The largest residential building. The most expensive and tallest house in New York

The well-known catchphrase “Size doesn’t matter” applies to many things, but not to buildings. Since ancient times, man has been trying to reach the sky, inventing various devices and inventions. Today, the upper floors of the tallest buildings in the world (skyscrapers) “float in the clouds.” We invite you to take a tour of the 10 tallest skyscrapers in the world, which amaze with their grandeur:

10. Kingkey 100, Shenzhen, China

Kingkey 100 is a super-tall building in Shenzhen province in China. The skyscraper received this name for the number of floors - exactly 100 (68 floors are office premises, 22 floors are the St. Regis Hotel, a shopping center, and on the top 4 floors there are restaurants and a “sky garden”). The height of the building is 442 meters, the skyscraper was built in 2011 and ranks 10th in the world (1st place in Shenzhen and 4th place in China).

9. Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois

Willis Tower is the tallest building in the United States; until 2009 it was called the Sears Tower. The skyscraper was built in 1973 and for 25 years it was the largest building in the world. Willis Tower is approximately 443.3 meters high (110 floors and 104 elevators). The tower is visited by approximately 1 million people a year and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Chicago.

8. Nanjing Greenland Financial Center, Nanjing, China

Nanjing Greenland Financial Center is the business center of Nanjing in China. Construction of the skyscraper was completed in 2009. The building ranks 3rd in China among super-tall buildings and 8th in the world. The height of the building is 450 meters, 89 floors. The financial center houses office space, shopping centers, restaurants and hotels. On the 72nd floor there is an observation deck with panoramic views of the city.

7. Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Petronas Towers are located in the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The structure is also called the Petronas Twin Towers. The project was completed in 1998 by two different construction companies to create competition. The construction cost the customer, the Petronas oil company, $800 million. The height of the Petronas Tower is 451.9 meters (88 floors). The building, covering an area of ​​213,750 m² (equivalent to 48 football fields), houses offices, exhibition halls, and a gallery. On the 86th floor there are observation platforms for tourists; the towers are connected by a covered passage in the form of a bridge, which ensures fire safety.

6. International Commerce Center, Hong Kong, China

The International Commerce Center is located in Hong Kong, China. The skyscraper was built in 2010 and is the tallest building in Hong Kong. The height of the building is 484 meters (118 floors). On the upper floors is the five-star Ritz-Carlton hotel, which is the tallest hotel in the world. The commercial center also houses office space, shopping centers, banks and restaurants. On the 100th floor there is an observation deck for tourists and travelers.

5. Shanghai World Financial Center, China

Shanghai World Financial Center is located in Shanghai, China. Construction of the skyscraper was completed in 2008. The height of the building is 492 meters (101 floors). The building houses conference rooms, shops, restaurants, offices and a hotel. There are observation platforms on the upper floors.

4. Taipei 101, Taiwan

Taipei 101 is located in the capital of China - Taipei. The building was built in 2004, height – 509.2 meters (101 floors). There are offices on the upper floors, and shopping centers on the lower floors. Observation platforms are located on the 89th, 91st and 101st floors.

3. 1 World Trade Center, New York, USA

One World Trade Center or Freedom Tower is located in New York City in lower Manhattan. This is the central building of the new World Trade Center, located on the site of the previous complex destroyed on September 11, 2001. Construction of the Freedom Tower was completed on May 10, 2013. The height of the skyscraper is 541 meters (104 floors + 5 underground). The building houses offices, shops, restaurants, and observation decks.

2. Abraj al-Bayt, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Abraj Al-Bait Towers is a complex of high-rise buildings located in Mecca. This is the tallest building in Saudi Arabia with the largest clock in the world. Construction of the tallest tower, the Clock Royal Tower, was completed in 2012 and reaches a height of 601 meters (120 floors). At the top of the tower there is a clock with a diameter of 43 meters, four dials of which are installed in 4 cardinal directions. The giant clock is visible from anywhere in the city.

1. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE

Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project was created as a city within a city: its own lawns, boulevards, parks and was commissioned in 2010. The total cost of the construction was approximately $1.5 billion. The height of the building is 828 meters, 57 elevators are installed. Inside the complex there are offices and shopping centers, apartments, the hotel was designed by Giorgio Armani. At the top of the building there is an observation deck and an observatory.

The Great Wall of China is 8,851.9 km long! In total, it was built over 19 (!) centuries (from the 3rd century BC to the mid-17th century), and, undoubtedly, today it is the longest and most grandiose architectural structure in the world. Also, other incredibly long buildings have been created on earth by human hands, among which I would like to note the Kumbhalgarh fortress in India (length 36 thousand meters), Fort Ranikot in Pakistan (length 8.6 thousand meters), and the Kremlin wall in Moscow (length 2235 meters). As you can see, all these structures are defensive in nature. But among scientific institutions, office and residential buildings there are also record holders. In this article we will tell you about the longest house in Moscow.

In the capital of Russia, at 125 Varshavskoe Highway, there is a “recumbent skyscraper”. This is what Muscovites jokingly call this house, which is 978 meters long! If you put the building vertically, you get 390 floors and a small attic! A grandiose recumbent high-rise building. Undoubtedly, today this is the longest house in Moscow.

This building houses the office and production facilities of one of the country's oldest enterprises for the development of open source computer hardware components. The legal name of the developer is JSC NICEVT. It was founded back in 1948 on the basis of the design bureau, whose employees assembled the first Soviet computer, Strela. Secret developments of space on-board computers were carried out at the Scientific Research Center; it was also the research center of electronic computer technology that was tasked with creating a unified computer system at all Soviet factories. The Scientific Research Center coped with this task with honor. In the 1990s, the latest models of domestic computers - ES-1181 and SEVM-1195 - appeared within the walls of this institute. And today the best minds of the country work here, creating advanced technologies that are not inferior in technical characteristics, speed and quality to foreign analogues. Let's take a look at the house itself, where NICEVT is based.

History of construction

Initially, the Research Center was located in several buildings:

• on the territory of the Moscow SAM plant (2400 sq. m.),
• on the territory of the design bureau (KBPA) on Entuziastov highway (1000 sq. m.),
• on Warsaw Highway in the building of the NIISCHETMASH kindergarten with an area of ​​1600 sq. m.

The total number of employees scattered across different territories was 900 people. But gradually the volume of work and the number of employees increased. Therefore, in 1969, it was decided to build a single building to house all the resources of the Research Center - production and human - on one area. For this purpose, a plot of 76 hectares was allocated on Varshavskoye Highway.

Construction of the building proceeded quickly. In 1970, a boiler house appeared here, the task of which in the future was to heat the Research Center, but its capacity was enough to heat the entire Chertanovo industrial zone and two schools. In 1972, the main production building, power unit and canteen appeared. In 1975, the first two buildings of the basic laboratory began work.

In 1975, launched a basic laboratory located in two buildings. Like everything made in the USSR, the “recumbent high-rise” in Moscow was built to last.

Not distinguished by any special architectural delights and having a typical appearance, this house amazes with the scale of construction:

• The 6-story building on the front side has 236 windows on each floor! That is, there are almost 1650 windows on the front side of the building!
• this incredibly long building stretches across three whole bus stops: “Varshavskoye Shosse” - next to the southern part of the building, “Social Protection Administration” - opposite the main entrance to the Research Center, “Trading Complex” - near the northern end of the building.

Employees sometimes need to take a bus to go from one department to another in the same building... The scale is impressive.
It is very difficult to even photograph such a long house in its entirety. But it is clearly visible from a bird's eye view.

Today, the area of ​​the longest building in Moscow, owned by NICEVT, is partly used by the research center itself, and partly rented out for production, warehouses and offices. If a visitor does not know exactly in which room or on which floor the company renting space in the “recumbent skyscraper” at 125 Warsaw Highway is located, then it can take a whole day to find it!

In second place is the longest residential building in Moscow, located at Grizodubova Street, 4. This house is part of the architectural ensemble of the Grand Park residential complex and is more than 700 meters long. The building is an entire unit, but for ease of postal identification it is divided into four buildings.

