St. Petersburg is a city with a special landscape and unique architecture of buildings. These factors contribute little to the construction of skyscrapers. It is not easy for architects to integrate tall buildings structurally made of concrete and glass into the historical appearance of the city. As a result of this, and also taking into account the opinions of citizens of St. Petersburg who are actively advocating the prevention of architectural dissonance, there are few new high-rise buildings in the city.
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The tallest buildings are mainly located not in the historical center, but on the city outskirts. In St. Petersburg, 353 skyscrapers were erected, the height of which is from 75 m to 100 m. There are 28 structures that grew by 100 or more meters.
The top 10 in the top 10 include:
10. Tower Central Research Institute of RTK | 105 m
On Tikhoretsky Avenue, the city of St. Petersburg, there is a scientific center, which operates a laboratory for testing space technology. The main building of the Central Research Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (CRI RTK) is an unusual tower. It was built in 1985. Height - 77 m. At the top there is an antenna, as a result of which the structure ascended 105 m.
Inside the tower is hollow. It is a huge hall in which a variety of tests are carried out. So, up to the present time they are experimenting with the Soyuz spacecraft landing systems. Earlier tests of interplanetary automatic stations were carried out, robotics were developed for the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident.
9. Buildings on Commandant Avenue | 105 m
On Komendantsky Prospekt, 2 identical residential skyscrapers were built. They have interesting and memorable arches, round towers on the roofs. Each building is 105 m high. The number of floors is 25.
The complex is under construction. The first phase was commissioned in 2017. The completion of commissioning of the second stage is expected in 2020.
The building itself is a panel structure of variable number of storeys. The buildings consist of a number of sections up to 16 floors.
8. BC “Atlantic City” | 105 m
Atlantic City - 105 m. This is a series of structures in the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg. Built on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Nearby is a park named after the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.
The business center is remarkable in that it has an automated skyscraper management system. He has his own life support systems. For the convenience of visitors and tenants, Atlantic City runs a free shuttle bus that delivers passengers to the nearest metro station. The complex of facilities was commissioned in 2009.
7. LCD "London Park" | 105.8 m
"London Park" was built in the Vyborg district of the city, on Prospekt Enlightenment. These are two identical skyscrapers of 105.8 m. Each skyscraper is 25 floors. Apartments are sold with a free layout. They can be combined on the floor or create multi-level, interfloor apartments.
They began to build London Park in 2005. It was planned to surrender 254,000 square meters. m. However, the process was significantly delayed. The first apartments were not commissioned in 2008, as promised to future residents, but only in 2017. To date, construction has not yet been completed.
Despite the fact that the LCD “London Park” was recognized as the most problematic project in St. Petersburg and its implementation was accompanied by protests by interest holders, the developer intends to commission the complex in 2020.
6. Building on Bogatyrsky Avenue | 108 m
The residential complex is spread over a whole block. Located in the Primorsky district of the city among new buildings. Started to be populated in 2003. Its name is due to its location (Bogatyrsky Prospekt, building 2). The growth of the 24-story building is 108 meters.
Residents and guests of the Northern capital note that the house organically fit into the image of the district. Its feature is the presence of a spire, which is installed on a small turret on the roof.
Until 2012, the residential complex was the highest. It was built on advanced monolithic-brick technology on pile foundations. Settlement began in 2003.
It is noteworthy that the LCD is built exactly on the 60th parallel. Financing the construction of a skyscraper was carried out exclusively by future residents.
5. FS Gazprom Arena | 110 m
Among the largest and highest buildings in the city is the Gazprom Arena football stadium. It is located on Krestovsky Island, which gave it its first name - "Krestovsky".
Gazprom Arena has 9 floors. They are connected by staircase and elevator blocks. In height, the sports arena is 75 m. However, if you take into account the pylons, then it is 110 m.
The builders estimated that more than 480,000 cubic meters of concrete, almost 32,000 tons of steel, had gone to the stadium.
They built an arena on the site of the legendary S. Kirov stadium. The project was developed by the Japanese Kise Kurokawa, called it - "Spaceship". Construction began in 2007. It took almost 9 years. The arena is recognized as the most expensive stadium in the Russian Federation. Independent sources claim that its value is more than 50 billion rubles.
4. Peter and Paul Cathedral | 122.5 m
The cathedral in the name of the supreme apostles Peter and Paul reaches a height of 122.5 m. This is the current Orthodox church in the city. It was erected in the central part of the Peter and Paul Fortress. From the moment of its construction in 1703 until 1952 it was the highest building in the USSR.
