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The historic city of St. Petersburg in Russia will soon be home to the tallest and supposedly 'greenest' tower in Europe. The UK-based architectural firm RMJM was given a go by the Russian gas giant to build the new Gazprom Neft headquarters in the former Russian capital. Inhabitat
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are you sure that this is not a Dubai project
Shame on you RMJM...........
Hi Jill! we have a supertall thread discussing such projects. I just linked the populararchitects birdfeeder project - thanks for finding that one...
when do you graduate or have you become a perpetual student?
isn't the "tallest and greenest" an oxymoron?
it's not an oxymoron, necessarily, because of the economies of scale achieved in services and greater surface area=greater opportunity for harvesting energy... but I wonder if it will work.
I also wonder if it will be empty... as metamechanic noted, the city didn't arise out of demand for real estate, it was forced into being so Russia could have a 'European' capitol.
I bet the state is building this project.
hey only about half a million serfs died building that burg comrade...
beautiful building! don't know how i feel about sticking it among the classical architecture of the city though.
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