Although, according to the tradition of domestic numbering of residential buildings, a separate number is assigned to a house that faces the street, and buildings are numbered for those buildings that do not have direct access to the street, but only to the courtyard. In the case of the Grizodubov house, this rule is violated, but the exceptional length of the residential building should be taken into account.

Another contender

In the capital, on Rimsky-Korsakovo Street, there is an amazing building, which many consider the longest residential building in the city. Its length is truly amazing - 1100 meters! People call this building the “Moscow Chinese Wall”, or “Bastille”.

Although the building itself is interesting, the question of whether it can be called the longest in Moscow is controversial. This is because in fact it is a complex of six completely different houses. Not only do they all have different postal addresses (numbered from 8 to 18), they were also built in completely different periods. They combined (“blinded”) several houses together in order to protect residents of the area from harmful electromagnetic radiation arising during experiments at a nearby research institute engaged in the study and testing of high-voltage temperatures.

Moscow is a city of maximum values ​​in everything: population, high cost of living, traffic jams, number of attractions. This also applies to the number of high-rise buildings.

Meet the tallest buildings in Moscow!

Federation Tower - the youngest tall skyscraper in Moscow

The Federation Tower is recognized as the tallest building not only in Moscow, but also in Europe. Its 101 floors rise 374 meters above ground level. Its creators proudly call it a project ahead of its time.

The object is a complex of two towers: “East” and “West”, and the skyscraper owes the title of the tallest building to the first tower. The second tower is lower, its height is 242 meters.

The ultra-modern skyscraper threatens to become a symbol of business Moscow and its rapid and vibrant development. The skyscraper offers an amazing panoramic bird's eye view. The ambitious project, developed by Sergei Tchoban and Peter Schweger, is a real metropolis street, only vertical.

"Mercury City Tower" - aspiration to the sky!

The Mercury City Tower skyscraper is the tallest building in the capital alone. The height of the building is almost 340 meters, it has 70 floors. It was one of the first skyscrapers to bypass The Shard building, located in the UK.

The year 2013 was marked for the high-rise project by receiving a prestigious European award in the category “Best High-Rise Building Architecture”.

The golden facade and unique shape are the flight of creative thought of architects Mikhail Posokhin and Frank Williams. The skyscraper is a combination of innovative technologies and natural materials. Thus, onyx, marble, and valuable wood species were used to decorate the halls, entrance areas and elevators.

The Committee of the State Construction Supervision of Russia also did not ignore the skyscraper. In 2012, it was recognized as the best construction project.

Skyscraper "Eurasia" - another giant in Moscow

The height of the skyscraper is 308.9 meters. 79 floors – 70 aboveground and 5 underground. The building is characterized by emerald color, laconicism, simple and clear architectural lines. "Eurasia" is an office and recreational center, which is a combination of offices, fitness centers, shops, and residential apartments.

The pearl of Moscow City, the skyscraper has become one of the buildings based on a frame made of metal structures.

The skyscraper fully lives up to its name. Eurasian design combines classic and modern. Its design is a symbiosis of Western technology, respectability and Eastern hospitality with luxury.

Moscow Tower - the most aesthetic skyscraper in the world

The Moscow Tower is part of the City of Capitals complex and its height is 301.6 meters. It includes residential apartments and offices.

2012 was marked by a pleasant event: Eurasia was recognized as the most popular skyscraper in Europe, ahead of London's Mary Ax skyscraper.

The title of the most aesthetic skyscraper was received in 2011. The tower is an indescribably beautiful and majestic object. He is romantic and reserved at the same time. Its uniqueness will be appreciated by those who catch the sunset light in the glazing of a skyscraper.

Triumph Palace - the tallest residential building in the world

Triumph Palace is located on Chapaevsky Lane in Moscow. This is the tallest building in its segment. 46 floors together with the peak make up a height of 264.1 m. The architecture of the building combines features of neoclassicism, postmodernism and the so-called “Stalinist” style. The developer of the building is the Donstroy group of companies. One of the awards received by the organization is a diploma for setting a record for the Guinness Book of Records. In 2003, it was the Triumph Palace in the Sokol district that was recognized as the tallest residential building on the European mainland.

