Federation Tower
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| Federation Tower | |
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| Location | IBC, Moscow, Russia |
| Status | Under construction |
| Height | |
| Antenna/Spire | 506 m (1,660 ft) |
| Roof | 360,4 m (1,182 ft) (East Tower (A)) 242,4 m (796 ft) (West Tower (B)) |
| Top floor | 347,2 m (1,139 ft) (East Tower (A)) 231,4 m (759 ft) (West Tower (B)) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 93 (East Tower) 62 (West Tower) |
| Floor area | 423,000 m² (4,553,135 sq ft) |
| Companies | |
| Developer | Mirax Group corp. |
| Owner | Mirax Group corp. |
The Federation Tower (Russian: Башня «Федерация») is a skyscraper currently under construction in Moscow, Russia and is designed to be both the tallest building in Europe as well as Europe's first supertall building. The Federation Tower complex is divided into two towers:
- East Tower (A), designed to be over 506 meters (1,660 ft) to the tip of the spire. 93 storeys and 360.403 meters (1,182 ft) tall by roof.
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- Construction Progress:
- Core - 40th level
- Steelwork - 39th level
- Floorplates - 38th level
- Construction Progress:
- West Tower (B), designed to be 62 storeys and 242.399 meters (795 ft) tall.
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- Construction Progress:
- Built
- Construction Progress:
Construction of the towers began in 2003 and is slated for completion in 2009.
The complex, designed by the German firm NPS Tchoban Voss, is being developed by Mirax Construction and is owned by the Mirax Group. The construction company for the East Tower is the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, while the construction company for the West Tower is Turkish Ant Yapi. The curtain wall for both towers was designed by the New York office of ThorntonTomasetti under the direction of Jean-Pierre Kocher AIA.
Several floors of both towers will be utilized by the Global Hyatt Corporation. Bank VTB has opened a US$ 250 million credit line for the construction of the towers and has bought 33 office floors. Total construction cost for the complex is estimated to be over US$ 530 million.
The spire soaring up to over 506 meters (1,660 ft), will have a 360° view out its elevators which will move as quickly as 18 m/s (40 mph).
Bridges between Eastern and Western towers will contain restaurants and cafés.
The tower was climbed solo by frenchman Alain Robert in September 2007.
[edit] Construction gallery
 Tower B |
 28 June 06 |
 28 June 06 |
 Progress as of 24 September 06 |
 14 August 07 |
 11 September 07 |
[edit] See also
- Russia Tower
- Mercury City Tower
- Imperia Tower
- City Hall and City Duma
- Eurasia (building)
- Moscow-City
[edit] External links
Official links:
Webcams:
Other links:
- SkyscraperPage database entry
- Emporis database entry
- Main SkyscraperCity discussion topic (in Russian)
- English SkyscraperCity discussion topic
- SkyscraperPage discussion topic
- Article about the tower in WorldArchitectureNews.com
- Federation Tower in the Structurae database
