City of Capitals
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The City of Capitals is a multifunctional complex, including two skyscrapers
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

, located on plot 9 in the International Business Center Moscow City in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

. The City of Capitals, symbolising Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 and St. Petersburg, was completed in 2009. Now the "Moscow Tower" is taller than Naberezhnaya Tower
Naberezhnaya Tower
Naberezhnaya Tower, Quay Tower is an office complex consisting of 3 individual office buildings underconnected to each other via a common basement totalling approximately 150,000 square meters of rentable area of office and retail space and located on plot 10 in the International Business Center...

 and in the CIS with a height of 302 metres until the completion of the Mercury City Tower
Mercury City Tower
Mercury City Tower is a skyscraper currently under construction in Moscow, Russia, located in Moscow International Business Center. Construction started in late 2005, and is planned to be completed by the end of 2011. Upon completion, it will become the tallest building in Europe, standing at ...

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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: 2480 m² (26,694.5 sq ft)
  • Entertainment (i.e. restaurants, cinemas, etc.): 10800 m² (116,250.2 sq ft)
  • Office space: 80000 m² (861,112.8 sq ft)
  • Residential use: 101440 m² (1,091,891.1 sq ft)
  • Parking space: 2000 places

See also

  • Russia Tower
    Russia Tower
    The Russia Tower is a partially built skyscraper in the Moscow International Business Centre of Moscow, Russia. Construction began in September 2007, and was planned to be completed in 2012. The total area of the structure would cover , of which 38% would be located underground...

  • Mercury City Tower
    Mercury City Tower
    Mercury City Tower is a skyscraper currently under construction in Moscow, Russia, located in Moscow International Business Center. Construction started in late 2005, and is planned to be completed by the end of 2011. Upon completion, it will become the tallest building in Europe, standing at ...

  • Imperia Tower
    Imperia Tower
    Imperia Tower in Moscow, Russia, is a 60-floors building complex that includes offices, a business center, a hotel and private apartments.The design of the tower was created by architects NBBJ. It consists of elliptical and hi-tech elements...

  • City Hall and City Duma
    City Hall and City Duma
    The City Hall and City Duma will be the new home for the Moscow government and assembly . It consists of four 308.4 meter , 71 story towers. Currently, the government of the city is using hundreds of smaller buildings throughout the city...

  • Eurasia (building)
  • List of tallest structures in the former Soviet Union


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