City of Capitals

City of Capitals
Город Столиц
Alternative names	Capital City
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Mixed-use
Architectural style	Deconstructivism
Location	Moscow International Business Center, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates	55°44′50″N 37°32′20″E / 55.74722°N 37.53889°E / 55.74722; 37.53889
Construction started	18 August 2005
Completed	5 March 2010
Cost	RUB73.641 billion US$1 billion
Owner	Capital Group
Height
Architectural	Moscow: 301.6 m (989.5 ft) St. Petersburg: 256.9 m (842.8 ft)
Antenna spire	Moscow: 309.8 m (1,016.4 ft) St. Petersburg: 257.2 m (843.8 ft)
Top floor	Moscow: 300.8 m (986.9 ft) St. Petersburg: 250.1 m (820.5 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	Moscow: 76 St. Petersburg: 65
Floor area	288,680 m2 (3,107,300 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	8
Design and construction
Architect(s)	NBBJ
Developer	Capital Group
Structural engineer	Arup
Main contractor	Ant Yapi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
References
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The City of Capitals (Russian: Город Столиц, romanized: Gorod Stolits) is a mixed-use complex composed of two skyscrapers and an office building located on plot 9 in the Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia with a total area of 288,680 square metres (3,107,300 sq ft). The two skyscrapers are named after the two historical capitals of Russia: Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Construction of the complex began in 2005, with the office building completed in 2008 and the two skyscrapers completed in 2009.^[6]

Moscow Tower is the taller of the two skyscrapers, with a height of 301.6 metres (990 ft) and 73 stories, surpassing the Naberezhnaya Tower as the tallest building in Russia and Europe in 2008, until it was surpassed by The Shard in London, United Kingdom in 2012. St. Petersburg Tower has a height of 256.9 metres (843 ft) and 65 stories while the office building serves as a stylobate with a height of 76 metres (249 ft) with 18 floors.^{[7][8][9][10]} As of 2022, Moscow Tower is the eighth-tallest building in Russia and the 21st-tallest residential building in the world.