The Peter and Paul Cathedral began in 1703, when the Tsar, the future Emperor of Russia Peter I, began to erect a citadel on the banks of the Neva - the Peter and Paul Fortress.
The construction was called by its appearance to designate the heights that Peter intends to conquer, as well as display a new vector for the development of Russia.
Currently, the cathedral is part of the State Historical Museum of St. Petersburg. It is one of the main symbols of the city; it is the resting place of the representatives of the royal house of the Romanovs.
3. LCD "Prince Alexander Nevsky" | 126 m
LCD "Prince Alexander Nevsky" is located in the Murzinka district, on the Neva embankment, not far from the Bolshoi Obukhov bridge. The tallest residential building in the city. It has 37 floors. The complex with a spire grew by 126 m. It received the name in honor of the holy Old Russian prince, the patron saint of St. Petersburg.
LCDs were built from 2008 to 2018. In total, there are 1604 apartments in a skyscraper. The house is equipped with 17 high-speed elevators, two of which operate from the 18th floor to the 34th. Below ground level, the LCD has 2 underground floors, which are equipped with parkings that can take 214 cars. Known is “Prince Alexander Nevsky” and the fact that from the city administration in 2014 one of his apartments was presented to Victor Anu, a three-time Olympic champion.
2. Business Center "Leader Tower" | 145.5 m
BC "Leader Tower" (Leader Tower) is a building with 42 floors. It is located in the southern part of St. Petersburg (Moskovsky District, Constitution Square). It was commissioned in 2013. In everyday life, the name "Constitution" tower was assigned to it. The facade surface is specific; it is used to broadcast commercials on it. The Leader Tower ascended 145.5 m.
Build a business center began in 2009. However, this process was accompanied by problems. So, in 2010, the city Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture in connection with changes in the development plan issued an order to stop the construction of the Leader Tower. The decision was justified by the fact that the skyscraper will spoil the city panorama, negatively affect the ability to view St. Isaac's Cathedral. But the construction was not stopped, the decision was challenged in the arbitration court, which canceled it. The Leader Tower was commissioned in 2013.
1. BC "Lakhta Center" | 462 m
Skyscraper "Lakhta Center" - 462 m, the tallest building in St. Petersburg. 88 m above the Federation Tower (Moscow). It has 87 floors. The spire of Lakhta Center is impressive, its length is 117 m, and it weighs more than 2000 tons.
The skyscraper takes second place among the highest European buildings. Above it is only the Ostankino TV tower in Moscow, which rose 540 m. A business center was built in the Primorsky district of the Northern capital, in Lakhta (the historical part of the district), which gave it the name. Commissioning is expected at the end of 2019. The business center is currently undergoing interior decoration.
The main structure that will be placed in it will be Gazprom. Here is its main headquarters.
The construction is also noteworthy due to the fact that on the last day of 2018 it turned on the backlighting of green shades, turning the Lakhta Center into the highest Christmas tree in Europe.
Video about how the spire of the Lakhta Center skyscraper was built
Other skyscrapers of the Northern capital
Also, the high-rise buildings of St. Petersburg, reaching a height of 100 m or more, should include the following:
- St. Isaac's Cathedral - 101.54 m. The largest Orthodox church in the Northern capital. Dolgostroy, erected it from 1818 to 1858. Architect - Auguste Montferrand. This is a unique architectural monument. It is rightly attributed to the most beautiful religious buildings in Europe. Located in the center of St. Petersburg on St. Isaac's Square.
- Residential complex "International" - 101.5 m. Put into operation in 2012. Located on the street. Bela Kuna. The ZhK represents 3 identical residential houses in which original decorative domes with spiers.
- Residential complex "Seventh Heaven", the tallest building - 101 m. Put into operation in 2000. It is located on Kuznetsovskaya Street. Represents two buildings of different height.
- Residential complex "Dominant" - 101 m. Commissioned in 2012. It is located on Cosmonauts Avenue. LCD consists of 4 identical structures.
- Residential complex "Twin Peaks". Two twin towers at 100 m. Commissioned in 2008. Located on Bucharest Street. They are a copy of the Argentine towers of Torres El Faro, but of much lower height.
- Residential complex "Rainbow". This is one house, consisting of 4 buildings of different floors. The highest height is 100 m. It has been populated since 2010. It is located on Zagreb Boulevard. The house has the shape of a horseshoe.