The Triumph Palace building was erected in 2006. A successful feature is the five-level underground garage, which can accommodate up to five thousand cars. In this regard, this residential building is unrivaled.

The windows of the building offer views of picturesque park areas, Leningradsky Prospekt and the city center. It is noteworthy that the top three floors are occupied by rooms of the Triumph Palace boutique hotel. Because of its location, it is recognized as the highest hotel in the Russian capital and Europe. Elite clothing boutiques have made Triumph Palace a place of “pilgrimage” for the capital’s fashionistas and fashion connoisseurs.

Comfort and original interior design, distinguished by luxury and chic, attract Russian and foreign tourists.

One should not think that the construction of tall buildings is the prerogative of modern Moscow. In the capital there are many buildings that have come down, if not from the depths of centuries, but certainly have their own rich history. These include the Main Building of Moscow State University, the Ukraina Hotel, a residential building on Kudrinskaya Square and many other buildings that provide unique and recognizable Moscow architecture.

Residential buildings are buildings in which the living space is at least 85%. The rating is based on dimensions and maximum usable area. The largest residential building is 432 Park Avenue in the USA.

The largest residential buildings in the world

1. 432 Park Avenue. Park Avenue is located in New York. Construction time 2012-2015

Specifications:

• The architect is Rafael Viñoly from Uruguay.
• Number of floors - 85.
• Ceiling height - 3.84 m.
• Number of apartments - 104.

The architectural style is based on the predominance of geometric shapes.

2. Princess Tower. The apartment building is located in the city of Dubai. Built in 2012.

Specifications:

• Height - 414 meters.
• Area - 171.2 sq. m.
• Number of floors - 101.
• Number of apartments - 763.
• The number of parking spaces is 957.

The house ranks 2nd tallest in Dubai and 21st in the world. 8 floors are given over to offices and retail.

3. Karl Marx Hof. Located in the capital of Austria, Vienna. The house was built with the complicity of the country's socialist party and was intended for Viennese with low incomes.

Specifications:

• Architect - Karl En.
• Year of construction - 1930
• Length - 1100 m.
• Number of residents - 5000 people.
• The maximum area of ​​the apartment is 60 sq.m.

There are doctor's offices and office rooms on site. Located on the Ring Street of the Proletariat. Karl Marx Hof is a tourist attraction in Vienna.

4. Burj Khalifa. Residential skyscraper in Dubai. In addition to residential premises, the building has a hotel, restaurant and office rooms.

Specifications:

• Height - 828 m.
• Number of floors - 163.
• Area - 344 sq. m.
• Construction cost: $1.5 billion.
• Number of apartments - 700.
• Cost of 1 sq. meter - 38 thousand dollars.

5. 23 Marina. Built in Dubai. The design involves 90 floors. Height - 392.2 m. There are 291 apartments and 57 swimming pools. The house was built in 2011, 79% of the apartments were sold before construction was completed.

6. Lutsk. An apartment building in Ukraine resembles a honeycomb in architecture. Located on two streets - Youth and Sobornost.

Specifications:

• 1. Architects - V. Malovitsa and R. Metelnitsky.
• 2. Length - 1750 m.
• 3. Years of construction: 1969 - 1980
• 4. Number of entrances - 120.

Residents of Lutsk call the building the “Great Wall of China.” In fact, it united 40 buildings of different heights.

7. Antilia. A residential building in India is classified as a private house. It was built by Mukesh Ambani in Bombay. Construction time - 7 years. 6 people live in the house.

Specifications:

• Height - 173 m.
• Number of floors - 27.
• There are 9 elevators.
• Area - 37 thousand square meters. m.
• The price of the house with land is $2 billion.

In addition to living quarters, the building houses a cinema, a swimming pool and a gym. The photo shows an interesting mixture of architectural styles. The building serves 600 people. Six floors are intended for car parking. There are 168 parking spaces provided. One floor is equipped for one family member.

