Russia Tower
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The Russia Tower was originally proposed for plots 2 and 3 of the Moscow International Business Center in 1994 as the world's tallest building; a 648 meter, 125-storey 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, 134-storey, 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.
In March 2006, the ST Group unveiled a new design. The 600 meter 118-storey building, designed by Norman Foster. Its construction to cost an estimated at $1.5 billion.
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- Fosters and Partners official site (English)
- SkyscraperPage database entry (English)
- Main SkyscraperCity discussion topic (Russian)
- English SkyscraperCity discussion topic (English)
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