Mercury City Tower
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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 380 m (1,247 ft) tall, with 70 floors. The building has 5 underground floors.
As of the beginning of May 2011, the height of the tower reached 230 meters over earth level corresponding to the 53rd floor with over half of the external walls covered in copper coloured cladding and the construction of the 66th floor (285.60 m) started on September 22 according to the website SkyscraperCity. The height of the building exceeded 293 meters (68 floors) on November 13, 2011.
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...
currently under construction in Moscow, Russia
Moscow
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, 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 380 m (1,247 ft) tall, with 70 floors. The building has 5 underground floors.
As of the beginning of May 2011, the height of the tower reached 230 meters over earth level corresponding to the 53rd floor with over half of the external walls covered in copper coloured cladding and the construction of the 66th floor (285.60 m) started on September 22 according to the website SkyscraperCity. The height of the building exceeded 293 meters (68 floors) on November 13, 2011.