Eurasia (skyscraper)

Eurasia
Евразия
Alternative names	Steel Peak
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Mixed-use
Location	Moscow City, Moscow
Country	Russia
Coordinates	55°44′57″N 37°32′05″E / 55.74917°N 37.53472°E / 55.74917; 37.53472
Construction started	2 December 2006
Completed	14 December 2014
Owner	VTB Bank[1]
Height
Architectural	308.9 m (1,013 ft)
Tip	308.9 m (1,013 ft)
Top floor	292.5 m (960 ft)
Observatory	306.9 m (1,007 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	72
Floor area	212,900 m2 (2,292,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti
References
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Eurasia (Russian: Евразия, romanized: Yevraziya), also known as Steel Peak (Russian: Стальная Вершина, romanized: Stalnaya Vershina), is a 308.9 m (1,013 ft) supertall skyscraper located on plot 12 of the MIBC in Moscow, Russia. The mixed-use skyscraper occupies a total area of 207,542 square metres (2,233,960 sq ft), and houses offices, apartments, a hotel, and a fitness center. It is the sixth-tallest building in Russia, the eighth-tallest building in Europe, and the 72nd-tallest building in the world. Construction of Eurasia started in 2006 and was completed in 2014.^[3]

The concept of Eurasia was first proposed in 2003. Construction started in 2006 and was completed in 2014.^[3][4]

According to Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, the architectural skin of Eurasia reinforces the purity of the tower volume over the complexity of the program within. The unitized curtain wall allows the transition from the office floors of fixed windows to operable windows on the residential floors. The overall architectural form is developed as a pure glass, curving, curtain wall tower with its broad faces versus its tripartite ends sitting on a multi-volume podium.^[5]

Eurasia was the first composite structure to be constructed in Russia utilizing a reinforced concrete core with a perimeter frame of steel. The structural design allows for column-free interior spaces ideal for offices which make up a significant portion of the building’s programming. The building features a bowed exterior made up of closely spaced steel columns which sit upon a belt truss serving as a load transfer for the base of the tower to feature an open lobby on the ground floor.^[4]

The building is designed as a two-tier skyscraper: 30 floors in the first tier and 37 in the second one. Offices occupy from the 4th floor to the 45th floor while apartments occupy from the 48th floor to the 66th floor. The 47th floor is occupied by a fitness center and the second floor of the building is occupied by a casino.^[3] A swimming pool is located on the 50th floor.^[5]

The building is developed by CJSC Techinvest and MOS City Group.^[4] The company LLC Plaza owns Eurasia. On 12 April 2016, VB-service, a subsidiary of VTB Bank, acquired a 99.55% stake in LLC Plaza at a price estimated at 48.5 billion rubles. The transaction was carried out within the framework of the fulfillment of credit obligations by Coulteria to the Bank of Moscow. Head offices of VTB 24 and the Bank of Moscow are planned to occupy the tower.^[6]

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• The Eurasia Tower is the second Swanke-designed building rated by Emporis.^[5]
• It also rated by Turkish banking company Is Bankasi as among the top ten innovative and imposing designs of notable bank buildings around the world. This in turn led Swanke to meet up with its Turkish manager and associate architect Summa International Construction Inc.^[3][5][4]

• List of tallest buildings in Russia
• List of tallest buildings in Europe

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eurasia (building).

• Official website (in Russian)