The largest residential buildings in Russia

1. Murmansk. There is only one residential building in microdistrict 305. Length - 1488 m. Architect - Alexandra Rastorgueva. Designed so that there is a wind shadow at any point. This is a necessary condition for the north.

The infrastructure of the area includes: a kindergarten, a school, a bank, a store. The structure of the house is made up of standard nine-story buildings connected by block sections.

2. Volgograd. The residential building is located in the city of Volgograd. Length 1142 meters, one of the longest houses in Russia. The structure is a solid building of 9 floors, diluted with arches. Built in 1979.

The first floor of the house is occupied by administrative and retail premises. The residential building has 1,400 apartments. Location - Spartanovka microdistrict. Has eight addresses. From above the house looks like the letter E.

3. Naberezhnye Chelny. In the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, the longest five-story building is 51/01. Built in a spiral shape to protect from winds.

Length 1102 m. Number of entrances - 62, 1000 inhabitants.

4. St. Petersburg. The skyscraper was erected in the Nevsky district. Year of construction - 2012. It is part of the residential ensemble "Prince Alexander Nevsky". Height 125 m. Business class apartments. The building has 36 floors. Located next to the Rybatskoye and Proletarskaya metro stations.

The architecture is represented by mirror surfaces directed upward, with spires on top. The developer is positioning the house as the first skyscraper in St. Petersburg in which people live.

The largest residential buildings in Moscow

1. On Rostokinskaya street The largest residential building in Moscow is located. It has 58 floors. The total area is 262 thousand square meters. meters. There is parking for 1,700 cars. It consists of buildings that are united by a two-level ceiling.

2. On Rimsky-Korsakov Street there is a residential building 1100 m long. Includes 6 combined houses. It was built to protect against electromagnetic radiation from the Research Center VVA.

3. On Grizodubova Street there is a residential building 700 m long. Divided into 4 buildings.

The modern culture of building houses is focused on creating maximum living space while using minimal land resources. Therefore, architects are focused on building skyscrapers. The main rule is that the building must fit succinctly into the surrounding space and be comfortable for residents.

In modern megacities, more and more skyscrapers are growing every year (photos of some of them are presented in this article). After all, they are not just beautiful and stylish, but also compact. They also allow you to save a huge amount of space, which is simply necessary today.

Skyscrapers (photo attached) come in a wide variety of shapes and types. And if previously they were built on the American continent, today these high-rise buildings are conquering more and more Russian cities. An apartment in such a building is expensive and is available only to people with high status and income. In general, skyscrapers are an ideal place for romantic urbanists: a huge city at a glance. And what a view at night!

As you already understood, tall buildings are not uncommon today. But what is the tallest skyscraper in Russia? What kind of building is this and where is it located? This is what remains to be found out now. So, here is a list of the tallest buildings in Russia today.

"Constitution Tower"

Let's start from the end. Or rather, from the tenth line of the rating. This is the Constitution Tower. Its other name is Leader Tower. The skyscraper is located on Constitution Square. Hence the corresponding name. Construction began in 2009. The finished building was commissioned only in 2013.

Leader Tower is a 42-story tower reaching 142 meters in height. The skyscraper became the first building that surpassed the city's dominant landmark, the Peter and Paul Cathedral, in height.

"Grozny-City"

Ninth place in the ranking of “The Tallest Skyscrapers in Russia” is occupied by a huge complex located in the center of Grozny on the shore. Its name is “Grozny City”. The total area of ​​the complex occupies five hectares of land. And its height reaches 145 meters.

"Grozny City" consists of seven skyscrapers. This includes a five-star hotel, office and shopping centers, as well as residential buildings. The tallest building (Phoenix Tower) has forty floors, the lowest - eighteen. The complex contains (on the roof of the office tower), two-tier areas for cars, as well as cafes and swimming pools.

In 2014, construction began on the Grozny City 2 building. It is planned to erect a 400-meter building. Then it will undoubtedly be the tallest skyscraper in Russia.

"Vysotsky"

An elite high-rise building called “Vysotsky” was built in November 2011 in the city of Yekaterinburg. The authors of the project specially timed its opening to coincide with the release of the feature film “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive." At the opening the chief guest was His family, who officially gave permission for the building to “bear their name.”

