Lakhta Center

Lakhta Center
Lakhta Center
Лахта центр
	Lakhta Center in March 2020
Record height
	Tallest in Russia and Europe since 2017
Preceded by	Federation Tower
General information
Status	Complete
Location	Lakhta, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Country	Russia
Coordinates	59°59′13.7″N 30°10′37.3″E / 59.987139°N 30.177028°E
Construction started	2012
Completed	2019
Cost	US$1.77 billion
Owner	Gazprom
Height
Architectural	462 m (1,516 ft)
Observatory	357 m (1,171 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	87 above ground 3 below ground
Lifts/elevators	40
Design and construction
Architect	RMJM-Tony Kettle (until 2011), GORPROJECT
Architecture firm	RMJM (until 2011), GORPROJECT
Structural engineer	Gorproject, Inforceproject
Main contractor	Rönesans Holding
Other information
Parking	1935 spaces
Website
	www.lakhta.center/en/
References

The Lakhta Center (Russian: Ла́хта це́нтр, tr. Lakhta tsentr) is an 87-story skyscraper built in the Northwestern neighborhood of Lakhta, Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is 462 metres (1,516 ft) tall and is the tallest building in Europe, the tallest building in Russia, and the 14th-tallest building in the world.

On 24 December 2018, Lakhta Center was certified according to the criteria of ecological efficiency at LEED Platinum.

In August 2021, Gazprom, formerly headquartered in Moscow, completed its re-registration process in Saint Petersburg. The new address of the company is at the Lakhta Center Multifunctional Complex.

The centre is designed for large-scale mixed-use development, consisting of public facilities and offices. First designed by British architectural firm RMJM, the project was then continued by Gorproject (2011–2017) under the main contractor, Turkish company Rönesans Holding.

Other buildings

In addition to the tower, the complex has other buildings. The multi-functional building (MFZ) has two buildings, North and South, which are united by a common foundation, stylobate and roof. The building resembles a boomerang. It has many storeys with a height difference from 7 to 17 floors, with the peak height being a little more than 80 meters. The structure is about 300 meters long. The complex also has a third building, which consists of two separate wings connected by a courtyard. The MFZ contains a planetarium, which has a holding capacity of 140 people.

Reception

Lakhta Center received the Emporis Skyscraper Awards' "Skyscraper of the Year"-award in 2020. On May 20, 2021, the skyscraper won the facade engineering category award at the CTBUH Awards.The building also received 2 other Awards of Excellence that year: the structural engineering and geotechnical engineering awards. In October 2021, IFC Lakhta Center won the Grand Prix of Russia's largest engineering and architectural award 100 + Awards.