Vysotsky (skyscraper)

Building in Yekaterinburg, Russia

56°50′10.1″N 60°36′52.7″E / 56.836139°N 60.614639°E / 56.836139; 60.614639Construction started2006Completed2011CostUSD $150 million^[1]HeightArchitectural188.3 m (618 ft)Top floor182.93 m (600 ft)Technical detailsFloor count54References^[2]^[3]

Vysotsky (Russian: Высоцкий) is the name of a skyscraper in Yekaterinburg. It is the third-tallest building in Russia outside of Moscow.

History

Vysotsky architecture business center and semi-skyscraper was built in 2011. It has 54 floors, total height: 188.3 m (618 ft). The business center Vysotsky hit the Guinness Book of Records, having become "The tallest multifunctional business center in the Ural-Siberian and Central-Asian regions."

An open sightseeing platform on the 52nd floor at the height of 186 metres (610 ft) offers a panoramic view of the city. The building serves as a nice orientation point when lost in the city.

The business center Vysotsky is named after Vladimir Vysotsky, a Soviet poet, musician, and actor. Also, it is a play on words: vysoky means "tall" in Russian. Behind the building is a bronze sculpture of Vladimir Vysotsky and his third wife, the French actress Marina Vlady.

References

^ «Все это обошлось в 150 миллионов баксов» (in Russian)
^ "Emporis building ID 269978". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Vysotsky". SkyscraperPage.

External links

Official Vysotsky Business Center website—(in Russian),
ULC-Russia.com: Yekaterinburg & the Ural region—(in English)

Skyscrapers in Russia

Completed

Moscow	Federation: East Tower (373.7 m) OKO: South Tower (354.1 m) Neva Towers 2 (345 m) Mercury City Tower (338.8 m) Eurasia (308.9 m) Neva Towers 1 (302 m) City of Capitals: Moscow Tower (301.6 m) Naberezhnaya Tower C (268.4 m) Triumph Palace (264.1 m) City of Capitals: Saint Petersburg Tower (256.9 m) Evolution Tower (245.9 m) OKO: North Tower (245 m) Federation: West Tower (243.2 m) Moscow State University (240 m) Imperia Tower (238.7 m) House on Mosfilmovskaya (213 m) Hotel Ukraina (198 m) Tricolor: Tower A (194 m) Tricolor: Tower A (192 m) D1 (191 m) Continental (191 m) Sparrow Hills: Tower 2 (188.2 m) Wellton: Tower 1 (178.7 m) Aliye Parusa: Tower 2 (179 m) Edelweiss (176 m) Kotelnicheskaya Building (176 m) Nebo (176 m) Headliner: Tower 1 (174.9 m) IQ-quarter: Tower 1 (172.8 m) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (172 m) Nordstar Tower (171.5 m) Sberbank City: Tower B (168 m) Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy (165 m) Oruzheyny (165 m) Wellton: Tower 3 (162.2 m) Well House (162 m) Sparrow Hills: Towers 1, 3 (161 m) Kudrinskaya Square (160 m) Zagorye (157 m) Presnya City (156 m) Savyolovskiy City (155.6 m) Avenue 77 (155 m) Dirigible (153 m) Gazprom Tower (150.9 m)
Saint Petersburg	Lakhta Center (462.5 m)
Vladivostok	Aquamarine (155.5 m)
Yekaterinburg	Iset Tower (206.5 m) Vysotsky (188.3 m)
Khimki	Mayak (157 m)

Under construction

Moscow	One Tower (442.8 m) Grand Tower (283.4 m) Capital Towers (267 m) iCity (256.7 m) National Space Centre (248 m) Silver (182 m) City Bay (177 m) Headliner: Towers 4, 9 (174.9 m) Alcon Tower (168.1 m) Paveletskaya City (165 m) Zilart (150 m)