The 54-story building reaches a height of 188.3 meters. This is the tallest skyscraper in Russia outside of Moscow. In 2012, an observation deck was opened here, from which you can admire the beauty of the city.

House on Mosfilmovskaya

Well, the tallest buildings in Russia are, undoubtedly, the skyscrapers of Moscow. And in seventh place in the ranking is the House on Mosfilmovskaya. This is not just a house, but a whole complex consisting of two towers of different heights. The tower that is lower reaches 132 meters, and the one that is higher reaches 213 meters. They are connected to each other by a low section.

The house on Mosfilmovskaya is a residential complex, a shopping center, an office building, and an underground parking lot for more than a thousand cars. In 2012, it beat out other skyscrapers in Russia and was recognized as the “House of the Year”.

Imperia Tower

The Imperia Tower complex is located in the Moscow international business center “Moscow City”. It is divided into two towers - "West" and "Federation". The first building was put into operation in November 2013. It consists of sixty floors and reaches a height of 242.4 meters. There are residential areas, a hotel and shopping centers, as well as a huge parking lot, car washes and service centers for cars.

The second tower, the Federation complex, is currently under construction. Commissioning is planned for the end of 2015. Upon completion of construction, these skyscrapers will become the tallest buildings in not only our country, but also Europe. According to the project, the highest point will be 373.3 meters. The complex will house luxury residential and office apartments.

"Triumph Palace"

"Triumph Palace" is made in the classic Stalinist style, lined with ceramics, granite, marble and travertine. The building is located in an elite area: the front entrance of the high-rise building faces directly onto and is surrounded by a park area.

The last three floors of the Triumph Palace building are occupied by an elite hotel complex with the same name. It is considered the tallest hotel in Europe. Each hotel room is decorated in the style of one of the world's cities.

Embankment Tower

The top three tallest buildings are opened by a complex consisting of three towers, located in the Moscow City business center. Three skyscrapers: tower A (85 meters high), B (135.7 meters) and the tallest, tower C (268 meters).

The last building was put into operation at the end of 2009. At that time, it bypassed all the skyscrapers in Moscow in height. The construction of the “City of Capitals” has not yet been completed.

"City of Capitals"

Second place in the ranking is occupied by the City of Capitals complex and the Eurasia Tower in the foreground. The tower reaches 309 meters in height. Its construction ended in 2014. “Eurasia” is made in a classical style with modern elements. A small triangular bay window is attached to the main building. All forty-three floors of the tower are occupied by office apartments. In addition, the building contains a swimming pool, retail shops, and parking for a thousand cars.

The Capital City complex is located in the center of Moscow City and consists of two skyscrapers: the 76-story Moscow and the 69-story St. Petersburg. The towers are connected to each other by an 18-story extension that houses office centers. Construction of the complex began in 2003, then was frozen for two years to change the design concept. At the end of 2009, the official opening took place. Until January 1, 2012, the “City of Capitals” skyscraper complex was considered the tallest in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

"Mercury City Tower"

The tallest skyscraper in Russia is the Mercury City Tower. It is located in the Moscow City International Business Center. Construction began in 2005 and ended in 2013. The height of the skyscraper is 338.8 meters. This allows it to be considered the tallest building in Europe. Mercury City Tower beat its predecessor, the London rival The Shard, by 33 meters. By the way, the English skyscraper held the status of the tallest building in Europe for only four months. The authorship belongs to the famous American architect Frank Williams and the equally famous Russian Mikhail Posokhin.

Mercury City consists of 75 floors above ground and 5 underground. There are luxury residential apartments, A+, a hotel, a huge parking lot, shopping and entertainment centers, a sauna and fitness clubs.

By the way, the title of the tallest skyscraper in Europe for the Mercury City building is already under threat. In 2012, construction of the Lakhta Center began in the northern capital. According to the project, its height will be 462.7 meters. This will allow the St. Petersburg resident to bypass Mercury and himself receive the coveted title of the highest in Europe.