Amazing UFO-shaped Complex to be Built in Moscow
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 "QUANTUM SHOT" #145Russian architectural ambitions appear to be on the rise I saw today this article and decided to translate it... it's really an eye-catching design, especially from the air:   Moscow's South West area will be graced by a giant "flying saucer"- shaped building "Galaktika" (Galaxy), which will "hover" over the busy intersection of Michurin and Lobachevski streets. It will include a shopping center, hotel, plenty of parking and even helicopter landing pads.    Irina Laur, the author of this unique UFO idea, and the main investor - "MOST / SKM Holdings" - presented these designs in Cannes, which generated a considerable interest. A 60-meters high, 213,000 sq. m. structure will also contain a luxury hotel, a shopping mall with various restaurants and enough space to park 2500 cars. It still remains to be seen if this project will see completion (with 250-300 million dollars estimated cost and possible logistic nightmares). Construction will start at the end of this year and is expected to be completed by 2010.   If construction starts on schedule, it would probably be reported by the Google Earth community as a weird thing in the middle of familiar Moscow streets. Some kind of an alien visitation of the architectural kind? Sources: Restco.ru, Kvadroom.ru PS Saint Petersburg is going to get a new skyscraper, as well. Here are some preliminary designs of the GazProm building:   (image source) Check out more concepts here (all 6 of them) Permanent Link...  Category: Architecture |
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is that build above the skyway??? the design looks very outerspace but i like it!! nice blog..
Regarding GazProm's building it was RMJM's contribution that won.
que arquitectura mas espectacular.
la verdad es que me sorprende ver como avanza la tecnologia y la imaginacion de hombre. Inspirarse en un Ovni para construir un edificio es algo digno de tener en cuenta a la hora de analizar los gustos...
como dicen acá en Chile..."En gustos no hay nada escrito"
a mi en especial me gustó el nuevo edificio, espero algún dia estar allí para verlo con mis propios ojos.
saludos...
biktor...
I bet they will get a lot of people or customers to buy stuff from the malls, awsome!
it's really an eye-catching design i think it's great achievement..
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