Moscow's Crystal Island - Construction & Details
Guys, this one is awesome!!! Not from Philippines though, but it is worth seeing... 😀
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Moscow’s rapidly growing skyline will soon feature an eye-popping new addition: Crystal Island, which will be the world’s biggest building when completed. Sir Norman Foster’s mountainous 27 million square feet spiraling “city within a building†will cost $4 billion and it is scheduled to be built within next 5 years.
The Crystal Island will be Lord Foster’s second large scale project in the Russian capital, and his third new building design that resembles a volcano (we’re talking about his two mountainous buildings in Astana, Kazakstan). Although many people are calling this design the ‘Christmas Tree’ of Moscow – we can’t help but be reminded of the utopian and also rather volcanic X-Seed 4000 design for Tokyo. Unlike that pipe-dream project, however, Foster has a track record of getting buildings built, so the likelihood is high that we will see this striking structure towering over the Kremlin within 5 years time.
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Moscow’s rapidly growing skyline will soon feature an eye-popping new addition: Crystal Island, which will be the world’s biggest building when completed. Sir Norman Foster’s mountainous 27 million square feet spiraling “city within a building†will cost $4 billion and it is scheduled to be built within next 5 years.
The Crystal Island will be Lord Foster’s second large scale project in the Russian capital, and his third new building design that resembles a volcano (we’re talking about his two mountainous buildings in Astana, Kazakstan). Although many people are calling this design the ‘Christmas Tree’ of Moscow – we can’t help but be reminded of the utopian and also rather volcanic X-Seed 4000 design for Tokyo. Unlike that pipe-dream project, however, Foster has a track record of getting buildings built, so the likelihood is high that we will see this striking structure towering over the Kremlin within 5 years time.
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Kaustubh KatdarePost moved to form new thread.
By the way, this project has been halted because of the economic recession. Any update on when will the construction begin? Also, are such structures good when it comes to wind resistance? -
PraveenKumar Purushothaman
A few more info from that same source...The_Big_KPost moved to form new thread.
By the way, this project has been halted because of the economic recession. Any update on when will the construction begin? Also, are such structures good when it comes to wind resistance?
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The unique feature is, there are Solar Reflectors, which, along with wind turbines, will generate electricity for the huge tower. Natural ventilation will be provided thanks to numerous strategically placed large atriums. -
CIVILPRINCESSthats an awesome structure 😁 when we come up with such beautiful looking structures the problems would mostly land in the form of ventilation lighting, etc. but these engineers seem to have handled it well 😁
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PraveenKumar PurushothamanI have also seen a house which is completely under Earth! If possible, Biggie, please try to get it. Its totally greenish and only the exhaust is visible.
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Kaustubh KatdareLet's not go off topic on this thread. One can always start a new thread to discuss a new topic. 😀
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