Lakhta Centre

skyscraper in Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Key facts

Preceded by: Federation Tower
Status: Completed
Type: Office
Architectural style: Neo-futurism
Location: Lakhta, Saint Petersburg , Lakhtinskij Prospect 2, Russia
Construction started: 2012 ; 14 years ago ( 2012 )
Completed: 2019 ; 7 years ago ( 2019 )
Cost: US$1.77 billion
Owner: Gazprom
Architectural: 462 m (1,516 ft)
Observatory: 357 m (1,171 ft)
Floor count: 87 above ground 3 below ground
Floor area: 163,000 m (1,750,000 ft )
Architecture firm: RMJM (until 2011), GORPROJECT
Structural engineer: Gorproject, Inforceproject
Main contractor: Rönesans Holding

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: skyscraper
Country: Russia
Located in: Saint Petersburg
Area: 570000
Owned by: Gazprom
Mass: 670000
Official website: lakhta.center
Image: Lakhta Center (img4).jpg
Height: 462

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architect: RMJM
number of elevators: 40
Commons category: Lakhta Center
floors above ground: 87
date of official opening: 2022-00-00
inception: 2018-00-00
capital cost: 155600000000
occupant: Gazprom
native label: Лахта-центр
social media followers: 10800
replaces: Okhta Center

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59°59′13″N 30°10′41″E / 59.98703°N 30.17814°E / 59.98703; 30.17814

The Lakhta Center (Russian: Ла́хта-це́нтр, romanized: Lahta tsentr) is an 87-story skyscraper built in the northwestern neighborhood of Lakhta in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Standing 462 metres (1,516 ft) tall, it is the tallest building in both Russia and Europe, and the sixteenth-tallest building in the world. It is also the second-tallest structure in Russia and Europe, behind the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, in addition to being the second-tallest twisted building and the northernmost skyscraper in the world.

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