City of Capitals

City of Capitals
Город Столиц
General information
Location	International Business Center Moscow City, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates	55°44′50.59″N 37°32′20.62″E / 55.7473861°N 37.5390611°E / 55.7473861; 37.5390611Coordinates: 55°44′50.59″N 37°32′20.62″E / 55.7473861°N 37.5390611°E / 55.7473861; 37.5390611
Construction started	2003
Completed	2009
Cost	$450 million (12.6 bln rubles)
Height
Antenna spire	301.59 m (989.5 ft) (Moscow), 256.9 m (842.8 ft) (St. Petersburg)
Roof	300.15 m (984.7 ft) (Moscow), 255.7 m (838.9 ft) (St. Petersburg)
Technical details
Floor count	73 and 62[1]
Floor area	288,680 m2 (3,107,300 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	NBBJ
References
[2]

The City of Capitals (Russian: Город Столиц, official English name: Capital City^[1]) is a multifunctional complex, including two skyscrapers, located on plot 9 in the International Business Center Moscow City in Moscow. The City of Capitals, symbolising Moscow and St. Petersburg,^[1] was completed in 2009. Now the "Moscow Tower" is taller than Naberezhnaya Tower and in the CIS with a height of 302 metres ^{[3] [4]} until the completion of the Mercury City Tower.

More than half of the top floors are taken up by an entertainment complex, office suites, and large apartments. The Сity of Capitals consists of two towers - the 76-level "Moscow Tower" and the 65-level "St. Petersburg Tower". Floors 17 and 18 of both towers are offices. The entire complex sits on a main lobby consisting of 6 underground floors and 4 aboveground floors of public space. The upper floors of the base structure contain shops, a fitness center, presentation halls, and restaurants.

To create the concept for the offices in the City of Capitals, other business complexes and business centres from other parts of the world have been studied. The offices in the City of Capitals are designed under the latest international standards, according to the project developers. The spatial structure of the complex with steps of columns 9 metres high enables the organisation of offices with open layouts from 500 up to 3,500 square metres. An entrance to the office section of the complex is situated near a quay, leading from underground parking to retail galleries.

Use of space

• Trade floors: 0 m² (0 sq ft)
• Fitness center: 2,480 m² (26,700 sq ft)
• Entertainment (i.e. restaurants, cinemas, etc.): 10,800 m² (116,000 sq ft)
• Office space: 80,000 m² (860,000 sq ft)
• Residential use: 101,440 m² (1,091,900 sq ft)
• Parking space: 2000 places

See also

	Russia portal
	Architecture portal

• Russia Tower
• Mercury City Tower
• Imperia Tower
• City Hall and City Duma
• Eurasia (building)
• List of tallest structures in the former Soviet Union

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Official site
2. ^ City of Capitals at Emporis
3. ^ City of Capitals at SkyscraperCity.com
4. ^ CTBUH City of Capitals profile

External links

• (English) Official website
• (Russian) Official website
• Emporis.com - Capital City Complex
• Emporis.com - Moscow
• Emporis.com - St. Petersburg
• SkycraperPage.com – City of Capitals: Moscow
• SkycraperPage.com – City of Capitals: Saint Petersburg

Records
Preceded by Naberezhnaya Tower	Tallest Building in Europe 2010—Present 302 m	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Naberezhnaya Tower	Tallest Building in the Former Soviet Union 2010—Present 302 m	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Naberezhnaya Tower	Tallest Building in Russia 2010—Present 302 m	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Naberezhnaya Tower	Tallest Building in Moscow 2010—Present 302 m	Succeeded by None