AEON Corporation |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 450 m (1,476 ft) (dismantled) |
| Top floor | 374 m (1,227 ft) (East Tower) 242 m (794 ft) (West Tower) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 97 (East Tower) 63 (West Tower) |
| Floor area | 439,154 m2 (4,727,010 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 66 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Sergei Tchoban, Peter Schweger |
| Developer | Mirax Group (now Potok Corporation) |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Main contractor | Renaissance Construction Company |
The supertall skyscraper Tower East (Vostok) is currently the second-tallest skyscraper in Europe and Russia after Lakhta Center, and the 55th-tallest building in the world. Zapad is a shorter skyscraper than Vostok and is the 11th-tallest building in Russia.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "The Federation Tower - Tallest Building in Europe - Every Record". Every-Record.com. February 1, 2016. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
